Happy New Year!
Things don’t quite always go as planned. That was definitely true for 2011. For 2012, I’m hoping for the best and optimistic for the future. Last year I found a new passion with mountain biking and I kept writing on this amazing snowboard blog. 2012 brings the unknown but change can mean new travels, new friends and new experiences. So long 2011, hello 2012!
To sum up 2010 for the blog, here’s the info:
- Site traffic: Shayboarder.com surpassed 3 million visitors in 2011 (2 million visitors in 2010 and 1 million in 2009) since I began the blog. In 2011, shayboarder.com received 1,278,389 page loads, 749,502 unique visitors, and 161,215 returning visitors. An increase in page loads, unique and returning visitors.
- In 2011, Shayboarder.com reached 182 countries around the world.
- The most popular content in 2011 was reviews, features and product information from SIA. The top companies for traffic were Union, Bataleon, Forum, Oakley, Burton, Capita (in that order).
- Thanks to advertisers who help support Shayboarder.com so I can give out free stickers, travel for the site, pay for the site and do the weekly giveaways.
Here are some of my personal favorite posts from this season.
- Company Visits:
- FUN Opportunities
- Speaker at Snowcial Blog University
- SIA is always a blast, 4 days of insane fun
- Art of Flight premiere at Red Bull
- Colorado Snowboard Museum Opening
- 100 day reviews on the Union Team Forces and Vans Veil boots
- Interviews
- Contests
- Grand Prix at Mammoth Slopestyle Finals and Halfpipe Finals
- Holy Oly in Washington
- Eddie Wall Ride at Mammoth
- Downtown Throwdown in San Francisco
- Grand Prix at Copper
- Personal Experiences
- A new passion Mountain Biking
- Sharing my domestic violence story
- A look back at my 2010/11 season
- Blog Applause
- Cision Navigator Top 10 Winter Sports Bloggers
What’s in store for 2012?
- More reviews! It’s been a slow start but more reviews are on the way. The Burton demo tour is coming up and I’ll be reviewing a bunch of gear you requested!
- Traveling! Yep packing up and hitting the road to the unknown pretty soon.
- SIA 2012! Shayboarder.com will be there to check out, write and take photos of the latest upcoming gear.
- Lots to figure out! Shayboarder.com might go through a re-design but just starting to think about it. If anyone has any awesome design experience, I’d love to talk.
Andrew
January 1, 2012 at 12:28 pmSIA 2012?
Congrats on everything!
Shay
January 1, 2012 at 1:25 pmAndrew, fixed! Meant 2012 but put 2011.
phil
January 1, 2012 at 6:34 pmwell there’s now snow so you don’t have any excuses to not go biking. my buddy just got back from mammoth and said the trails were sick.