Posts Tagged ‘Roxy’

Roxy Bindings 2010-2011

June 18th, 2010

Roxy continues to help pave the way for female riders with their snowboard collection but they also offer a rang of bindings designed to partner with the snowboards.
For technology, Roxy offers their high-speed fastec entry/exit system on two models, RX-fastec and Fastec binding for youth.  Designed with a reclining highback makes strapping in easy and [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Roxy Eminence C2 BTX

June 9th, 2010

Location: Steamboat, Vail, Beaver Creek, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked groomers to icy to powder conditions on the mountain.
Setup: I rode the Roxy Eminence C2 BTX with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 155cm.
First Impression: Disregard the prettyness of this board because it rides like a badass down the mountain.
Weight: Lighter than average
Flex: [...]

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9th Annual Mervin Party

May 14th, 2010

Each year the crew from Mervin’s Denver office takes to A-Basin for a day on snow with drinks, BBQ and games.  Once I knew the date, I marked it off on my calendar and planned for the day off from work to come enjoy the festivities with friends.  I made my way into Denver last [...]

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Snowboard Review: 10-11 Roxy Ollie Pop C2 BTX

March 24th, 2010

Location: Winter Park, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies.
Setup: I rode the Roxy Ollie Pop C2 with Rome Strut bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 154cm.
First Impression: I can see why this board is such a popular women’s board and now with C2 it makes [...]

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Roxy Snowboards 2010-2011

March 5th, 2010

Welcome to the world of Roxy, where women rip and design the boards that other women ride. It’s a new generation of riders, designers and a factory known as Mervin Manufacturing that builds them. Roxy caught me by surprise a couple years ago  when I first stepped on a Roxy board and since [...]

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Industry Profile: Dakine Developer Jennifer Ketler

August 25th, 2009

Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself?
Jennifer: I’m a wife, a sister, and a daughter who loves to snowboard, mt bike, be creative and hang out with friends. I grew up in the great Northwest loving rain, cement pow and espresso!
Shay: What is your job title?
Jennifer: Product Developer, Girls [...]

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Roxy bindings 2009-2010

July 18th, 2009

The girls continue to shred on with Roxy in 09-10 with a binding line designed to various levels of female riders.The line continues with Torah’s pro model binding, the Eminence and also features the Team and Classic models.  A new edition, the women’s Roxy Fastec is in the line featuring a reclining highback with auto [...]

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Industry Profile: Roxy Hardgoods Product Manager Kyre Byram

July 14th, 2009

Shay: What is your job title?
Kyre: Snowboard Hardgoods Product Manager for Roxy
Shay: What was your first set up?
Kyre: Burton Elite 135 with the slot for a metal fin, of which I was convinced, would have helped me turn (while I was learning) if I would have just had one. Bindings were the crazy old four [...]

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Roxy Snowboards 2009-2010

March 2nd, 2009

Roxy is that women’s snowboard company with the brand awareness name but also the toughness of building snowboards that stand out from that name.  For women’s snowboarding, they have board sizes for small to large women, for the beginners to the advanced riders, from park to pipe to freeriding.  With the craftsmanship of Mervin Manufacturing [...]

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Snowboard Review: 08-09 Roxy Eminence BTX

November 21st, 2008

2008-2009 Roxy Eminence BTX
Location: Loveland, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs.
Setup: I rode the Roxy Eminence BTX with Union Force SL bindings and my Vans Omni Focus size 8.
First Impression: I am riding a Roxy/GNU.
Size: 157cm/156cm…the board was labeled as 157cm and [...]

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