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So I am in the process of adding a section to the snowboard reviews called “Shay’s Honesty Box” which will have the really honest opinion, including whether I would buy it or not and the dirt that people want to hear in a review. You guys asked for it and I am delivering it. I [...]

So SIA started yesterday, Tuesday January 29th but I didn’t make it into Vegas until late last night. Luckily for me the weather cleared up and guaranteed that I could make it to Denver. Tom dropped me off at DIA just in time to catch a late flight to Vegas. It was a pretty tiring [...]

So with SIA rapidly approaching with 2008-2009 gear coming out…I figured it’d be a good idea to look back at my favorite gear from 2007-2008 that I had the opportunity to try out. My board review is hereMy binding review is here Powder The K2 Gyrator is amazing in powder. I took it out on [...]

I’ve owned 16 boards that I can remember…these are boards that I have bought or given to me for free. Boards I’ve owned from 95-00: This period of my life is when I was oblivious to anything I rode and really didn’t keep track either. I have some pictures but some photos I don’t have. [...]

This review will be updated throughout the season as I demo and test more 07/08 bindings. Each review is judged by the same standard and for the majority of reviews I used my own boots (some exceptions). During demos I try to stick to riding the same size board of 157-159cm with the exception of [...]

A friend asked me to write up something on stance in my blog…so once I had time I figured it would be a good thing to post up with some pictures. Measuring Stance Width Stance Width is the distance between your bindings. To measure your stance width, it’s best to use a measuring tape from [...]

If I ever found the perfect snowboard that was ideal for me…it was the Capita Black Snowboard of Death 2003-2004 season. It really deserves its own blog because I loved it. In the summer of 2003 I worked at Gregg’s Greenlake Cycles in their little tiny itsy bitsy snow board shop/skate shop. It was a [...]

These reviews were done over a period of time, from 05-06 season in Washington to the early 06-07 season in Colorado. Each review is judged by the same standard and for the majority of reviews I used my own boots (some exceptions). During demos I try to stick to riding the same size board of [...]