Table of Contents
- 1. Transworld Snowboarding
- 2. Mpora
- 3. Liftopia
- 4. Onboard Magazine
- 5. Reddit – Snowboard Blogs
- 6. Snowboard Addiction
- 7. Angry Snowboarder
- 8. Snowboard Magazine – Stories
- 9. Ride Snowboards News
- 10. Agnarchy
- 11. Weather to Ski
- 12. World Snowboard Tour
- 13. Snowboard Canada
- 14. The Ski Diva
- 15. Alltracks Blog
- 16. The Snowboarders Journal
- 17. Whiteout – Switzerland’s Snowboard Magazine
- 18. Skier and Snowboarder Magazine
- 19. Mad Dog Ski
- 20. Basecamp Blog
- Conclusion
Winter sports is not merely about the action outdoors. Sometimes, you sit down, relax and enjoy reading, listening to, or watching content over a cup of coffee. Our post today compiles the top 20 snowboarding and skis blogs so you will enjoy a good read just like you enjoy the sporting action itself.
1. Transworld Snowboarding
An all-rounder, find the latest (and of course past) news and information on snowboarding tips, tricks, featured competitions, and articles in this amazing site. And if you are looking for the best gear, never mind because you are not lost. This blog features some great reviews on winter sports gear and equipment. Finally, take some time to brighten up your day with the hilarious images, short videos, and films you’ll find on this site plus much much more. Quite literally, you’ve got everything across the globe covered.
- Website: snowboarding.transworld.net
- Location: California, USA
- Established: 1987
- Facebook: 583k+ fans
- Twitter: 75.8k+ followers
2. Mpora
Here is a site dedicated to everything video as long as it touches on snowboarding and skiing and a few other high-adrenaline sporting actions. Whether you are out to learn, get entertained, acquire knowledge by watching inspirational sports features, or simply catch up with the latest on video, Mpora is the site to visit. Not just that, get to learn about the best snowboarding and skiing destinations around the world and plan your holiday accordingly.
- Website: mpora.com
- Location: London, UK
- Established: 2007
- Facebook: 1.4m+ fans
- Twitter: 9.4k+ followers
3. Liftopia
Just as the name suggests, Liftopia retails ski lift tickets online for ski resorts across the globe and is the largest online retailer and agreeably the best place to land some hot ticket deals for your holiday. In addition, they also offer great skiing and snowboarding insight and information to both beginners and experts through their articles, reviews, and listicles. Simply put, Liftopia has such a strong online presence you can’t possibly miss out if you are an ardent winter sports enthusiast.
- Website: blog.liftopia.com
- Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
- Established: 2007
- Facebook: 144k+ fans
- Twitter: 20k+ followers
4. Onboard Magazine
This online magazine rocks with the interesting snowboarding news, features, photos, and videos from Europe with love.
- Website: onboardmag.com
- Location: Munich, Germany
- Established: 1994
- Facebook: 540k fans
- Twitter: 24k followers
5. Reddit – Snowboard Blogs
When r/snowboarding started, Reddit was already a big name in the online space. All the same Reddit snowboard blog site has managed a good number of followers thanks to how rich with information it is. Talk of everything snowboarding from tips and tricks, tutorial videos, insightful articles, latest news, to features, you’ll find literally everything in this blog. R/snowboarding works as a forum so there are many contributors posting content every other day. It is pretty well regulated too so don’t expect junk and filler content.
- Website: reddit.com/r/snowboarding
- Location: USA
- Established: 2005
- Facebook: 1.1M+ fans
- Twitter: 578K+ followers
- Awards: Ranked on Alexa as the 5th most visited site in the US
6. Snowboard Addiction
Snowboard enthusiasts serious about learning and honing their skills have benefited a great deal from this site. Snowboard Addiction is all about practical tutorials and snowboard gear and equipment reviews and yes, testimonies attest to how invaluable this content is to its users.
- Website: snowboardaddiction.com
- Location: Whistler, Canada
- Established: 2007
- Facebook: 84K+ fans
- Twitter: 4.5K+ followers
- Awards: Ranked on Alexa as the 5th most visited site in the US
7. Angry Snowboarder
This blog acknowledges the fact that snowboarders need great content, products, and snowboard gear and is dedicated to giving very honest reviews about these things. Rule of thumb, if its positive on angry snowboarder it’s got to be good or among the best. In addition, you get the latest in snowboarding and snowboarders news and more great content. And of course, occasionally raves and rants from the snowboarding community at large.
- Website: angrysnowboarder.com
- Location: Blaine, ID, USA
- Established: 2004
- Facebook: 4.7k+ fans
- Twitter: 3.5k+ followers
8. Snowboard Magazine – Stories
Sometimes inspiration comes from other people’s stories and this is what snowboard magazine is about. Getting the content to you, differently. This publication uses storytelling to bring you high-quality snowboarding content. There are also plenty of films and pictures to get you glued to the site for hours.
