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		<title>Industry Profile: One Ball Jay Owner Matt Cummins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Job Title: Snowboarder, Designer, Business owner Employer: Oneballjay, Northwest Snowboards, Mervin Mfg Years on snow: 25 yrs Days on snow: Thousands Currently Riding: Lib Tech La Nina 156 Currently I am: Ready for summer. Surfing, Biking, and trips Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Matt: Hi, my name is Matt Cummins. I currently live and grew up in Gig Harbor, Washington. I am 43 years old. I started snowboarding, and helped start Northwest Snowboards and Oneballjay all around the same time in 1988. My winters are spent watching storms come in and trying to score powder days. My down days are in the office. In the summer I like to surf, ride bikes, golf, build things, go boating, and travel. Shay: How has snowboarding changed your life? Matt: Snowboarding is my life and all the activities and opportunities that have come from that. My family and friends all snowboard, surf, or ride bikes. It’s great way of life, there is always something that needs attention and always someplace new to go. Shay: How did you get your start in the industry, who or what opened up more opportunities for you? Matt: I bought my first Gnu snowboard from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Industry Profile:  Mervin Manufacturing VP Marketing &#038; Creative Pete Saari</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Job Title: VP Marketing and Creative Employer: Mervin MFG Years on snow: Started on skis when I was 5 Days on snow: Never quite enough Currently Riding: Gnu Park Pickle Currently I am: Still getting better [singlepic id=12253 w=300 h=452 float=] Photo:  Tim Zimmerman Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself Pete: I like long walks on the beach, cobblestones back up to the top of the point break. I like sunny mornings looking out of the barrel at Mt. Baker. I enjoy hiking for pow and hurting myself on boxes and rails. I still suck at skateboarding but someday&#8230; I hope to do something positive, it is getting close to time for me to give back a lot more than I take. I get inspired by my friends and anyone who creates&#8230;Jamie Lynn, Mike Parillo, Annette Veihelmann, Mike Olson, etc Shay: How has snowboarding changed your life? Pete: I think it saved me. I thank Mike Olson for asking me to help him when I was 18 or 19. At that time I had a lot of energy and desire but no where to direct it. I was building my own surfboards and going to school at the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>9th Annual Mervin Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 02:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Each year the crew from Mervin&#8217;s Denver office takes to A-Basin for a day on snow with drinks, BBQ and games.  Once I knew the date, I marked it off on my calendar and planned for the day off from work to come enjoy the festivities with friends.  I made my way into Denver last night to stay at Dan&#8217;s house, stop by NS this morning and then head to A-Basin for a late morning/afternoon of shredding. Capita (my dog) came along for the ride. I arrived at A-Basin with enough luck to find a parking spot close to the tents and join in the festivities which included good drinks, food and people. [singlepic id=9013 w=400 h=300 float=] We had a great crew at the party, I was able to meet up with my friends from 720 Boardshop in Denver (Lauren, Adrian, Erik, Scott), good friends like K and new friends like Scott and Brett.  Snowboarding really does unite a lot of different people into one happy place and I had a great day because of the people I was with.  I also was bummed that these are people I&#8217;ll miss when I move. [singlepic id=9010 w=300 h=400 float=] The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lib Tech Skate Banana Giveaway in Portland!</title>
		<link>https://www.shayboarder.com/2009/08/lib-tech-skate-banana-giveaway-in-portland.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you are remotely near Portland today, it&#8217;s your chance to win a 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana compliments of Shayboarder and Mervin Manufacturing.  All you have to do is track me down when I put out twitter clues at 4pm that will help you find my location in Portland, Oregon.  All it takes is the first person to give me a high 5 that wins the brand new Skate Banana! When the twitter giveaway does start at 4pm, I will be checking @shayboarder replies if you have any questions during the hunt!  Good luck and see you in Portland! [singlepic id=5916 w=500 h=455 float=] If you want the free 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana you must follow these steps: 1. Sign up to follow shayboarder on twitter. Probably the best idea to get the SMS Text updates to your phone on the day of. 2. Check updates starting at 4pm (PST) on August 12th 3. At 4pm I will start to twitter clues that will help you track down my location in Portland, Oregon. 4. Get in your car, bus, bike, skateboard, longboard…and track me down. 5. Be the first person to find me and give me a high [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Find Shayboarder in Portland to win a 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In June, I did a successful Birthday twitter giveaway where people tracked me down with twitter clues and the first person who found me won an 09-10 Never Summer Circuit-R snowboard. People mentioned how great it would be to have that same giveaway in other cities that I traveled to, so I set out in June to see what company would be willing to offer an 09-10 snowboard and be part of the shayboarder.com twitter giveaway fun. Portland is the next city I visit this year and the perfect choice for another shayboarder twitter hunt.  The fine folks at Mervin Manufacturing offered up a 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana to make the hunt truly Northwest so it&#8217;s game on in Portland. [singlepic id=5916 w=500 h=455 float=] If you want the free 09-10 Lib Tech Skate Banana you must follow these steps: 1. Sign up to follow shayboarder on twitter. Probably the best idea to get the SMS Text updates to your phone on the day of. 2. Check updates starting at 4pm (PST) on August 12th 3. At 4pm I will start to twitter clues that will help you track down my location in Portland, Oregon. 4. Get in your car, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bent Metal 2009-2010</title>
