Comments on: Win a Capita Indoor Survival from Shayboarder & Sierrasnowboard

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:05:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered! I just announced the winner here

By: DaddyG

DaddyG — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:17:00 +0000

Ah… man… I wanted to participate, but I went for a riding week end in Quebec City… You see we «Québécois» are hardcore snowboard lover… Conditions we’re like crap, icy and no new snow. Still we go to the mountain and we like it 😀

But sometimes, just sometime it just rocks:
http://g.mouciel.com/ss/snow/jay20071206/

Love is all about sharing, respect and passion…

Share your knowledge and/of the mountain. Respect others and realize that their path to and from riding are different and that’s the beauty of it. Passion is just the feeling of completeness and union with the mountain, your board and others. It’s like going downhill on crazy carpet, flying saucer or what not (in Montreal everything goes)… The adrenaline rush, the heart that is left on the top the hill and slowly meets you back and the bottom in a sweet sweet euphoria.

Finally, it made me fall back in love with the least loved of season. As a kid I was always outside in winter. Protected me from depression and the february blues…

PS: Loving snowboard is sending you’re entry late and not really caring about winning a board (just got a new one). Bindings and boot would rock though 😉

PPS: I’m tempted to sticker up my board with your sticker… Never put a sticker on my boards, I don’t wear bling/logos so my board is the same… But your work makes me think twice about it…

By: Shayboarder

Shayboarder — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:03:00 +0000

CONTEST HAS ENDED!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone who participated and put in submissions. I’ll be going through all of them tomorrow and selecting a winner soon, check back to shayboarder.com for the announcement!

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:28:00 +0000

I threw together a quick vid showing just one reason why I love snowboarding. Hope this finds everyone well …

http://www.petekinser.com/shayboarder-contest.html

By: Laurent

Laurent — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Time seems to stop when you are snowboarding. No more needs, no more fears, no more responsability, no more more stress... just fun.

-Laurent

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:08:00 +0000

Wow…how many sappy, reminiscent stories are we going to see here? haha

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:09:00 +0000

Forgot my name – Lauren Leonard and the link to my pic isn't working so I'm trying again.. sorry for the re-post

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=14246716&albumID=190944&imageID=4209709

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:03:00 +0000

Well, Shay… the reason I love snowboarding is because it reminds me of who am I and where I come from

I am 24 living in NYC, working for the man. This concrete jungle is a prime location for wannabe’s, has been’s, and people constantly challenged by who they are and what people want them to be. Snowboarding for me is my solid ground – my positive reinforcement in a crazy world of lies and deceit. I point my board down a mountain and it leads back to my childhood, my family, and the values that I hold in my life.

During the snow season my weekends are filled with waking up at 3:45 am to catch the 4:30 am bus that takes you to Okemo, VT for the day. As soon as I sit down on the bus, I am taken back to my childhood in San Antonio, TX when my parents would shovel my sister and I into our mini-van at the butt- crack of dawn to make the long trek to Wolf Creek, CO or Santa Fe, NM just for the good snow. These trips weren’t just for family bonding time, but a time that my parents used to teach us the values of life. Maybe it was the thought of fresh snow that got my parents high on life or maybe it was because they met on a ski trip in Santa Fe, NM twenty-three years ago and are still madly in love today – Whatever the reason, these ski trips made me who I am today and that is why I love snowboarding.

lleonard@unitedmedia.com

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=14246716&albumID=190944&imageID=4209709

By: David

David — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Four Sentences of Varying Length*

By: David

David — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:18:00 +0000

Four Quick Generalizations:
Snowboarding is community ...exemplified by sierrasnowboard.com/forum

Snowboarding is an evolving, ever-growing industry ...documented by shayboarder.com

Snowboarding is competitive ...exemplified by national/international/local/buddy-to-buddy competitions

Snowboarding is leisure ...illustrated by the busloads of people that pay the big bucks to hone their skills on the bunny hill. It is money well invested though of course.

Ultra-encompassing Generalization:
It's the combination of the four points made above that makes snowboarding oh so glorious to me.

Three Sentences of Varying Length:

Simply put, snowboarding is a fun sport, whether it's going down the bunny hill for the first time without running into any of the well-placed obstacles (ie. the other "not-so-great" skiers and snowboarders) or building up the courage to move on up to a bigger kicker to perfect your repertoire of tricks. There is always a reason to go harder, faster, and higher to see how far you can push yourself. It is the mere satisfaction of reaching the one goal that I set for myself back in the fall before the end of the season that makes me love snowboarding. It is also the disappoint of not reaching that one goal and having the whole off-season to think about it (aka think of creative ways of practicing in the summer without the luxury of snow) that has me love the sport as well.

50-Second Video Clip with a 24-Second Explanation:
(Actual explanation time varies accordingly with your reading speed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ_LOGKkfJA

Since I think having a video can't hurt my chances, here is a clip of my girlfriend showing off her mad skills. Some of you may be wondering, "What was the point of that. My 4 year old son can already catch big air and tweak the heck out of all his grabs." Well, the thing is: my girlfriend is not that athletic. As a matter of fact, she's not athletic at all, but hey, I duped her into the fun sport of snowboarding and now she loves it. Because of her new found love for the sport, our relationship is safe for the time-being. Let's keep our fingers crossed for the off-season though! (jk)

I love snowboarding, and snowboarding loves me!

David Ladao
dladao@gmail.com