Something has to get cut, so here’s what didn’t make the movie. Still better than my best day. . .

GROWup Productions early season from greg saunders on Vimeo.

This is Mike Chantry about 1988 wearing a Shoreline of Tahoe…Back then known as Shoreline Ski & Snowboards team rider jacket and pants.  If we could read the embroidery on his left pocket, we would be able to read “Shoreline Ski & Snowboards  Pro Snowboard Shop” that suit was sick, made by a Company called “Hot Dogger” that Very quickly came and went. Yea those were pink Palm trees on his pants….Way Cool for 88…
Mike Chantry is one of those people that have a way shaping a movement without getting too entangled. To do this you must love your passion in a way that never ruins it for you. In other words not depend on it for you sole source of income. He some how became a great supporter of both Sessions Snowboard Shop and Shoreline Of Tahoe in the early years. I think Joel Gomez started Sessions in 83 followed by Shoreline in 85. In the early years you knew everyone, if you saw someone with a board, you most likely knew them or knew someone they knew. It was kind of a relapsed hippy phase where if you saw someone hitching with a snowboard you would go out of your way to give them a ride just to talk about snowboarding. Mike has always been old to me, I meet him when I was 23 when he hosted “Terror in Tahoe” the now legendary Skate contest. Like I said Mike greatly influenced the skate an snowboard scene for decades, so I was happy to see this old shot of Mike,  it brought back many fond memories of a time long gone, but not forgotten.

We at Shoreline would like to say congrats to our good friend Travis Parker, for getting back on the K2 Pro Team! K2 Snowboarding Welcomes Travis Parker back to The K2 Pro Team

Travis Parker has been back on the scene, filming in this year’s Respect Your Elders film presented by Airblaster and K2 Snowboarding, helping K2 design boards, boots, bindings, helmets and more from the inside out, and helping to educate the world with his Environmentally Challenged Fuel Television Show.

“Personally, I couldn’t be happier to have been able to bring Travis back in to work with K2 Snowboarding.”, says Kevin Winkel, K2 International Team Manager. “He is truly one of the most amazing human beings I have ever had the pleasure of working with, a legend in snowboarding, and after a few years away, I know that snowboarding has missed him. Here’s to keeping snowboarding fun! Welcome back Travis!”

-Taken from snowboard-mag.com

It’s been 3 years since Shoreline has won this event, its a great event to end the season, may-be next year will be the year the Shoreline’s team takes back the title. Congratulations to Porters for a job well done.  So God willing next year Shoreline will be there to fight for the title.

Highlights from back in the day…Shoreline’s ski and snowboard team takes the title, see the highlights…yeah we’re livin in the past, waiting for the come back.

After failing to get a job at ESPN, Ron Burgundy was hired as Shoreline of Tahoe’s new spokesperson in charge of Product review. Ron seemed to learn very quick about snowboarding. Sometimes he does look to be kind of lost, like a tourist out of bounds in a blizzard, but he very popular on youtube. So check out Ron Burgundy on all of Shoreline of Tahoe’s Rome snowboarding product reviews

Check out the teaser for the new snowboard film by Grow UP Productions titled “Time Flies.” Featuring Shoreline Team riders BJ linne and Scott Hoffman, as well as riding by Tahoe Shreds Nicki Weiss, Jordan Nield, Ross Patton, Mike Orlick, Ethan Guggenheimer, and friends. Enjoy!

Shoreline of Tahoe loves this event because Skiers and snowboarders unite to throw down on a slopestyle course in memory of Sierra Freestyle / Freeride Skier, Greg Smith and to spread Seatbelt Safety Awareness.
Stop by and enjoy the fun, competition and great music. Feast at the outdoor BBQ and win great raffle prizes.
Amateur divisions will jam on a custom rail and/or jump line. Your choice! Prizes from the sponsors to top 3 in each division will awarded.
The Open divisions will jam on the custom jump line, with an emphasis on style, execution, and putting down a solid run. Cash purse will pay to top 5 in each Open division and top 3 in the Women’s division.
CHP will be onsite to share Seatbelt Safety Awareness.
All proceeds go towards the Sierra Education Foundation and towards building a signature feature for Greg.

