Shred Betties Team
As part of our mission of promoting female snowboarders, we have selected a diverse group of twelve riders for the 2008/2009 season to form a new all-girl snowboard team. Our goal with the team is to inspire girls everywhere to get out and ride with their friends, push their limits, and have a great time snowboarding. We've selected girls who not only kill it in competition, but truly love snowboarding. We feel that these girls really answer the question, "What is a Shred Betty?" Our team manager, Diana will be working closely with the team members on filming and competition. Keep up-to-date with the team through this page; throughout the season, we will feature blogs, videos, photos, and trick tips from the team. And keep an eye out for the team riders at your local mountain!
Shred Betties Crew
Much to our dismay, we can't put every shredtastic girl we meet onto the team, but we still want to do our best to showcase their talents. So, to provide a venue for gaining exposure to all motivated female riders, we've created the Shred Betties Crew, an open-ended list of girls who we call on for film and photos. Crew girls appear along with our team riders in the videos and much more.
Meet the Crew!
... and find out how to join!
Elise Borelli |
Christina Curry |
Diane "D" Damra |
Joanna "Pnut" Dzierzawski |
Aimee Fuller |
Megan Ginter |
Claire Hewitt-Demeyer |
Angela Halo Wilson |
Mackenzie Matters |
Randa Shahin |
Kyla Sobieralski |
Erika Vikander |
Team Manager: Diana Sciandra Distrola | |
Team News
Coaching at WIndells
Over the holidays, I was invited to coach the winter session at Windells. A lot of fun was had, even though the weather was pretty bad the whole week. I taught a group of campers to snowboard, including some really rad girls. They were soldiers, so I just wanted to let them know how proud I am of them!
freelance | 01.05.09 | Comments (0)
Randa on Street Rails
Team rider Randa Shahin hits a couple handrails in Portland, Oregon. Plus, she has some really cool pants. Check out the photos!
kelly | 12.31.08 | Comments (2)
Tammie Varner Photos
We featured California rider Tammie Varner as Betty of the Month earlier this year, and now have added her to our film crew, so keep an eye out for footage of this up-and-coming rider. Tammie rides for Bonfire, Dragon, Omatic, Pharmacy Board Shop, Flux, Monster Energy Drink, GRO Clothing, and has been competing in major competitions like the Roxy Chicken Jam and Volcom PB & Rail Jam Campionship.
kelly | 12.31.08 | Comments (0)
Riding Snowbird
Snowbird is a miniature version of the Swiss Alps. The conditions we had for filming were perfect.. a little bit of snow and a bluebird day. We started off shredding the many open faces that Snowbird offers, along with some nice little cliff drops to get the season started right.
erika vikander | 12.29.08 | Comments (0)
CC wins Dew Tour Rail Jam
Shred Betties team rider Christina Curry wins the Dew Tour rail jam at Breckenridge. Despite cold, stormy weather, CC was able to impress the judges and take home a $2000 prize. In the slopestyle competition, team rider Megan Ginter came in 5th, beating out some tough competition.
kelly | 12.21.08 | Comments (1)
Snowbird
Diana and and Utah riders Madison Blackley and Erika Vikander were treated to some ideal conditions at Snowbird, Utah last week, and got some great footage of the powder and terrain that makes Snowbird famous. Because of recent avalanche activity in Colorado and Utah, and a recent death at Snowbird, Diana took a moment to talk about avalanche safety and current weather conditions to the Jared Ishkanian, the PR director. Also, included is footage of team rider Erika.
Dirty D | 12.21.08 | Comments (0)
Filming with the Crew
The last month has been quite a whirlwind snowboarding adventure. I have a greater appreciation for traveling, couch surfing, filming and most of all editing(its a practice of patience and understanding). I have a new found respect for the snowboarders out there who work so hard to pursue a career in the industry.
Dirty D | 12.19.08 | Comments (0)
Crew Rider: Ashley Thornton
Bend, Oregon rider Ashley Thornton has been killing it in the Oregon scene, most recently winning the Dirksen Derby, a super fun looking banked slalom race (http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2008/12/16/2nd-annual-dirksen-derby/) that benefits two local injured snowboarders. She’s also won a slew of rail jams, including a recent one at Skjersaa in Bend. Keep an eye out for her in our upcoming Under the Radar videos, as well as rail jams and competitions around the West.
kelly | 12.18.08 | Comments (0)
Paige & Pnut at the Vans Mini Cup
Shred Betties crew rider Paige Rainear, and team rider Joanna “Pnut” Dzierzawski took first and second in the women’s division at the Vans Mini Cup in Winter Park. Unfortunately, the girls didn’t take home quite as nice of a prize as the guys, so you might not be seeing them at the big Vans Cup. Bummer!
kelly | 12.17.08 | Comments (1)
Crew Rider: Charlotte Trundle
Charlotte impressed us with her smooth styley riding video, and her passion for the sport - she travels between New Zealand and North America to get the best of both seasons, riding over 300 days a year. She’s been making a mark on the NZ competition scene, and look for her this winter in Summit County, CO.
kelly | 12.17.08 | Comments (0)
Early Season at Brighton
Utah rider Madison Blackley passed on this video of her early season shred session a few weeks ago at Brighton.
staff | 12.08.08 | Comments (0)
Crew: Hidden Gems
Luck and good timing presented me with an opportunity to meet up with Diana Sciandra Distrola, the woman behind ‘Operation: Betty GTS America’, and let me tell you, mission accomplished!
