Blogs you should consider: Passion for Addiction

I started Grays on Trays back in 2003 because I was looking for, but failed to find, an online resource about snowboarding that was suitable for adults. Everything I could was geared toward teenagers, or even younger children. So the site was born.

Starting the blog in October of 2004 was a logical extension of that.

Since starting the blog, I’ve found some other blogs that are worth checking with from time to time. This isn’t to say that I would write in the same way or with the same style that the authors of these blogs do. In fact, sometimes they write about things that I have little or no interest in, or use a style that I would use.

Still, I recommend checking out the sites listed blogroll if you’re looking for more places to seek out information, inspiration, and stories of snowboarding.

Today I’m going to introduce one site on the roll, Passion for Addiction. The author, Pamela Valure, writes from the Hudson Valley. She works in the design field, so the layout of the blog is appealing. At least I find it appealing: It’s clean and not cluttered with a lot of background artwork, like a lot of snowboards and snowboarding magazines are.

Valure is a certified snowboard instructor, which certainly adds to her credibility, though in the short tenure of the blog she hasn’t written much about techniques. I realize that communicating good technique through the written word can be difficult, and that there’s a limit to its utility. But here’s hoping that Passion for Addiction includes some instructional tips along the way.