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Location: Steamboat, CO Snow Conditions: Mixture of hardpacked to slushy groomers. Setup: I rode the Sierra V-spot with my Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8. Size: 151cm. First Impression: This board is soft and so easy to butter up the mountain with. Weight: average Flex: The V-spot is one of the softer [...]

Last week I announced a snowboard contest based around how your snowboard crews make you a better snowboarder something that everyone around the world could relate to and give away a couple sierra crew snowboards in the process.  The results were clear, so many great responses, stories and experiences that can only be shared by [...]

They say there are no friends of powder days but some of my personal best days of snowboarding have been shared with friends regardless of powder, groomers or ice.  Having friends on the mountain can make your tricks more dialed, your laughs louder and your chairlift rides much more fun.  They bring out the best [...]

There’s still a couple of sierra snowboard members/staff in town so today I was able to take my ride break and join some of the crew for shred time.  Since the arrival of sierrasnowboard, it’s been snowing in town which is helping the mountain look more like Steamboat again. Sierrasnowboard continues with the collaboration boards [...]

Today was the last and final day for Bruizzapalooza and finally the snow gods delivered to Steamboat!  I woke up at 7am, looked outside and saw a couple inches of new snow at my house which meant double that amount on the mountain.  By 8am, I was geared up and by 8:30am when the gondola [...]

The sierrasnowboard community started Bruizzapalooza last year and this year Steamboat Springs, Colorado is one of five stops for meet-ups and shred sessions.  Over 100 members made their way to Steamboat on Friday and will be riding together this weekend.  I met up with everyone at the evening’s cocktail party to meet and greet for [...]

This contest has ended! Thanks to everyone who participated and told shayboarder.com why they love snowboarding.  I’ll be going through all the submissions and selecting a winner.  Stay tuned for when I announce the winner this week! Here’s the post about the winner!  Shayboarder.com and Sierrasnowboard.com are giving away a brand new Capita Indoor Survival. [...]

We were planning to ride A-Basin today but with such a beautiful day and less people at Loveland yesterday, we ended up back at Loveland.  It was a definitely busier today but still more ride time than lift line time.   The view of Loveland surrounding people strapping in.   The lift lines weren’t too [...]

Snowboarding in the midwest is in distress right now as one of their snow resorts might be closing.   I’ve never rode the midwest but hearing that a resort might be closing, limiting the opportunities for local shredders to ride is worth checking out and seeing what can be done to save another snow resort. [...]

Industry Profile: Sierra Snowboard & Ski Hardgoods Salesperson Matteo Mezzetti    Shay: So tell us about yourself? Matteo: My name is Matteo Mezzetti and I was born in Sacramento, California. I have always enjoyed being involved in board sports since I was little, which prompted me to start snowboarding when I was eleven. I like [...]