http://www.shayboarder.com The World of Snowboarding Through Fembot Eyes Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/11/demo-it-up.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/11/demo-it-up.html#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:28:27 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=13783 When it comes to buying snowboard gear, there’s only one guaranteed way to know if you like a snowboard or not.  It all comes down to demo’ing snowboard gear.  Whether it’s from your local shop, mountain or borrow from a friend…demo’ing will give you 100% feedback on whether the board suits you. Most years I [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/11/demo-it-up.html/feed 5 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/loveland-111909-demo-day.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/loveland-111909-demo-day.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:18:00 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=8230 Despite a late night in Summit County, day 2 of demos meant getting back on snow bright and early for more boards and bindings to try out.   The weather remained beautiful all day long and offered up the perfect opportunity to take laps with friends while trying new gear. The K2 guys making sure [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/loveland-111909-demo-day.html/feed 7 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/09/hey-readers-your-09-10-input.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/09/hey-readers-your-09-10-input.html#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:45:14 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=7289 It’s that time of year for your input on the upcoming reviews for the 2009-2010 season!  With temperatures dropping and snow on the way, that means it’s another season of reviews approaching.  I need your input on what boards/bindings to ride and review this season, what boards don’t have reviews, what gear you want to [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/09/hey-readers-your-09-10-input.html/feed 46 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/12/steamboat-12708.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/12/steamboat-12708.html#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:01:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/12/steamboat-12708.html Ahh resort town living…it can be quite fun.   Yesterday after riding, I came home and worked on the video then got back into my gear to ride down to the bar.  I stayed at the bar with a crew of friends to chat and enjoy the night.  I managed to make it home and [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/12/steamboat-12708.html/feed 6 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/copper-111608.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/copper-111608.html#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:55:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/copper-111608.html Amy and I drove down to ride Copper today.  It turned out to be a busy day on the slopes but a beautiful day out with demos to choose from.  Every ride up the chair, I checked out the mound of snow soon to be Copper’s halfpipe.  Copper usually has the first halfpipe in the [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/copper-111608.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111508-demo-day.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111508-demo-day.html#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:38:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/loveland-111508-demo-day.html I left Steamboat Springs this morning with the snow guns cranking away to make the lower mountain and base area covered with snow. Steamboat opens on the 26th so really looking forward to being able to ride my home mountain. Today at Loveland was the Christy Sports Demo. Also this weekend, Copper has demos going [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111508-demo-day.html/feed 7 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111308-demo-day.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111308-demo-day.html#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:01:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/loveland-111308-demo-day.html Today was day two of the demos at Loveland and in typical form it was snowing throughout the day. I arrived early and spent the day from one tent to another trying out boards. Conditions were better than yesterday, it wasn’t as cold and windy but it was still cold and windy. The snow conditions [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111308-demo-day.html/feed 8 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111208-demo-day.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111208-demo-day.html#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:54:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/loveland-111208-demo-day.html Today was an industry demo that was worth taking time off from work. I already had the time off due to my Vermont trip but that’s been cancelled so used the days to spend time on the slopes. I drove down to Loveland this morning to spend today and tomorrow on the slopes. It’s been [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-111208-demo-day.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-11908.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-11908.html#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:45:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/loveland-11908.html Saturday night I attended the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) benefit in Breckenridge which was great, I’ll have more on the benefit later.  A couple of us crashed in Frisco so we could ride today. After dealing with the long lines and mess of people yesterday, I was looking forward to Loveland today. For those [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/loveland-11908.html/feed 5 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/colorado-08-09-demo-days.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/colorado-08-09-demo-days.html#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:53:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/colorado-08-09-demo-days.html The demo season is upon us here in Colorado. The majority of reviews of mine happen from these demo dates, so chances are if you are at a Colorado demo you might see me taking out boards as well.Most of these I grabbed and collected from resort websites and snowboard company websites. I’ll be updating [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/colorado-08-09-demo-days.html/feed 7