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/2012/01/snowcial-heavenly-11912.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/snowcial-heavenly-11912.html#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:12:05 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=19202 You can always count on Snowcial to bring together creative minds, social skills and skiers/snowboarders to Heavenly Resort. Last year I got my first taste of it and this year, I attended the welcome party and one day of snowboarding to celebrate the fun event. Unfortunately I couldn’t attend the whole weekend of events since [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/snowcial-heavenly-11912.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/june-mountain-1311.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/june-mountain-1311.html#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:47:36 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18993 The vibe at June Mountain has always been great. It’s a mountain that is full of good times. I finally talked the skier into joining me for a June day despite the park not being insanely huge right now. We ended up having a great day on the slopes, working on tricks in the mini [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/june-mountain-1311.html/feed 1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/mammoth-1211.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/mammoth-1211.html#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:35:31 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18989 Most of the holiday crowds have taken off so the mountain is almost back to normal for January. We headed up a little early in the morning to get the most of the conditions. It was the first time in a week that I was finally able to check out how the mountain conditions are [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2012/01/mammoth-1211.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/mammoth-122711.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/mammoth-122711.html#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:13:27 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18915 Snow matters. Good snow conditions can help bring out skiers and snowboarders while bad conditions can mean finding other things to do instead of skiing/riding. I got back yesterday into town with a clear drive over Yosemite which is insane that there is no snow on that pass right now. I knew what to expect [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/mammoth-122711.html/feed 4 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/park-city-mountain-resort-121111.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/park-city-mountain-resort-121111.html#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:00:52 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18793 In my opinion, Park City Mountain Resort has it all. You have amazing parks with tons of jumps and features built to perfection, tons of acreage for freeriders to play on and a vibe that makes you feel welcome and want to come back for more. Plus you can also get a Cobradog. It was [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/park-city-mountain-resort-121111.html/feed 12 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/keystone-12911.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/keystone-12911.html#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:26:45 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18761 It feels great to be back in Colorado. It’s well worth the drive from California for a ton of events going on, seeing friends and better conditions. Today we headed to Keystone to get in some early morning laps before the Grand Prix at Copper in the afternoon. The snow conditions had good coverage, parks [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/keystone-12911.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/canyons-12811.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/canyons-12811.html#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:33:45 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18744 A detour can lead to many great things. Today’s detour included a morning stop at the Canyons Resort in Utah to get our fix of skiing and snowboarding. The best part of today was the resort to ourselves, soft snow groomers and fun turns with friends. We woke up in Park City and headed to [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/canyons-12811.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/mammoth-12511.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/mammoth-12511.html#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:21:13 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18730 After a record breaking season, it’s no surprise that a lack of snow could be a possibility and that’s certainly the case with Mammoth Mountain right now. The conditions are early season limited runs with hardpacked snow but luckily the park is on-par. It just means sleeping in a little bit longer and hoping the [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/12/mammoth-12511.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/11/mammoth-113011.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/11/mammoth-113011.html#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:01:02 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18680 In my opinion, a good park chair offers up the best views, quickest laps and good people. Chair 6 at Mammoth definitely offers up all three of that list. I hit Chair 6 to get my park fix today, a little disgruntled at the lack of snow so the rest of the mountain can open [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/11/mammoth-113011.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/11/mammoth-112911.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/11/mammoth-112911.html#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:23:37 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=18675 It was hard to believe it is almost December on the mountain, the conditions are like spring and the warm weather was out in full blast. Luckily the winds helped cool you down but it was definitely a hoodie kind of riding day on the slopes. I headed out for a ride break with the [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/11/mammoth-112911.html/feed 0