Interview with Spacecraft Co-Owner: Sarah O’Brien Parker
Sarah O’Brien Parker is the co-owner-entrepreneur-behind-the-scenes-woman-in-charge at Spacecraft. And, I was lucky enough to get the chance to meet up with her at the super sweet new Spacecraft headquarters in Ballard. The entire place –with its work rooms, art everywhere, and views of the sound–is saturated with creativity. If you haven’t heard, Spacecraft is all [...]
Molly Hawkins: Evo Strategery
Strategery is Molly Hawkins’ title–in corporate/web 2.0 speak that’s community manager and she works at Evo, a rad core shop in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. (Check out Shayboarder’s post on Evo for the full scoop on the shop.) Evo is known for its community events-whether it be a game of S.K.A.T.E., coordinating rides up [...]
Interview with Randa Shahin
I met Randa Shahin, a local Pacific Northwest pro, during a weekend up at Stevens Pass with Ride Snowboards. It was fun to hang out, talk about gear, and how to get more women interested in snowboarding. She was kind enough to take some time and answer some questions I had. Where are you from? [...]
New Knife Show– Gnarcade: Check It!
A new game out by Knife Show. Sweet! Gnarcade from Mike Benson on Vimeo.
Last Day: Stevens Pass
Sunday was the last day at Stevens Pass for the season. Le sigh. After a late start, Afton, who has come to think of himself as quite the mountain dog, Mitch, and I drove up to find bluebird skies, packed parking lots, and warm weather at Stevens.
Pillow Fight: Recap
Molly from Evo filmed the Pillow Fight weekend at Stevens Pass this past February and the video weekend recap is up. Take a look and, ladies, be sure to come next year!
Get Over It! Stevens Pass Photo Contest
Submit your best photo to the Stevens Pass photo contest for a chance to win a season pass for the photographer and rider! How to win: Submit your photo to marketing@stevenspass.com between April 1st, 2010 and April 30th, 2010 Include name of photo, photographer name and skier/rider name If your photo is chosen the photographer [...]
April Pow Day 1
The past week or two, Stevens Pass has been getting hit hard with snow…finally! I was able to get up two times and play in some deeper stuff. I think I can say I met my season goal of getting better at riding in pow, but I’ve still got a lot more to learn. Saturday [...]
Touring Ride Snowboards
This past weekend I got to visit Ride Snowboards located down in the industrial district of Seattle. Ride falls under the K2 umbrella and its offices are in the huge K2 building. The building has to be big–it houses all of the offices, machines for developing prototypes and testing, and has a warehouse to store [...]
Snowboarding with the ladies
This season I’ve ridden with more girls than all of my previous years riding combined. Mostly, I would ride with a bunch of guys–the same way most every other girl does–but this year from Ladies Shred Day, Pillow Fight, and then this past weekend, I’ve ridden with lots of rad chickas. All of the ladies [...]
Day 20: Shred and Big Air Fiesta
Last Saturday I was up at Stevens and met up with some of the guys from the motor-home lot. It was sunny, spring conditions and lots of fun cruising around with the guys. I think we were setting speed records down the mountain. Off groomers was soft and poofy on top with sheets of ice [...]
Snowboarder Mag: Video Edit at Stevens Pass
Check out Manuel Diaz, Jonah Owen, Austin Sweetin, Austin Hironaka, and Megan Ginter as they let loose on one amazing mountain: Stevens Pass.
Ride Shakedown
Friday night Austin and Izzy won the Rail Jam. By far, the best feature to watch during the rail session was the totem pole. Riders were airing over it, landing on it, doing fastplants. The other features were a downrail and a straight rail with a squared-off end, they were good, but it seemed like the riders were able to be the most creative with the totem pole.
Ride Shakedown 2010-Qualifiers
Manuel Diaz, Tanner Davidson, and Colin Clarke- three ams going on to compete with the pros in Saturday’s Shakedown. I arrived at the Ride Shakedown with the qualifiers for the jump portion of the Shakedown going on. Ams were spinning frontside and backside 7′s with a few throwing down Rodeos. Manuel Diaz (from Wild Card’s [...]
Ride Shakedown: Today!
Austin Hironaka winning the Rail Jam Friday night. Ride Shakedown is happening today at Summit Central from Noon – 9:30. I’ll be there covering the event on Twitter. Come hang out and see all the action. Its free! The after party is at the new Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle. Doors open at 9:30. $15 [...]
Ride Shakedown 2010
If you haven’t heard, the Ride Shakedown is this weekend, Friday and Saturday. And, it’s free! If you want to ride, you can pick up two-day lift tickets at Evo or at SnoCon for $50. This is the second year that women are competing in the event, and I’m super excited to go and cheer [...]
Day 17: More speed!
Note: I am having the best winter I have had in a long time since I decided to get back into snowboarding. I’ve realized how much I missed it and how much happier it makes me. I hope you’ve had some epic days on the snow too and have had a fun season riding with [...]
Pillow Fight: Day 3
Sunday morning came early and I was sore from Saturday’s pow session. But, I was too excited to lay around in bed, so I stiffly threw on my gear, brushed my teeth and headed to the Kingfisher Lodge at the Sleeping Lady to have breakfast with all of the other awesome Pillow Fight ladies. It [...]
Pillow Fight: Day 2
If you haven’t been to Pillow Fight at Stevens Pass…GO! Today was so, so awesome. There were about 50 women and we split up into different groups–beginner, intermediate, intermediate-advanced, park-beginner, and park-advanced. The groups were small and each had an instructor, and everyone I talked to said their instructors were great. Here is our rad [...]
Pillow Fight: Day 1
This is my first time to Leavenworth. I drove from Seattle taking I-90 to Hwy 970 to Hwy 97. I’d never taken the route before and it was so beautiful. Especially Hwy 97. The rain changed to snow as I started to climb into the mountains and I watched the temperature drop from 42 to [...]
Pillow Fight at Stevens Pass
This weekend is the third annual Pillow Fight at Stevens Pass! It’s my first time heading out for the event and I am super excited. It promises to be an awesome time. From what I hear there are still a few spots open so if you are around the PNW there is still a chance [...]
Holy Oly Revival
Yesterday Mitch and I headed up to the Summit at Hyak for our first ever Holy Oly. It was the Summit’s seventh time and they promised Cobra Dogs and the biggest anti-contest in North America. Hyak had been taken out by a mudslide, so lifts were closed, and hiking to the quarter pipe was in [...]
Day 10: Off the Groomers at Stevens Pass
With reports of 8″ of snow on Monday from Stevens Pass, I headed out with my friends William, Teresa, and Lola to get some runs in. Lola is one, but she loves playing in the snow so Teresa and Lola stayed at the lodge while William and I headed out to see what we could [...]
Day 9: Ladies Shred Day, plus a 50-50
Two Saturdays ago I went up to the Summit at Snoqualmie for International Ladies Shred Day. This was the first time I had been up to the Summit, and I was excited to check out a new Washington ski area. It was pretty close to Seattle and smaller, so I can see how it wouldn’t [...]
