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Share your crew snowboard giveaway WINNERS! – Shayboarder.com — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:32:37 +0000

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By: smalls

smalls — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:32:34 +0000

my crew….let me tell you….my crew is epic. my crew makes everyday worth riding. my crew has every essentail piece. the park rat, the smooth criminal, the rookie and the one who rides it likes it stolen. the one who rides it likes it stolen, shes up at the ass crack of the morning, buggin the crew to get outta bed, the park rat pushin everyone to the limits because he knows we all have in us, the smooth criminal making every trick look like butter and the rookie inspiring us all. were a pack. if you look out the window of the gondie you know were together. when we roll through the park, you know were togther. Our instincts are one and on a powder day we dont have to talk. we trust each other and when we look back were right behind each other. a day on the mountain without my crew is just another day in the count but a day on the mountain with my crew is a day for any record book.

By: Shay

Shay — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:41:27 +0000

Thanks everyone for submitting to the contest…it’s been awesome reading them as they come in. Look for the winner announcement on Monday!

By: Giancarlo

Giancarlo — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:47:46 +0000

Since my amp level really depends on the people I ride with, I’m picky about who I ride with. Throughout the years, I’ve filtered out people that woke up too late, who wait a lot, and most important, I’ve filtered all the people who are all talk, no substance. The crew I now ride with rides hard and pushes 110%, because:

A=(nR x E)

Where A=Amp Level, nR=Number of Riders, E=Energy)

The energy of my crew radiates the amp level. Whenever there are riders better than me, I like to push. Progression feels good. When we all push each other, it becomes a dream team. It’s all about keeping a maximum energy level. It becomes a science. We’ve even planned out the best time for lunch breaks where the crowds are minimal. So we ride on empty slopes while everyone is taking their lunch break. That is what a good crew is all about.

By: kristin

kristin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:58:52 +0000

Kristin, Female, kmcmanus85@gmail.com –

Hm. What to say about my crew. Well, we ride a small Ice Coast resort in PA, and needless to say, I am by far the worst rider haha. But, I would be far, far worse than I am now if it wasn’t for the awesome crew I ride with. Right now we are working really hard to set up a Park & Pipe team to represent our hill(to call it a mountain would be a bit of a stretch), but it’s moving kind of slowly due to lack of funding and recognition. The kids in my crew are out there day in and day out, digging out features in the park and making it the best park at this resort in memorable history. They work so hard, ride with the cats at night, and get out there and dig some more the next morning without even being paid for it. My crew works hard just because we love our hill and we love our sport. We ride bruised, broken and beat, but there is never a day without at least a few of us out there throwing down. The crew definately makes me a better snowboarder, no doubt. This is only my second season, and last season I could barely even carve my turns. These kids push me so hard to keep up with them, both freeriding and in the park, that this season I am easily carving my turns, and I just learned to backside the flatbox. Conquering that flatbox was a huge thing for me, since last time I tried it at the end of last season, I fell and smashed my face on it really hard, and my fear of it has gotten the best of me until just a few weeks ago. I know I couldn’t have done it without the crew, and especially without the other girls in our crew who really throw down and represent the women in the local comps, and win. These girls really inspire me to get over my horrible anxiety and get out there and try to compete, even though I may not win, just to help to encourage some of the other female riders out there to enter and compete with the boys. All the funny stories, all the best memories, and all the things that no one else would understand, these are what make our crew what it is – even if there is a little drama thrown in here and there (as the Whitetail turns baby!), this is where I fit in, finally. I want to be on the hill with my crew all day, everyday. So much so that I am the proud new owner of a goggle tan line! Like I say, I have no life outside of the mountain life, and I kind of love it.

By: burritosandsnow

burritosandsnow — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:27:58 +0000

male burritosandsnow@hotmail.com

My crew is small, about half a dozen, and even then its hard to get us all together at one time. My crew is the group of guys (and two girls) that push my riding. They are the ones that tell me I can when I think I cant. They are the ones that give me first runs in the back country when I made the bootpack. They are the ones I trust with my life and they trust me with theirs. My crew are the ones that stand by without saying a word when Im doubled over after a brutal fall. They dont say anything they are just there and thats all I need. They are the ones that share knowing smiles with me when the fall weather starts to set in. They leave me voicemails like ” Hey man I had to turn on the heater this morning soon well be riding!” They are the ones that make me come to the mountain when the “snow is crap” or when ” the lights too flat” because all those excuses fly out the window when we are together. Hi-fives, Yeah dudes, and big smiles .. thats my crew. But most importantly my crew is my group of friends that know its always better to start a story with ” remember the time we” instead of “once I”.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:27:45 +0000

Lauren, Female, wild_spot@hotmail.com
I’m from Australia and still fairly new – Only been boarding properly for one season and eagerly awaiting winter again! My crew is normally just me, my boyfriend and one or two of his mates. None of my friends are remotely interested in the snow.

