Snowboarding is no longer the new kid on the block. Having burst onto the winter sports scene in the 80s it is now an established winter sport. In this worldwide snowboarding travel guide we help you decide where to snowboard. We have holidays, courses and winter accommodation all over the world to help you plan the perfect trip.
When snowboarders first hit the slopes skiers were not happy to be sharing the mountains. There is still a little antagonism between the sideways and forward snow sliders but most people accept it is all just sliding in snow.
The mainstream acceptance of snowboarding was in 1998 when it became a Winter Olympic sport. Since then it has gone onto to change the face of winter sports. In many ways skiing has emulated snowboarding to become more fun and laid back. Freestyle, big air, boardercross and the halfpipe are all popular events introduced by snowboarding which skiers have embraced.
Most snowboarding takes place in ski resorts around the world. However with the invention of splitboarding snowboarders can now skin up the mountains like ski tourers to access backcountry. Where to snowboard? These says it is anywhere with snow but preferably also mountains!
Snowboarding travel is popular worldwide. From Iceland to New Zealand, US to UK, Austria to Australia and France to Japan there are ski resorts in every corner. So put on your boots, gear, goggles and suncream and we’ll see you on the slopes.
At the end of the 13/14 season I returned from my third snowboard trip to Les Arcs. Having stayed in three different villages and visited in January, February and April I feel I am in a good position to write a comprehensive review…
Adventure Sports Holidays are delighted to celebrate the success of Snow-Camp’s 2013/14 programme year in which the innovative British ski charity supported over 350 inner city young people (in London alone) through the use of snowsports and life-skills programmes. With…
It’s always a sad day when the snowboarding season comes to an end, knowing during those last few runs, through muddy slush, it will be nearly half a year before you get to board again. With next season in mind,…
Treble Cone is the South Islands largest ski area. It is famous for its long un-crowded groomed runs, legendary off-piste terrain and unrivalled views over Lake Wanaka and the Southern Alps. A Treble Cone snowboarding holiday should be high on…
To get you in the mood for an Austria snowboarding holiday I will start by telling you the term, ‘après ski’ is said to have originated in Austria. In many ways Austria pioneered the modern ski industry and although trumped…
Wanaka is a snowboarder’s paradise, offering access to five top ski resorts. The township is smaller and quieter than Queenstown and has a more relaxed feel to it. Wanaka still offers a vast amount of restaurants and shops and some…
I am sat writing this article on a Eurolines coach from London to Geneva, via Paris, in order to get away for a cheap snowboarding weekend in Les Arcs. It’s an 18 hour coach journey so what better time to…
The Trew Bellows jacket is made for mountain professionals and hard riders. It is designed to handle backcountry riding, and to have plenty of pocket room to store everything you need for a day of shredding. I have ridden in…
New Zealand is arguably the best place to snowboard in the southern hemisphere. With world class terrain parks, half pipes, groomed slopes, off-piste and heli-skiing, you just cant ask for anything more. It’s perfect, but how do you go about…
Time for my Pathron Flaxer review. The manufacturer says it is the ‘Swiss Army penknife of snowboards’ and is intended to provide joy to the rider regardless of conditions or terrain. It aims to deliver this for a very reasonable…
Planning snowboarding weekends independently is never easy. I should know as for the last 8 years I have been planning them ‘with’ my mates. I say ‘with’ but the reality is they give opinions not solutions, and being the only…
It is not often that I get to interview an Olympian. In fact the last time was Kriss Akabusi in about 1984 when he visited my primary school. Being 7 years old I asked ‘do you like cheese?’ before the teacher…
As a lover of off piste snowboarding, when the tourist board of Piedmont region in Italy invited me to review the ‘Freeride Paradise’ of Alagna, I was as excited as a kid at Christmas. Would Alagna live up to its…
The Borealis Drakkar snowboard is an eco friendly freeride snowboard billed as ‘The ultimate weapon for deep powder snowboarding’. It also claims to be efficient on hard packed snow so you don’t have to give up performance on the piste…
It has been a sensationally snowy week in the Alps, the Dolomites and the Rockies, with worrying reports that too much snow is building up. The phrase avalanche danger off the scale is not one any snowboarder or skier wants…
I recently returned from a Les 2 Alpes snowboarding holiday and I think it is one of the best all round ski resorts in France. In order to explain why, at the end of my review of Les 2 Alpes…
New Zealand is much more than just hobbits and sheep – it’s blessed with some of the best skiing territory on the planet, along with a background of stunning landscapes. Which is why snowboarding tours in New Zealand are some…
In this weeks Interesting Snowboarding News we talk about the snowboarders that are suing the ski only resort of Alta. How Snow World Barcelona will bring winter sports to the Med. Which ski run a group of experts have decided…
Possibly showing my age but one of my most used film phrases is “I feel the need… …the need for speed” from Top Gun. Throughout my childhood my friends and I would quote Maverick and Goose before hurtling down a…
Welcome to a new edition of Interesting Snowboarding News 2014 where this week we bring you news of snowboard speed records and how to build your own snowboard. As always, we also bring you news of all the snow conditions…
