http://www.shayboarder.com The World of Snowboarding Through Fembot Eyes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:09:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/snowboard-review-11-12-roxy-envi-c2-btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/snowboard-review-11-12-roxy-envi-c2-btx.html#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:48:25 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=14962 Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Roxy Envi C2 BTX with Roxy Rock-it power bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 156cm. First Impression: Feels good to ride a women’s board that looks good but rides more badass than it looks. Weight: Average Flex: [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/snowboard-review-11-12-roxy-envi-c2-btx.html/feed 38 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/02/roxy-snowboards-2011-2012.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/02/roxy-snowboards-2011-2012.html#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:16:13 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=14810 Don’t let looks deceive you when it comes to Roxy Snowboards, they ride more badass than they look.  Handbuilt in the US at Mervin Manufacturing (who also does Lib and GNU), these boards are created and designed by women for women riders.  They  continue to focus on the environmental efforts that Mervin stands behind which [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/02/roxy-snowboards-2011-2012.html/feed 29 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/06/snowboard-review-10-11-roxy-eminence-c2-btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/06/snowboard-review-10-11-roxy-eminence-c2-btx.html#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:53:32 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=11634 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/06/snowboard-review-10-11-roxy-eminence-c2-btx.html/feed 33 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/snowboard-review-10-11-roxy-ollie-pop-c2-btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/snowboard-review-10-11-roxy-ollie-pop-c2-btx.html#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:39:57 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=10323 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/snowboard-review-10-11-roxy-ollie-pop-c2-btx.html/feed 22 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/roxy-snowboards-2010-2011.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/roxy-snowboards-2010-2011.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:25:03 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=10016 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 then, every [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/roxy-snowboards-2010-2011.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/09/snowboard-review-09-10-roxy-envi-btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/09/snowboard-review-09-10-roxy-envi-btx.html#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:58:14 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/?p=4171 This review was done through Board Insiders and will be featured on their site as a review with video of me explaining the board and riding it. I’ll update this link to that when it goes live Location: Stevens Pass, Washington Snow Conditions: Snowing with powder on runs, some groomed areas on day 1 of [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/09/snowboard-review-09-10-roxy-envi-btx.html/feed 7 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/07/roxy-bindings-2009-2010.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/07/roxy-bindings-2009-2010.html#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:37:30 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=6225 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/07/roxy-bindings-2009-2010.html/feed 1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/07/industry-profile-roxy-hardgoods-product-manager-kyre-byram.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/07/industry-profile-roxy-hardgoods-product-manager-kyre-byram.html#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:57:26 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=6116 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/07/industry-profile-roxy-hardgoods-product-manager-kyre-byram.html/feed 4 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/03/roxy-snowboards-2009-2010.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/03/roxy-snowboards-2009-2010.html#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:19:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/03/roxy-snowboards-2009-2010.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/03/roxy-snowboards-2009-2010.html/feed 8 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/snowboard-review-08-09-roxy-eminence-btx.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/snowboard-review-08-09-roxy-eminence-btx.html#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:16:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/11/snowboard-review-08-09-roxy-eminence-btx.html 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/11/snowboard-review-08-09-roxy-eminence-btx.html/feed 11