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Snowboarding has always been about progressing, we’ve come to expect progress from our pro snowboarders to our snowboard equipment but what about ourselves as riders?  Each year I realize that I’ve been riding longer than most of the kids in the park have been alive and this year I questioned my progress, was I really [...]

It’s been a tough winter to wake up early where there is no new snowfall on the mountain but that also means weekends are spent getting stuff done before I head up for the day.  Today I had time to wax and scrape my boards which was much needed with the slushy slow snow on [...]

It was another warm sunny slushy day on the mountain so I took my morning to run errands in town before heading up to the slopes.  The park was calling my name and even though I was riding alone, I wanted to step up my riding today.
I was lucky to catch up with Sonny for [...]

I’ve been enjoying sundays this year since it’s generally my one day to sleep in before getting up on the slopes.  Today was another late start to the mountain but I made it just in time for the afternoon to enjoy the extended spring hours for the chairlifts.  Now I can ride till 4:30pm each [...]

Every time I visit Seattle, a trip to Stevens Pass is always in the cards to get in some much needed snowboarding time.  It’s my old stomping grounds & place of employment before I moved to Colorado so it always holds a place close to my heart.  I woke up this morning in Seattle and [...]

This week was definitely working for the weekend and when the weekend arrived, it was much-needed time to shred!  With Mike in town we were finally able to take laps together and since he spent the last two days freeriding the mountain, we opted for a park day today.
Say hi to Mike…he’s the behind the [...]

Mike arrived in town yesterday so he hit up the slopes today but by the time I made it out for my ride break it was the end of the day for him so we missed making turns together.  I ended up lapping park/superpipe with Tracy and Becca for the afternoon…perfect girls day to shred [...]

It’s fun how a weekend of sledding and snowboarding in the backcountry can work the muscles a lot harder than expected and yesterday I was sore from the weekend.  With no new snow and bluebird skies, it  was the perfect day for park laps in Rabbit Ears Park, Bashor and Lil’ Rodeo for my ride [...]

This year I’ve been really excited about park because I’m finally hitting features and trying to progress my park riding.  I feel comfortable on every feature in the small park, a couple features in the medium park and any day that it’s bluebird outside I’m generally taking a ride break to the park especially when [...]

This week has been the busiest week of the season in Steamboat which meant more work and less play. Luckily I was able to get out today just as the week and year was coming to an end.  We received over a foot of snow in the last 24 hours and plenty of people got [...]