Our adventure took place at Keystone, CO with Tim the cameraman and Diane Damra. A lingering storm system left us with fresh snow and a forest filled with opportunities. We all decided to begin the day in the park before moving on and tackling mother nature. There was jibbing, hiking, a first time on a crazy feature, crashes, and all around good times had while we slayed Keystone’s jibland.
staff | 12.08.08 | Comments (2)
Back Yard Bang
On Sat the 22nd, the back yard bang took place in Portland as did an early season jib session at Timberline. With the way things worked out, and for better reasoning, I attended the jib session at Timberline. The event turned out to be a blast. It was great to see lots of familiar faces. Epic snowboards was there, Nick the local DC rep, lots of ladies (Amanda, Lauren, Destiny, Christine, Krysta, Julia, and more), and local homies. The atmosphere was chill and the box was fun. It was great to ride with lots of friends and I am grateful for the experience. I would have loved to have had the chance to ride along side my good friend, Megan Ginter, at the Back Yard Bang, but instead I can be proud to say that she took first place at the event. Cheers to Megan!!
randa | 12.08.08 | Comments (0)
Shred Betties Announces 08/09 Team
Shred Betties magazine is pleased to announce its women’s snowboard team for the 2008/2009 season. An international group of 12 female riders was selected to make up the first-ever Shred Betties Team.
The team was the brainchild of pro snowboarder Diana Sciandra Distrola, the new Shred Betties Team Manager. Diana selected the team riders with the goal of creating a diverse group of girls that readers would look up to. “We looked for girls who will represent us with integrity and enthusiasm. We did not want big egos for the team, rather we wanted big hearts. Thus the riders chosen were selected both for their skills, accomplishments and positive attitudes.”
Dirty D | 12.02.08 | Comments (2)
First Powder Day of the Season!
Today was the official first powder day of the 2008-2009 season! The weather people orignally reported the weekend to be mostly cloudy, light showers maybe 1 inch if we are lucky but it ended up being a pretty impressive storm. I woke up to news that Loveland had 14 inches Saturday morning. My original intent to lounge around was suddenly out the window, as I made plans to head up to Loveland asap with my friends Judy and Dave. We got there around 9:30, and yes the parking lot was almost full, but the lift lines were under 10 minutes and the snow was plentiful. We got word of some openings of terrain, and I got to make the deepest turns I’ve made in really long while. It snowed all day and I’m pretty sure it’s still snowing there now. We heard someone say they got around 10 more inches, since opening. Seriously, how does Loveland get so much snow? Keystone and Breck reported 5 inches and Abasin reported 9.
d damra | 11.30.08 | Comments (2)
More Early Season Rails
Team rider Christina Curry (CC) sessions a down rail. Not too much snow around, but apparently she wasn’t too fazed by a hard landing. Jeff Barich photos.
kelly | 11.28.08 | Comments (1)
Early Season in Utah
Elise has been shredding it up early season - hitting up Brighton, UT. Lucky girl even got 40” of fresh on her first day at Brighton! Even before the mountains opened, she was scoping out the local urban features, like this handrail:
ELISEB | 11.24.08 | Comments (1)
Back On Snowboard
For those of you that don’t know who I am, my name is Randa Shahin. I have been snowboarding on Mt. Hood for that last 6 years and have had my fair share of snowboard trips around the U.S. and overseas. This past June, I broke my neck over shooting a jump. It was the first day of the summer and my last day of the summer. I had to wear a halo on my head for 4 months.
randa | 11.13.08 | Comments (3)
Loveland - Fun Day
I don’t often get to ride with a bunch of girls that absolutely slay it. I had this opportunity last Sunday at Loveland. Shred betties got 9 super shred-tastic girls together for some fun and filming. There was all kinds of tricks getting thrown down, that don’t usually go down on your first day of the season (270’s on and off, 270’s on and revert, sweet frontboards and a slew of other ticks). We started out the day hiking Loveland’s terrain park, which featured several boxes a flat rail and a super fun up flat box with a nice drop. There was also a nice butter box for practicing 270’s and Michael jacksons!
d damra | 11.11.08 | Comments (5)
Interested in the riding for Shred Betties? Show us what you've got by participating in our photo/video crew. Send us photos or videos showing you've got the skills to be featured on SBTV. Email all inquiries to our team manager, diana@shredbetties.com
