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		<title>Six years of Shayboarder</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 01:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Six years ago I sat in front of my computer writing my introduction to the World of Snowboarding on shayboarder.com. It began with a blog post, zero views and no expectations on where it would go or lead me. I never expected that shayboarder.com would change my life, lead me to amazing experiences or make an impact on snowboarding. But now I can look back on this journey and say how incredibly lucky I have been. I made my own path into the snowboard industry and all it took was a lot of hard work and passion. Last year I made the decision to focus on my career and put shayboarder.com on the backburner. After almost six years, I was ready to snowboard without telling the world about it, ride boards without needing to review them and enjoy some much needed moments away from the shayboarder world. I was ready to take a break, so I did and I really appreciate my fans who let it happen. I want to take this moment to thank everyone who has read shayboarder.com over the past six years. It&#8217;s been very rewarding to share my journey with you. After all, I&#8217;m just a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The mountains we love&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For many of us, the mountains are our homes, our playgrounds and our lives. Unfortunately, the mountains we love can take us at any moment. For the second time in my life, the mountains have taken an incredible person who shared a passion for snowsports, the industry and everyone around them. I&#8217;m at a loss. It&#8217;s heart breaking. It&#8217;s unfortunate. Rest in Peace Joe Timlin Last summer I interviewed Joe for the Industry Profiles series. Here are my favorite parts from the interview with Joe. You can read the full interview here. Shay: How has snowboarding changed your life? Joe: Snowboarding was not just an activity for weekends, It became my lifestyle and more literally, my Life. Shay: What advice would you give to people wanting to work in the industry? Joe: Remember why you got into this. It’s for the riding and sharing this life. I could still be grinding away in a shop riding ever single day and be just as happy as I am now standing on my soap box. When you are living the life you want to live, it is pretty amazing how things can fall into place.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shay&#8217;s Take on the 2013 Platinum Picks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Each year the snowboard magazines decide their top snowboard choices by designing boards tests built around various methodologies. Snowboard Magazine has their Platinum Pick describes as the &#8220;best of the best. Here you find out our choices for best jib boards, best powder boards and just plain best things&#8230;&#8221; The test is ultimately &#8220;not a product test, rather a look around the industry to see who is pushing design, materials, fashion and technology.&#8221; In fact they completely reach out and discuss product tests saying that it&#8217;s up to you, the rider, to determine if a board works for you&#8230;not some product test. So the platinum picks are really just top choices to consider for the upcoming year. I do wish  for the sake of women&#8217;s snowboarding, that in the future there will be women&#8217;s models included. Of the 11 winning boards, I&#8217;ve only ridden five of the boards (some in previous years). The list is a mix of popular boards like the Machete, Cobra, Jamie Lynn Phoenix but also some new choices to consider like the Sims and Endeavor. The list also seems very focused on boards that aren&#8217;t just park or powder but a good all-mountain/freestyle collection mix. Snowboard [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2013 Season Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[season goals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s incredible to see the difference between last October living in California to this October living back in Colorado. The journey in-between the last year has been unexpected, the riding was amazing and I had one of those quality over quantity years. If there was one year to be in the Northwest and travel to the powder, it was last year and I definitely got my fix of amazingly good powder days. I went into 2012 with a lot of goals. I wished for an injury-free healthy season (and made it despite no health insurance). I wanted to expand my tricks (did not do that, no health insurance played a role). Overall I wanted to ride harder terrain and get into backcountry (check, Alaska. check, BC. check, avy 1 training). I ended up doing most of my traveling goals when I spent the whole season traveling, checking off the bucket list of items one after one. The avalanches of the past year and the lives lost have impacted many in the ski and snowboard community. Its impacted me. I now have a goal that I hope all my friends remain safe, that we truly live for the experiences and appreciate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>TGR &#038; Jeremy Jones &#8220;Further&#8221; in Aspen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the last two days, I&#8217;ve been holed up in a little town called Aspen for The Meeting 8. It&#8217;s where the beer flows like wine, where tons of ski and snowboard films are shown and where many from the skiing and snowboarding industry gather to discuss ideas/conversations and good times. This was my second time attending the Meeting and I&#8217;m glad to be here on behalf of Keystone Resort. Last night was the showing of Jeremy Jones &#8220;Further&#8221; film which was my most anticipated film of the showings. I had missed the Seattle premiere so I was counting down till it arrived in Colorado. Jeremy Jones was also attending the Meeting with his wife and a frequent face during the conference. He arrived at the beginning of the film to introduce it to the crowd in Aspen. The locations of Further really go deeper into places that are remote with endess possibilities. They start in Japan with a bomber crew of Jeremy, Forrest and Dirksen. Weather holds, tough climbs and sluff slides really put you on the edge of your seat. I&#8217;m glad that even a tough run, Forrest got back out. But at the same time, I don&#8217;t [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shay&#8217;s take on the 2013 Good Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When it goes to magazine