Every March for the past 20 years EB has put on Last Call, the longest and largest running snowboard contest on the East Coast! Hailey and Mercedes (our directors) were invited to be part of the Judging Panel. No small feat when you have a stacked invite line up of the best riders on the East Coast such as Athena Comeau, Ty Schnorrbusch, Abby Ronca, Lily Calabrese, Joey Leon, LJ Henriquez, Johnny O’Connor, Benny Milam, Lauren Tamposi , Zeb Powell, Miles Fallon, Rob Roethler, Austin Visintainer, Alex Caccamo, Casey Savage, Danny Garrity, Eugene Stancato, Timmy Sullivan, and Kaleah Opal. Alongside Hailey and Mercedes were a grip of seasoned judges John Comeau, Travis Neuenhaus, Shaun Murphy and JG. The MC for the day was Ryan Manning
Woman’s Overall:
Mens Overall:
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Woodward Killington.
https://slushthemagazine.com/blogs/features/park-affair-x-woodward-killington
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With the additions of skateboarding and surfing into the Tokyo Olympics, there has been a lot of talk around board sports hitting the mainstream. What’s special about these activities is that they are more than a sport, they are a lifestyle, a community, and it all happens on the ground. This is hard to convey
on a TV Broadcast. Park Affair, a women-owned business, is an organization that is fostering that community among a diverse group of women, disrupting the male-dominated, historically not very diverse, action sports industry.
Park Affair, a women’s organization rooted in snowboarding, is designed to inspire and encourage women to push their limits on and off the mountain. Co-founded by life-long snowboarders, Mercedes Ortega and Hailey Ronconi, Park Affair started as a women's snowboard camp in 2012 and has
evolved into so much more. From mentoring and networking programs, to ride meet ups, gear reviews, and now their latest project – The Tri-State Trifecta.
What happens when you bring together a diverse group of 15 women, bonded by snowboarding, on the ultimate boardsport journey to surf, snowboard, and skateboard all in one day in the New York Tri-State area? The Park Affair Trifecta. Something that has likely never been done before.
The Park Affair Trifecta took place on August 7, 2021, and included surfing on Long Beach, snowboarding at Big Snow American Dream, and skateboarding at Thomas Jefferson in Harlem. If you took the accomplishment of completing these three boardsports in one day, in the Tri-state area, alone, that would be impressive. But what Park Affair did was so much more than that. It was about the community of diverse women. Bringing them together. Fostering empowerment and progression. By shining a spotlight on these individuals, Park Affair is aiming to inspire a broader group of diverse women, who through this can see people like them participating in these sports and be inspired to do the same.
Co-founders, Mercedes Ortega and
Hailey Ronconi
– Afalulu
Muhammadu, 8-year Park Affair Attendee, Ambassador, and Creative
Lisa Surf School in Action
Sammy - Amanda - Jamie
Park Affair Crew at Lido Beach
Hailey and Amanda in NYC
Maggie at Big Snow NJ
]]>Welcome to our 1st annual DONATION DRIVE!
We know that every little step matters in our community, We will be working with local shops and organizations to help fill new riders closets with slightly used product! Below are the details, please if you have any questions contact us via email.
Drive Starts October 1
Drive End November 1st
Here’s what we accept:
Here’s what we cannot accept:
We appreciate the generosity of our donors, but please note that we CANNOT ACCEPT the following:
In-Person at your Local Shop
(Below is a list of shops we have partnered with)
New Hampshire:
Snowboard Jones - Address: 150 Kaye St, Manchester, NH 03103
Massachusetts:
Eastern Boarder - Address: 7 Jackson St, Worcester, MA 01608
New York, Long Island:
Sundown Surf & Snow - Address: 2726 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown, NY 11756
By Mail:
Park Affair - 17 Wild Ginger Lane Shelburne, VT 05482
Donations can be mailed to Park Affair Head Quarters, at the address above via UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc. When mailing donations, please include your contact information including your mailing address on / inside the box so we can mail you a donation receipt and properly thank you! All clothing & accessories donations are tax-deductible. Every donor will receive a thank you letter that includes information for tax purposes.
"A Single act of Kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees"
- Amelia Earhart
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"Highlighting the people and places that represent what's most important to our values and ideals, Volume 4: Issue 4 closes out this collection with a series of interviews on subjects who not only create music or video parts that speak to our hearts and minds, but also inspire us to affect positive change in the world around us.
Volume 4: Issue 4 opens the issue with Park Affair by Bekah Ashley. Bekah covers the growing female-only Snowboard Park Program that encourages women of all ages to step out of their comfort zones, and into the park. Lifelong skater Kevin Susienka exposes the talent Central Mass skater and style-master of Taylor Clark in Corporate Grind while André Rober Beriau discovers a roll of film from Wachusett Mountain circa 2005 that documents the importance of Youth in Bloom. Beriau also dives into the music world to interview The Meat Man aka Trevor Vaughan of Wound Man/XFilesX amongst other seminal Powerviolence Bands. Singer/Guitar player David Kelling of Culture Abuse weighs in on tour life and the changes his band has gone through since their start. Amongst the articles are show and album reviews to help fill readers in on what they missed, and what's worth listening to."
https://www.analogcompanion.com/
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