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/2011/01/mammoth-12011.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/01/mammoth-12011.html#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:52:29 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=14393 This year has been interesting for my riding, I’m jumping everyday now!   I never really wanted to but I’m feeling more comfortable and just having fun with it.  I probably won’t ever hit big jumps again but right now I’m enjoying the small jumps in the Forest Trail and Wonderland Parks.  Today I hit [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2011/01/mammoth-12011.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/grenade-games-6-superpipe.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/grenade-games-6-superpipe.html#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:28:14 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=11075 It’s another beautiful (well overcast) day in Whistler, BC but the Grenade Games make every day a good day on the slopes with the fun antics, good riders and all around good times.  I headed up with evo’s Molly, Chris, Gorio and Amy to check out the superpipe competition.  Of all the pipe contests I’ve [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/04/grenade-games-6-superpipe.html/feed 6 http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/steamboat-3310.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/steamboat-3310.html#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:08:20 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=9991 Yesterday I received a call from the local newspaper that they had been recommended to use me in a local piece in the upcoming Steamboat magazine for next winter.  I was pretty amazed that my name was tossed around (thanks Jon!) and the article was on local’s favorite runs/parts of the mountain.  It meant today [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2010/03/steamboat-3310.html/feed 1 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/dew-tour-breckenridge-superpipe-finals.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/dew-tour-breckenridge-superpipe-finals.html#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:18:56 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=8757 Throughout the week the qualifiers have been going on at Breckenridge for the Totino’s Open aka Dew Tour and while I missed them, I was happy to come down for the finals today and tomorrow.  Waking up to this view of Breckenridge Mountain this morning was amazing. I wasn’t sure what to expect with the [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/12/dew-tour-breckenridge-superpipe-finals.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/copper-112809.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/copper-112809.html#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:33:48 +0000 Shay http://www.shayboarder.com/?p=8415 The Copper Superpipe opened today as the first halfpipe in the United States and during a non-Olympic year it might have gone unnoticed but with the Olympics around the corner it was a very busy superpipe training day. Tom and I headed over to Copper to enjoy an easy day on the slopes and get [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/copper-112809.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/03/steamboat-3409.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/03/steamboat-3409.html#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:58:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/03/steamboat-3409.html I wasn’t sure if I would make it on the hill but it was a good day to break from work, enjoy the sun and lap the superpipe.  Winds were high so the gondola was not running by the time I got up and other chairlifts were closed but luckily the park chair and Christie [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/03/steamboat-3409.html/feed 2 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/breckenridge-22009.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/breckenridge-22009.html#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:47:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/02/breckenridge-22009.html I made sure to Nikwax my outerwear last night for my trip to Washington tonight.  It rarely rains in Steamboat, I can count on 2 hands the number of times I have seen it rain in Steamboat in the past 3 years.  I decided just in case it wouldn’t be a bad idea to re-waterproof [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/breckenridge-22009.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/steamboat-21609.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/steamboat-21609.html#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:51:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/02/steamboat-21609.html There’s one day of the year that I go out snowboarding to remember friends that are no longer on the mountain and that was today. I’m sure they are riding powder somewhere where they have epic powder fields and bluebird days. Someday I’ll join them but for now I’m enjoying snowboarding when I can. Here’s [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/02/steamboat-21609.html/feed 0 http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/01/breckenridge-11809.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/01/breckenridge-11809.html#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:22:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2009/01/breckenridge-11809.html I woke up in Keystone but decided to hit up Breckenridge for the day for something new. Some of the crew stayed at Keystone and K had to work so I called up Zac from Hybrid Sessions to meet up and ride for the day. We made a mini video of today’s riding, some groomers, [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/01/breckenridge-11809.html/feed 3 http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/05/breckenridge-52508.html http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/05/breckenridge-52508.html#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 09:27:00 +0000 Shay http://shayboarder.plan81.com/2008/05/breckenridge-52508.html Shredding Part 2 Well we left A-Basin and I offered up the idea to check out Breck to do some hiking. Breck’s superpipe is a super easy hike from the base of Peak 8 and really I just wanted to ride halfpipe. Breckenridge closed last month but the snow conditions are still amazing on the [...]]]> http://www.shayboarder.com/2008/05/breckenridge-52508.html/feed 0