reviews, the Good Wood test is the most popular and longest running snowboard test. The Good Wood Test was designed to give the best performing park and all-mountain boards the chance to standout among the rest of the boards. For 2013, boards are split between men and women, over and under $450 in all mountain and park categories. TWS made a point of explaining the testing, how a board is scored and who the testers are. I&#8217;ve ridden over ten of the boards that made the list for this year. Standout boards for men&#8217;s all-mountain were the Capita BSOD, Lib T.Rice, TRS and Greats. For men&#8217;s park, the Salomonder and Ultrafear were favorites when I rode them in years past. For the women&#8217;s results, I completely agree with all of the all-mountain boards and can see how the other boards won for park. The best way to interpret this list is see what works for you and try it for yourself&#8230;your own personal test matters more than anything else. Top Ten Men&#8217;s Boards Under $449 Burton Super Hero (park) Burton Parkitect (park) Salomon Sabotage (park) Capita Ultrafear FK (park) Capita Defenders of Awesome (park) K2 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happy 5 Year Anniversary!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I think back to this day five years ago, I still remember the reason I started this blog. I wanted to share my passion and world of snowboarding with the world (to whoever cared to listen). It wasn&#8217;t to make money, it wasn&#8217;t to be recognized by people and it certainly wasn&#8217;t to get free gear. I set out with my own content and now five years later, I can look around and see the impact this site has had on snowboarding. It&#8217;s pretty rad. In the past five years, I&#8217;ve written 2,296 blog posts which comes out to roughly 459 blog posts per year. It was always a labor of love. Blogging and creating content is time, energy and love. Thank goodness I had a lot of love to give. There were many late nights and early mornings dedicated to updating the blog before working a full-time 9-5 job. This has always been a personal blog devoted to fun on the mountain and it&#8217;s amazing to see how passion and hard work have helped it grow. After five years of writing about it, I still love snowboarding. Something about breathing in the cold winter air, feeling the board [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Visit to Dakine</title>
		<link>https://www.shayboarder.com/2012/07/a-visit-to-dakine.html</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[company tour]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since 1979, Dakine has been making a variety of products from luggage to gloves, backpacks to accessories that are designed to be functional for any skateboarder, mountain biker, outdoorsmen, snowboarder or skier.  The basic principals are quality, function and style which are present throughout their entire line. The Dakine Headquarters are based in Hood River, Oregon. The perfect location for year-round outdoor adventurers and that clearly shows in the products they create, the offices full of toys and the people behind the brand. On my way back from Mt Hood, it was worth the drive to Hood River to stop in and see what the Dakine headquarters were like. Upon entering the building, the walls are surrounded with images from surf to snow, bike to just plain gnarly. Their past, present and future are clearly defined on the walls throughout the entire building. The door of Dakine stickers go back quite a few years. I recognized the first Dakine sticker I had from the late 90&#8217;s almost immediately. Pretty rad to see the collection present in the production room. One of the best perks about being located in Hood River is designing a pack, building it and testing it within [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Industry Profile: Recon Instruments QA Tester Mike Jensen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Job Title: Quality Assurance Tester at Recon &#38; budding musician Employer: Recon Instruments Years on snow: 14 Days on snow: More than your average bear Currently Riding: Forum Eddie Wall Destroyer 156 with Burton Customs Currently I am: In the office looking out the window and wishing I was out cliff jumping on this glorious Vancouver day Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Mike: I grew up on the Sunshine Coast, Gibsons BC. The Sunshine Coast is awesome in the summertime, lots of skimboarding, skateboarding and cliff jumping. But in the winter it just rains and there&#8217;s not much to do. So when I was younger, I would go to Vancouver as much as possible with a couple of buddies and ride Grouse, and when we got wheels we began to head up to Whistler. After high school I moved out to Victoria for a year for a change of scenery, but I only shredded one day that year so it was time to move on! I then moved to Vancouver, got a Whistler pass, and enrolled in an Engineering degree at the University of British Columbia. I have met a great crew through the UBC Ski and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Industry Profile: Swell Photography Coordinator Heather Baker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Swell Photography Coordinator]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Job Title: Photography Coordinator Employer: Swell Years on snow: 22 years Days on snow: anywhere from 10-80 Currently Riding: Roxy Ollie Pop 148, Burton Stiletto, Burton Bootique or my Flow Myriad and Prima bindings, depending on the day. Currently I am: Living beachside in San Clemente. Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Heather: I grew up in a little town called Penryn, CA, which is just outside of Tahoe. I spent my winters snowboarding Northlake to Southlake to Mammoth. Board sports were ingrained into my life from an early age, and later took up surfing while getting my B.A. from Humboldt State. I am an animal lover, artist and gypsy. Shay: How has snowboarding changed your life? Heather: Snowboarding is my first love, it’s a lifestyle not a hobby. A guaranteed smile. Shay: How did you get your start in the industry, who or what opened up more opportunities for you? Heather: My first “real” job in the industry was for Flow Snowboarding. I began as an intern, and then was asked to stay on to work in Marketing and Public Relations. This was an amazing start that opened up opportunities to meet industry professionals and seasoned pro’s. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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