http://www.shayboarder.com The World of Snowboarding Through Fembot Eyes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/industry-profile-mervin-manufacturing-vp-marketing-creative-pete-saari.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/industry-profile-mervin-manufacturing-vp-marketing-creative-pete-saari.html#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:46:37 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=17339 Job Title: VP Marketing and Creative Employer: Mervin MFG Years on snow: Started on skis when I was 5 Days on snow: Never quite enough Currently Riding: Gnu Park Pickle Currently I am: Still getting better Photo:  Tim Zimmerman Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Pete: I like long walks on the beach, [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/industry-profile-mervin-manufacturing-vp-marketing-creative-pete-saari.html/feed 8 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/snowboard-review-11-12-lib-tech-t-rice-horsepower-c2btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/snowboard-review-11-12-lib-tech-t-rice-horsepower-c2btx.html#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:31:54 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=16427 Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomed runs. Setup: I rode the Lib Tech T.Rice with my Union Team bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 157cm. First Impression: Pop, check.  Stability, check. Charging, check.  Ride a little more like Trice in your head?  Sure. Weight: Tad heavier than average Flex: I [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/08/snowboard-review-11-12-lib-tech-t-rice-horsepower-c2btx.html/feed 34 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/snowboard-review-11-12-lib-tech-banana-magic-btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/snowboard-review-11-12-lib-tech-banana-magic-btx.html#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:03:00 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=14717 Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked groomed runs. Setup: I rode the Lib Tech Magic Banana with my Union Team bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 157cm. First Impression: It rips up the mountain with all mountain freestyle flare to it. Weight: average Flex: The Banana Magic is that all mountain [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/06/snowboard-review-11-12-lib-tech-banana-magic-btx.html/feed 29 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/05/lib-tech-snowboards-2011-2012.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/05/lib-tech-snowboards-2011-2012.html#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 14:27:31 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=16049 In snowboarding, one company bleeds the yellow and that’s Lib Technologies based out of the northwest.  In 2006, they introduced a banana to snowboarding and there’s no question to how much a banana has impacted the snowboards we ride today.  Since then Lib Tech continues to do what they do best, create and redesign snowboards [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/05/lib-tech-snowboards-2011-2012.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/12/snowboard-review-10-11-lib-tech-attack-banana.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/12/snowboard-review-10-11-lib-tech-attack-banana.html#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:21:31 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=13792 Location: Mammoth, CA Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to icy to softpacked powder. Setup: I rode the Lib Tech Attack Banana with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 159cm. First Impression: The attack banana matches its name.  This board rips up the snow whether it’s attacking the groomers or powder. [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/12/snowboard-review-10-11-lib-tech-attack-banana.html/feed 50 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/snowboard-review-09-10-lib-tech-banana-magic.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/snowboard-review-09-10-lib-tech-banana-magic.html#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:39:06 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=8697 Location: Loveland, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to icy conditions on the mountain. Setup: I rode the Lib Tech Banana Magic with my Force SL bindings and Bonfire Geo boots. Size: 157cm. First Impression: Definitely not the loosey goosey feeling of the Skate Banana, Banana Magic is all freeriders version. Weight: Average Flex: The Banana Magic [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/snowboard-review-09-10-lib-tech-banana-magic.html/feed 17 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/08/lib-tech-skate-banana-giveaway-in-portland.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/08/lib-tech-skate-banana-giveaway-in-portland.html#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:14:01 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=6758 If you are remotely near Portland today, it’s your chance to win a 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana compliments of Shayboarder and Mervin Manufacturing.  All you have to do is track me down when I put out twitter clues at 4pm that will help you find my location in Portland, Oregon.  All it takes is [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/08/lib-tech-skate-banana-giveaway-in-portland.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/08/portland-giveaway.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/08/portland-giveaway.html#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:05:07 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=6540 In June, I did a successful Birthday twitter giveaway where people tracked me down with twitter clues and the first person who found me won an 09-10 Never Summer Circuit-R snowboard. People mentioned how great it would be to have that same giveaway in other cities that I traveled to, so I set out in [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/08/portland-giveaway.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/05/basin-51909.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/05/basin-51909.html#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 21:30:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/05/a-basin-51909.html It was a much needed ride day before the family arrives in town for my surgery, so I headed to A-Basin to finally end the season there.  It was great timing since today the Lib Tech Denver office peeps were having their end of season shred party on the mountain which is always a good [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/05/basin-51909.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/05/snowboard-review-09-10-lib-tech-skate-banana-btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/05/snowboard-review-09-10-lib-tech-skate-banana-btx.html#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/05/snowboard-review-09-10-lib-tech-skate-banana-btx.html Location: Copper, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Skate Banana with Union Forces and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: It’s growing on me but I’m still so-so about it. Size: 156cm Weight: average Flex: The banana is a softer ride, softer torsionally which makes it easy to turn [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/05/snowboard-review-09-10-lib-tech-skate-banana-btx.html/feed 13