http://www.shayboarder.com The World of Snowboarding Through Fembot Eyes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/01/inside-smokin-snowboards-factory.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/01/inside-smokin-snowboards-factory.html#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:27:36 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=14295 It’s rare to hear of snowboards made in the United States but there are still companies that are just outside the mountains in your backyard building your favorite snowboards.  In my quest to visit all the US factories, I’ve been to 5 of them in the US and 6 in North America.  Each factory has [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/01/inside-smokin-snowboards-factory.html/feed 9 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/05/inside-unity-snowboards.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/05/inside-unity-snowboards.html#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 17:06:50 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=11746 There are few snowboard brands built in the United States and even fewer that are built with the mountains just outside the factory.  Unity Snowboards based in Silverthorne, Colorado has been handcrafting snowboards since 1995 for high quality and high performance snowboarding.  What once was a freeride company is now making waves in the pipes, [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/05/inside-unity-snowboards.html/feed 6 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/10/exploring-signal-snowboards-factory-office.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/10/exploring-signal-snowboards-factory-office.html#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:52:43 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=7835 When it comes to snowboard factories in the United States there are few and far between but in southern California lies The Lodge – Signal Snowboards factory.  Built around the motto, “dream it, built it, ride it” and they do, even from the parking lot. Signal was the third stop on my California adventure in [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/10/exploring-signal-snowboards-factory-office.html/feed 11 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/inside-prior-snowboards.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/inside-prior-snowboards.html#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:02:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/04/inside-prior-snowboards.html The Prior Snowboard Factory in Whistler, BC is located just minutes from the base of Whistler & Blackcomb Mountains offering up the ability to create and ride in the same day.  Prior has been making snowboards since 1990, offering premium handcrafted snowboards for racers, freeriders to freestyle riders to splitboarders.  Their factory is quaint, but [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/inside-prior-snowboards.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/inside-never-summer-snowboards.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/inside-never-summer-snowboards.html#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:09:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/04/inside-never-summer-snowboards.html In the heart of Denver, Colorado lies one of the few snowboard factories in the United States.  With a location on Colorado Blvd, it’s easy to pass by the brick building that houses Never Summer Snowboards but under closer glance, you’ll notice the never summer stickers in the parking lot and on the building.   [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/04/inside-never-summer-snowboards.html/feed 9 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/inside-mervin-manufacturing.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/inside-mervin-manufacturing.html#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:39:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/02/inside-mervin-manufacturing.html Last summer I thought to myself how great it would be to visit Mervin Manufacturing during one of my visits back to Washington. But a tour inside Lib Tech is hard to come by so it came down to one man…Norm. He wasn’t able to be my tour guide but he put me in touch [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/inside-mervin-manufacturing.html/feed 11