Team Bio: Taryn Cowling
Name: Taryn Cowling
Age: 21
Years Snowboarding: 8
Years Riding for Mission: 5
Set-up: capita saturnia
Sponsors: capita, union, billabong, oakley, pompom, bern
Stance: +15 -12
Favorite stuff / type of terrain to ride: icy pipe and rocky slick mogul fields of death
Favorite resort/des: bigwhite, snow-ghosts good
Favourite tricks (that you do): straight-line down the middle of the half pipe
Food: a healthy salad with a side of 10 hot pockets
Beverage: dr.pepper
TV show: dexter
Movie: detroit rock city
Music: mariah carey, neil diamond, talking heads, …
Top 5 Snowboarders: whoever is having the most fun is at the top of my list
When you are NOT snowboarding you’re…. shopping, painting my nails, curling my hair, putting on make-up, gossiping, checkin’ out boyz (i.e girl stuff)
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MIssion Team Bio: Lauren Shanahan
Name: Lauren Shanahan
Age: 21
Years Snowboarding: 7
Years Riding for Mission: 2
Set-up: K2 Airdu, K2 Auto Agogos
Sponsors: Mission
Stance: Goofy
Favorite stuff / type of terrain to ride: Mountain, pipe, park.
Favorite resort/des: Whistler, Mammoth, Sunshine
Favorite tricks (that you do): Backside 5s, switch back 1s 3s 5s, front 1s, japan airs, methods!!!
Food: mmmm sushi.
Beverage: warm water
TV show: Lie To Me
Movie: That Darn Cat
Music: Iron Maiden, Heart, Dire Straits, Loreena McKennitt, Arlo Guthrie, Led Zeppelin, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Joel, Dropkick Murphys, Misfits, Jefferson Airplane, Marilyn Monroe, the Rankin Family…
Top 5 Snowboarders: Only 5?! Gretchen Bleiler, Shaun White, Terje Haakonsen, Leanne Pelosi and, of course, Dom Vallee.
When you are NOT snowboarding you’re…. doing math, climbing, hiking, kayaking, biking, longboarding, reading, working out…
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Blowout at Mission girls!
Head down to one of our 3 Mission locations this weekend before we get wiped out! Boxing day hours: 10-6, Sunday noon-5
We’ll have TONS of great deals. Here is a peak at what we’ll be offering:
50% off all streetwear from all brands (volcom, matix, rvca, wesc, lifetime, rds, krew, insight, nomis, and more)
Every store will have a CRAZY 70% off section!
Watches, sunnies and goggles 10% off.
10% off boards boots OR bindings
20% off if you buy board, boot AND binding
Girls Outerwear – 10% off
2009 Guys Outerwear – $99
2010 Jacket or Pant = 10% off, 2010 Jacket AND Pant = 20% off.
Hundreds of pairs of shoes in all sizes on sale for 3 for $100!
THE entire store is on sale like never before! Get down to one of our locations early!
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SPY BIAS SNOWBOARD GOGGLE
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR SMALLER FACES.
THE SPY BIAS GOGGLE IS THE SCALED DOWN VERSION OF THE EVER -POPULAR SPY SOLDIER SNOWBOARD GOGGLE. MEANT FOR SMALLER FACES, IT IS EQUIPPED WITH SPY’S WORLD RENOWN GEMINI™ SNOW GOGGLE LENS TECHNOLOGY, SCOOP® VENTILATION SYSTEM TO SAY GOODBYE TO FOG, AND THE SPY BIAS ALSO HAS AN EASY RELEASE STRAP CLIP.
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Oakley Gretchen Bleiler Signature Series
Inspired and named after one of the most innovative female personalities of the sport, the Oakley Gretchen Bleiler Signature Series Stockholm® Snow Goggles salute the achievements of Gretchen, one of the most accomplished female snowboards and honored as “Women Rider of the Year”.
Available at all Mission Girls locations.
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Sweet Jackets at Mission Girls
Sparkle like the snow
B by Burton Lana Pullover Jacket
The B by Burton Lana Pullover Jacket offers A-list performance, blending core functionality with original flair—even when Mother Nature turns Femme Fatale. Breathable, waterproof materials, including DRYRIDE Durashell™ 2-layer laminated raised twill fabric repel even her most wicked brew.
Not a fan of the flash?
Perhaps you’d prefer the [ak] 2L Slider Anorak
Blending unconventional style with rider-driven function, the women’s Burton [ak] 2L Slider Anorak is Guaranteed To Keep You Dry™ thanks to the powerful combo of a GORE-TEX 2L Performance Shell and fully taped GORE-SEAMS. Future forged with the latest and greatest in materials and design, it also features the added warmth and breathability of an engineered lining, RiRi AQUAzip™ wind and water-resistant zippers, and ventilating Pit Zips™.
We also love the Canterbury CAPP3L
It come in many colours and sizes. Features include:
- 60g Thinsulate Insulation with Foil Print Faux Fur Lining
- Zip Out Powder Skirt
- Inner Lycra Hand Gaiters
- Zip to Pant Zipper Feature
- Sleeve Vents
- Chest Pocket with Exposed Riri Zipper
- Sleeve Pocket
- Ultra-Sonic Welding on Sleeve
- Attached Hood
Come down to any Mission girls shop to see our large selection of jackets, before they all get swiped up.
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Mission Girls Tenth Anniversary
Saturday November 28th
9pm @ Black Lounge at U of C
Come out & celebrate with us. Tons of prizes up for grabs!
*Must be 18 or older to attend
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Snowboard season is here!
Pick up your discount cards at Mission Girls. We sell cards for:
Sunshine
Kicking Horse Resort
Lake Louise
Castle Mountain
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Taryn Cowling Claims Best Trick
Congrats to Calgary’s (and more importantly, Mission’s) own Taryn Cowling who claimed the SBCWOMEN.COM Best Trick at Mt. Norquay You Look Good Stop.
check out the full interview here.
Name: Taryn Cowling
Age: 20
Years Riding: 7
Years Competing: 5
Sponsors: Billabong, Oakley, Mission Snow and Skate
Hometown: Calgary
Home Mountain: COP
What do you think about the new sbcwomen.com best trick prize? Did it play a part in your decision to enter the contest?
It’s great that there’s an equal cash purse for both men and women best trick. It’s only been close to 90 years since women started to have equal rights, like voting and what have you… so this equal cash purse was just another feminist conquest. Yes, that cushy extra played a part in my entering the contest.
What other contests will we see you at this season?
World cups (blah) and other fun slopestyles like the Billabong Flaunt It and my favourite, Telus fest.
Where is the coolest place you have ever been snowboarding?
Italy… Nobody seems to notice the fresh snow right beside all the groomed runs? Crazy Italians.
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Shout-Outs?
Mike Stastook, he’s my life coach. Oh ya, and I guess Jay too.
