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/2011/09/goggle-review-roxy-isis.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/09/goggle-review-roxy-isis.html#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:36:31 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18014 Intended Purpose: The Roxy Isis offers a wide panoramic visibility for women in a quality goggle. Location: I rode these goggles from March to July at Mammoth and June Mountain. Conditions: These goggle lenses are meant for sunny days and that’s what I rode for the majority of days.  Always bright sunny days with few [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/09/goggle-review-roxy-isis.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/roxy-ollie-pop-snowboard-giveaway-winner.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/roxy-ollie-pop-snowboard-giveaway-winner.html#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:00:40 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=15493 In honor of last week’s Roxy Chicken Jam at Mammoth, Roxy Snowboards gave me a 145cm Ollie Pop to giveaway to a lucky shayboarder.com reader.  While the Roxy Chicken Jam got snowed out with a ton of snow, the contest exploded on this blog with a whole lot of creativity! The contest was about creativity; [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/roxy-ollie-pop-snowboard-giveaway-winner.html/feed 11 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/roxy-snowboard-giveaway.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/roxy-snowboard-giveaway.html#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:07:46 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=15331 In just a matter of days, the world’s best female snowboarders will be on the slopes of Mammoth Mountain for the ultimate women’s contest – The Roxy Chicken Jam.  The Roxy Chicken Jam is the most original and prestigious stand-alone women’s snowboarding contest and it doesn’t end there, there are mascots, concerts and tons of [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/roxy-snowboard-giveaway.html/feed 21 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/2011/03/binding-review-11-12-roxy-rock-it-power.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/binding-review-11-12-roxy-rock-it-power.html#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:39:43 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=14964 Location: Winter Park, CO Snow Conditions: Hardpacked to softpacked to icy groomers. Setup: I rode the Roxy Rock-it power bindings on the Roxy Envi and Lib Tech Box Scratcher with my Vans Veil Boots size 8. Time to set up the binding: The rock-it’s were average time to set up but also required some more [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/03/binding-review-11-12-roxy-rock-it-power.html/feed 3 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/roxy-bindings-2010-2011.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/06/roxy-bindings-2010-2011.html#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:32:50 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=11821 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/06/roxy-bindings-2010-2011.html/feed 1 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/2010/05/9th-annual-mervin-party.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/05/9th-annual-mervin-party.html#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 02:37:38 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=11434 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 [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/05/9th-annual-mervin-party.html/feed 2 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