I love boarding with these guys – They are much, much better than me but don’t leave me behind. They rib me enough to make me determined to catch up, but not enough that I get disheartened or try things that would be dangerous. They don’t care that they have to wait for a girl (Or at least they are very good at pretending!) and are so much fun on the lifts and on the skitube. I’m sure I’m going to get hammered with snowballs first day out as revenge for winning the snowball fight last year :]

I knocked myself out last year – on the first day of a week long trip. My boy came home with me and pandered to my every whim – Movies, popcorn… And didn’t whinge once about having to miss our long planned week at the snow.

I love my crew. They are what makes boarding worthwhile. They challenge me to improve while keeping me safe. We all look out for each other – I think there is a type of camaraderie you get on the snow that you don’t get anywhere else. I can’t wait for many seasons to come boarding with these great mates.

By: Bug Stroope

Bug Stroope — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:18:54 +0000

What a great topic to talk about, thanks for the contest. As for my crew, we roll deep and look out for each so closely, that “family” is the justifying word. I started riding in 1998 when I moved with some of my hometown boys to Brian Head, UT. The sport was new to me, but what really got me hooked was how much fun I was having with my friends. We were all so stoked on snowboarding and the whole lifestyle that encompasses it. The next season we moved to Steamboat with some more friends joining us and meeting more once we arrived. From rallying like packs of wolves through Shadows on a pow day to putting back PBR’s while we had a wax session, these were the people I wanted to surround myself with for the rest of my life. Friends can come and go, but when you share the passion of riding and the common goal of progression, you come so close together. I watched everyone get better and was just as stoked for my homie sticking his trick as I was for myself. That’s when you are truly a “crew”, when you take care of your own and truly love to see them progress. The next step for me was getting my crew to competitions and that’s when I created TEAM INSECTICO in 1999. The goal was to sell t-shirts and hoodies to make enough money to sponsor my friends and it well for a few years. We had many good times on the road and it was amazing watching everyone achieve their goals. Most of us filtered down to Durango, CO were the crew grew and stayed strong. As we have become older, married, and even parents nothing has changed. We stay strong and regroup as much as possible. I owe everything that I have gotten out of snowboarding to my friends, without them, I would have not accomplished what I have in the sport. When I think of my crew I hear laughs after tree runs, I smell wax and beer, and I see smiles on faces. They mean the world to me. This is my first season back in the Boat since 2003 and today I was riding with a new crew member off of Pony to Fish Creek Falls. I couldn’t help but think back and remember some of the lines I had rallied almost 10 years ago and the memories I will always have. The legacy of snowboarding with good friends is something I will pass down to my son proudly. To see our crew and some pics of the past check out Team Insectio on facebook. Again, thanks for the contest and your website.
Bug Stroope
male
bugstroope@yahoo.com

By: Deciblast

Deciblast — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:37:13 +0000

Deepak
Male

I choose my crew wisely. I like riding with people that will look out for you or wait for you going through sketchy terrain. I have friends that charge but without worry about consequences of their actions. I’d rather ride slower and easier terrain with people that I can trust so that I can be safe in the backcountry and tree areas where avalanche terrain exists. My crew mostly rides Sierra and Heavenly. We slay both the park and the powder depending on conditions. We film each other and help each other out when we’re stumbling on progression. We usually end up at the pub at the end of the day to talk about how the day was and then go back to the cabin to make dinner and sit in the hot tub.

Snowboarding is fun, but even better with a crew to share the stoke with.

By: DylanBee

DylanBee — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:19:28 +0000

I love reading these people’s stories, shows how much people really love the sport. I forgot to write my e-mail and gender in my post. Dylan_DMX@hotmail.com, and I’m male and…
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