Divisions Include:
15 & Under Snowboard Am
15 & Under Ski
16 & Over Snowboard Am
16 & Over Ski
Open Snowboard
Open Ski
Women Snowboard
Women Ski

Registration:
Registration will be held in the Aspen Cafe before the contest from 8:00am to 9:30am. The entry fee for the amateur divisions is $25 and the pro divisions is $40. Lift tickets for competitors can be purchased at registration for $35. Competitor Parents can purchase a discounted ticket at registration for $49.

Prizes:
The 4th annual Buckle Up Big Air is boasting a $4,000 cash purse! Our judges will be expecting your tightest game. There’s awesome prizes from our sponsors for the amateurs. Here’s the breakdown for the Open and Women’s divisions:
Open Snowboard 1st Place: $800; 2nd Place: $500; 3rd Place: $200; 4th Place: $100; 5th Place: $50
Open Ski 1st Place: $800; 2nd Place: $500; 3rd Place: $200; 4th Place: $100; 5th Place: $50
Women Snowboard 1st Place: $200; 2nd Place: $100; 3rd Place: $50
Women Ski 1st Place: $200; 2nd Place: $100; 3rd Place: $50
*Best Snowboard trick: Lib Tech Snowboard *Best Ski Trick: Lib Tech NAS
skis

Spectators:
This is an event not to be missed! Enjoy the BBQ, the music and the great raffle prizes. All spectators will be required to remain in the Spectator Village. Access to the course will be limited to registered athletes and those with credentials as stated above. Please note that the contest is held on our Backside- lift access is required to get there.

Rose Marie Daiek

Shoreline of Tahoe Team rider Rose Marie Daiek will defend her Kirkwood North Face Masters of Snowboarding Title this weekend Friday & Saturday February 26 – 27th. The Master’s Series measures a riders freeriding talents by placing them up against anything the mountain has to throw at them. Cliffs, chutes, crud, ice, pow, rocks, and steeps; A master rider needs to ride it all in control and with style. Rose has come a long way, from early roots camping out in Kirkwood to ruling anything she sets her sights on. Always quick to flash a big smile as she flies past you to that next powder line.
Good Luck to Rose Marie and all the other competitors from the crew at Shoreline.

Elbows Up!

Smokin Snowboards from Bob Daly on Vimeo.

What can I say about Jay Quintlin…He showed up at our shop back in 1990, and submitted an impressive resume of his snowboarding abilities. He was  like the east coast counter part to Jimmy Halopoff who had just won the California series. So we gave him a spot on the Shoreline team. If you recall Jimmy back in the day he was a bit wild, and would often have a little to much to drink and turn into Rocky Balboa. These antics we’re captured in the now classic “Whiskey” videos.
So if you thought the East coast Rappers vs the West coast rappers was over the top, It was East vs West Snowboarders that First went to blows. To make matters worse, poor Jay was way out numbered. There was kind of a make shift gang of South Lake Tahoe Snowboarders known as “The South Shore Posse” Just add Alcohol, and there was a good chance something stupid would happen. So being a bunch of insecure, overly competitive Snowboarders they did  what made perfect sense to them at the time, They showed up at Jay’s house one day and packed up his belongings and ran him out of town. for real, this is the wild west and South Lake just wasn’t big enough for Jimmy and Jay….I only recall bits and pieces of this event, so those of you with more details feel free to add comments or correct my bad memory.
It was sometime later that Jay took on the nick name “Smokin Jay” I think it has something to do with how fast he left South Lake….or may-be women thought he was Hot! but in either case Smokin Jay continued his wild west adventure on the North shore of Lake Tahoe where the peaceful, fun loving locals excepted him as one of their own. It was there that Jay started making snowboards. Smokin Jay Snowboards humble beginnings 14 years ago started in a round about way on the Shoreline Snowboard team…..kind of…well I’m sure we helped with the nick name at least… Now simply called “Smokin Snowboards” Jay has built up his board’s demand by mirroring some of the characteristics found in boards made at the Mervin Manufacturing factory.
All kidding aside, I m very proud of Jay’s Success, American Made products are the best. I like what he has done, and we’re very happy to be selling his boards here at Shoreline of Tahoe. Let me take this time to apologize for the rough time you endured by a few locals, who didn’t realize how big snowboarding would become. The funny thing is many of those individuals have also made their mark in the snowboard industry, so I know forgiveness is part of the Dysfunctional family known as the Snowboard industry.