- Website: snowboardmag.com/stories
- Location: Blaine, ID, USA
- Established: 2004
- Facebook: 305k+ fans
- Twitter: 66k+ followers
9. Ride Snowboards News
An excellent site to order your snowboard gear and equipment. Ride Snowboards is one large online retailer with such a huge collection that there has got to be something for everyone including news for the passive snowboarder. This site also features some insightful content about snowboard gear and equipment including buying and renting guides, as well as reviews on snowboarding
- Website: blog.ridesnowboards.com
- Location: Seattle, WA, USA
- Established: 2009
- Facebook: 102k+ fans
- Twitter: 36k+ followers
10. Agnarchy
Agnarchy is all about expert (and amateur) opinion, news features and great snowboarding gear, equipment, destination, and other reviews. If you need snowboarding related advice, pop your questions here and you’ll be amazed at how resourceful this blog can be.
- Website: agnarchy.com
- Location: Detriot, MI, USA
- Established: 2009
- Facebook: 1.5k+ fans
- Twitter: 650+ followers
11. Weather to Ski
Quite uniquely, this blog offers information on weather and snow conditions in skiing and snowboarding destinations. Here you’ll also find reviews and rating for snowboarding resorts across Europe and North America. And finally, some valuable resource about the industry is quite in order.
- Website: weathertoski.co.uk
- Location: Twickenham, UK
- Facebook: 3.3k+ fans
- Twitter: 5.8k+ followers
12. World Snowboard Tour
A publication for those who love both snowboarding and touring. The world snowboard tour blog informs its audience about touring events across the globe. It also constantly gets updated with the latest news, competition rankings, and athlete profiles.
- Website: worldsnowboardtour.com/news
- Location: Austria
- Established: 2002
- Facebook: 57.5k+ fans
- Twitter: 8k+ followers
13. Snowboard Canada
Canada’s top snowboarding online publication brings to you the best of the country’s winter sports including snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding, wakeboarding, and much more. Established as a part of SBC Media, Snowboard Canada’s mission is to give all sports elements an opportunity to reach a wide audience across the entire country. The blog also features the latest snowboarding news and special features across Canada.
- Website: snowboardcanada.com
- Location: Canada
- Established: 2002
- Facebook: 88k+ fans
- Twitter: 16.4k+ follower
14. The Ski Diva
Here is a publication exclusively for women in the skiing industry. Apart from loads of skiing resources and reviews available on this site, there is a very vibrant forum on which women discuss all matters skiing to build, encourage, inform, and inspire each other. It also features interviews with industry experts and great travel information for those intending to go skiing.
- Website: theskidiva.com
- Location: Canada
- Established: 2006
- Facebook: 1.4k+ fans
- Twitter: 1k+ followers
- Awards: Listed in the top 25 skiing and snowboarding blogs in the Adventure Junkies and in www.ski-lifts.com
15. Alltracks Blog
Alltracks Academy is based in Whistler, one of the top winter sports destinations in Canada. All tracks Academy, as the name suggests, has a very specific mission. This is to offer instructor-led ski and snowboard courses from beginner to expert level as well as information about staying and snowboarding in this amazing destination.
- Website: alltracksacademy.com/blog
- Location: Whistler, Canada
- Established: 2000
- Facebook: 4k+ fans
- Twitter: 500+ followers
16. The Snowboarders Journal
Using a slightly different medium from the rest, Snowboarders Journal published journals on all matters snow sports. Its mission, to have on record high-quality expert content to be used now and for generations to come.
- Website: thesnowboardersjournal.com
- Location: Bellingham, WA, USA
- Established: 2000
- Facebook: 22k+ fans
- Awards: Listed by the Western Publishers Association Maggie as the Best Quarterly Publication
17. Whiteout – Switzerland’s Snowboard Magazine
Bringing you the best of Switzerland snowsport, Whiteout magazine is a platform that promotes Switzerland’s skiing and snowboarding culture through organizing events, producing sports gear and interacting with the local community with the aim of empowerment. Beyond this, Whiteout is simply a platform for all things skiing and snowboarding in the country.
- Website: whiteout.ch
- Location: Switzerland
- Established: 2004
- Facebook: 5.9k+ fans
- Twitter: 1.3k+ followers
18. Skier and Snowboarder Magazine
This magazine features the latest in snow sports news and special features in the UK, equipment and fashion reviews, reports on holiday destinations and much more. It also features the racing diary which gives ski and snowboard racing reports for races taking place around the UK. There is so much news-related content on this site if you are out to catch up.
- Website: skierandsnowboarder.com
- Location: UK
- Established: 2000
- Facebook: 400+ fans
- Twitter: 300+ followers
19. Mad Dog Ski
Mad Dog Ski is purely a travel website dedicated to offering you resort guides and unbiased resort reviews to help you plan and enjoy your holiday to the maximum. You will also find updated snow news and reports to help you plan accordingly. Check out the latest ski deals as you might just be lucky to land a deal of a lifetime or read through ski holiday tips, tricks, A and insights on their Know-How blog.
- Website: maddogski.com
- Location: UK
- Established: 2004
- Facebook: 2.3k+ fans
- Twitter: 4.6k+ followers
20. Basecamp Blog
The Base Camp site is first and foremost a ski and snowboard training course provider. In addition, this site has loads of winter sports content including videos, informative blogs, and expert tips and tricks.
- Website: basecampgroup.com/blog
- Location: France
- Established: 2002
- Facebook: 13k+ fans
- Twitter: 2.6k+ followers
Conclusion
This does it for now and well done to all the blogs that made it to our top 20 ranking. We shall be updating this list from time to time so watch out for some new or fast-improving blogs in our next ranking.
Happy reading.