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 [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
9 Gift Ideas for Girls Who Shred
1. Seven Ply How awesome are earings made out of old skate decks? So awesome. They don’t look like it, but they are really lightweight. Lynn of Seven Ply makes every single piece different in color and style and also makes different sizes (down to studs) if you don’t like rocking the hoops. (She also [...]
Day 4: The Blender and Feelgood
Burton was at Stevens Pass on Saturday and I got the chance to demo two new boards, the Blender and the Feelgood. I’ve been riding a ’99 Burton Custom since, well, ’99. And a ’98 Custom before that. And an Air way back in the beginning. So I’ve only been on Burton, and (except for [...]
Check Your Head
This is the first season I will be riding with a big black piece of plastic covering my skull. I thought it would never happen, but here I am. I decided to spring for a lid last year when facing trees–thinking I probably shouldn’t do a tree run without a helmet–a la Sonny Bono. If [...]
The Basics: Board Tech
Photo: Alex Indigo Your board. Probably one of the most basic of basics when it comes to snowboarding. In the past few years, the ways that boards are engineered have changed dramatically to say the least. Coming into the 2009-2010 season it seems like snowboard companies have their act together and actually know how to [...]