		<link>https://www.shayboarder.com/2009/07/bent-metal09-10.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If there is one binding for the big mountain man it&#8217;s Bent Metal bindings, putting the metal back in snowboarding.  For 09-10, they cleaned up the line and removed the biscuit and step in binding models bringing back the Missionary and Restraint built to be tough, rough and lightweight. Bent Metal The Missionary Features:  Dual axis highback, bridge bolt hardware, uni-lite baseplate, ricardo++ankle strap, roll over toe strap, revolutionary cube, micro adjust heelcup, aluminum buckles, multi-disk Response Level:  8 Color:  Black [singlepic id=5910 w=500 h=309 float=] [singlepic id=5911 w=400 h=511 float=] Bent Metal Restraint Features:  Holy highback, VX baseplate, heel pod pad, ricardo++ankle strap, roll over toe strap, revolutionary cube, micro adjust heelcup, aluminum buckles, multi-disk Response Level:  6 Color: [singlepic id=5912 w=500 h=309 float=] [singlepic id=5915 w=400 h=511 float=] Bent Metal Restraint Color:  Yellow [singlepic id=5913 w=500 h=309 float=] [singlepic id=5914 w=400 h=511 float=]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Industry Profile:  Roxy Hardgoods Product Manager Kyre Byram</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shay: What is your job title? Kyre: Snowboard Hardgoods Product Manager for Roxy Shay: What was your first set up? Kyre: Burton Elite 135 with the slot for a metal fin, of which I was convinced, would have helped me turn (while I was learning) if I would have just had one. Bindings were the crazy old four strap, felt like straight jackets, and boots were regular Sorels (pre ‘snowboard’ Sorels). Shay: What is your current set up? Kyre: Depends on the day, I’m always on different product for testing, but most frequently I’ve been riding our Ollie Pop BTX, and on a little deeper days Eminence BTX, with Eminence Bright Edition bindings and Track Lace boots, the black patent sparkly ones. [singlepic id=5208 w=300 h=400 float=] Kyre at the factory in Washington Shay: Did your parents question your job choice? Kyre: No, they’ve always let me do my thing in everything I’ve done. Shay: What was your first job? Kyre: Cleaning my friend’s parent’s house and rental properties for $5 per hr, which was a Gold Mine at the time! I Hated the cleaning though. Shay: What’s a great day of snowboarding to you? Kyre: 2-3’ of fresh light [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mervin Days 2009</title>
		<link>https://www.shayboarder.com/2009/06/mervin-days-2009.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My last day at A-Basin happened to be on Mervin Day which was a lot of fun to partake in with theBBQ, snowboarding and pond skimming. [singlepic id=4586 w=400 h=300 float=]   Here&#8217;s my write up on the day and from the video it looks like I missed out on swimsuit Dan taking the plunge many times in the icy cold ponds. Mervin Days 2009 from SixEleven on Vimeo.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A-Basin 5/19/09</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was a much needed ride day before the family arrives in town for my surgery, so I headed to A-Basin to finally end the season there.  It was great timing since today the Lib Tech Denver office peeps were having their end of season shred party on the mountain which is always a good time. Lauren and myself We started out the season together and finished the season together [singlepic id=4846 w=400 h=300 float=] Neon Green looks good on everything [singlepic id=4848 w=400 h=300 float=] Even though there&#8217;s a couple weeks left till A-Basin closes, the snow is very soft and slushy.  Today was the first day for plenty of pond skims starting to form on the mountain.   Adrian taking the park rocker through the pond [singlepic id=4849 w=400 h=300 float=] The guys taking out some of the snowskates [singlepic id=4850 w=400 h=300 float=] The Denver office handles Quiksilver, DC, Lib Tech, GNU, One Ball Jay, Roxy, Bent Metal&#8230;jeez any other name I&#8217;m forgetting.  Today was the party/hang out and just have fun enjoying each other&#8217;s company. [singlepic id=4851 w=400 h=300 float=] Myself and Jay hanging out [singlepic id=4852 w=400 h=300 float=] Nicole and Dan all dressed up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mervin&#8217;s C2 vs BTX</title>
		<link>https://www.shayboarder.com/2009/05/mervins-c2-vs-btx.html</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I can always count on the BMB forums to give their honest opinion, usually it&#8217;s not the nicest but it&#8217;s always honest. They recently had a good point that when I reviewed the Lib Tech Dark C2 I didn&#8217;t compare it to the BTX version. I figured this would be a good time to discuss C2 vs BTX. Mervin Manufacturing is the brand behind C2 and BTX technology and create Lib Tech, GNU and some Roxy snowboards. This is the first year for C2 technology to hit the market from Mervin but BTX has been around for years in the Mervin lines.  For 09-10, there are five models coming out of Mervin Manufacturing that will feature C2 Technology: Lib Tech Dark Series, Lib Tech Trice, GNU Billy Goat, GNU Danny Kass and GNU B-PRO.   I&#8217;ve been able to try 3 of those boards that feature the new C2 technology and was able to try 2 of those boards when they were BTX.   BTX [singlepic id=4857 w=400 h=124 float=] BTX also known as Banana Traction features a rocker banana between your feet and flat from inserts out to the contact points. The contact points are raised slightly because of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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