Comments on: The enlightenment of snowboarding

By: Hoon

Hoon — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:31:52 +0000

Nerd alert!

By: jonny

jonny — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:25:06 +0000

if it’s so wrong I don’t want to be right!*

*Edit: somebody needs to invent a sarcasm font for Hoon.

By: Hoon

Hoon — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:26:09 +0000

If everyone is doing it, is it still wrong? Peer pressure!

By: A. Nony Mouse

A. Nony Mouse — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:56:33 +0000

Everybody is guilty of posting SIA pictures of boots but not the tech info associated with them.

By: Hoon

Hoon — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:51:26 +0000

A wise man once said that those who can’t blog.

If my blog is about padding my ego then my ego
is as padded as the hard concrete on a cold, rainy day in Boston.

Like any other “product”, the masses shall decide where they receive their information.

Lastly: a (wo)man dying of thirst would drink sand if stuck in the desert long enough.

Ok think I filled my cliché quota for the evening. Back to surf and bike blabbing as it’s summer. Go Lance.

By: Shay

Shay — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:18:38 +0000

A digital buyers guide would be rad and a resource center would be amazing, I definitely appreciate the blogs that go out and collect all the burton pics that make the rounds and link back. I made sure to put together a reverse camber/rocker post with all of the info I could get as a resource which is definitely a start.

At the same time I’m limited on how much I can put out and I focus just on this blog, I never set out to do a resource center but I know companies have the capabilities and shops (as seen above) and if more of them were able to, then that would be great to see.

If it was that obvious every company would do it and they aren’t.

By: jonny

jonny — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:08:55 +0000

“and to be honest most of the mens blogs out there are just another way to pad their egos.”

That’s a pretty big assumption. That’s like saying Shay writing about and modeling a new kit is just to pad her ego. I don’t believe that to be the case but based on your assumption that’s valid.

Point here is Shay you do something good with you’re blog but this bland statement about resources is just stating the obvious. You should develop a resource center. How can people put all this information together. Think of it as a digital buyers guide that’s actually telling you something about the product beyond specs. We all know specs are limited in use w/o riding.

As for posting images only – sure it’s useful from a design and aesthetic standpoint its one element that gives you a foundation of like/dislike. Seeing a picture may excite the consumer and be the initial driving point. Is it the end? or solution? Certainly not but it is a start.

By: adrian

adrian — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:25:45 +0000

Shay I gotta say I can’t stand most of those blogs out there that give you leaked photos and are full of video teasers,not so interesting cause products can change by the time they are released and with no reviews its a waste of time. and to be honest most of the mens blogs out there are just another way to pad their egos. I find your features and reviews informative, a lot of those other jokers just talk about how sick THEY were on the board and don’t really talk about the board. Keep up the good work shay!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:39:57 +0000

I learned almost everything I know about snowboarding from either snowboard.com or blogs

By: Shay

Shay — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:01:01 +0000

Some interesting comments on this one. Earlier this year I helped a reader out when she mentioned her bindings had a pressure point and were causing her pain when riding. I asked her to take a picture of her boot in the binding and send them to me, the first thing I noticed was the strap wasn’t centered on her boot. She had rode them right out of the box without making sure the straps were adjusted properly to her boot size and that’s where the issue came from. It was something easy to spot cause I’ve dealt with adjusting bindings but to her it was a new concept and something that you don’t learn everyday but it wouldn’t take long for a site to do a video that shows that. Or even like the changing a BOA lace video that I did, just having something out there that shows how to use a product in case your local shop, employee, friend isn’t around to help you with it.

Adrian, definitely see both sides of that. I definitely see those that want the best and most expensive gear in snowboarding which might not be the best option for them. Feeling out a product yourself is so key, but definitely learning about it first can help a lot.

Butress, definitely helps the beginners the most and they take to forums to get the questions answered. The basics that we forget about it, are what they want to know morea bout.

Lou G, Totally all of those bindings you mentioned are ones I’d expect to see videos for, more than a direction guide with multiple languages. I was stoked to see that Ride did that, makes it a lot easier for seeing how it’s done. I’ve seen that as well with riders on the forums not caring but eventually they come back when they struggle with it.

Jonny, thanks for the unsure comment about the post. Sorry I didn’t get your attention or give you adequate reading material this time around. As an example, say a blog puts up next years photos but no description…is that informative? Does that help the consumer to just see a picture of a product? Even blogs, shops, companies can give more education out to the consumer about products. But I guess again I’m putting out the obvious.