r/snowboarding

Hi guys,

I’m curious to hear from people in Europe who made the move from a city to somewhere closer to the mountains primarily (or partly) to get more time on snow.

If you moved to a mountain town/region to increase your snowboarding days, how has the experience been?

I’d especially love to hear about:

• Did you find the lifestyle change worth it?
• What were the biggest downsides or things you hadn’t anticipated?
• Do you ever miss city life?

TLDR: did moving closer to the mountains actually make you happier and get you significantly more days on the snowboard, or did the reality turn out differently than you expected?

Every season there’s a lot of new riders entering this beautiful world. Name some non-spoken rules that would help them out to go out there.
I’ll go first : dont make any 90 degrees turns!

Do you swap out boards midday for pow days, park laps, tree runs, mid afternoon cruising, night riding, etc?

I have 6 boards, ride the same one most days/ conditions.

I have a bad habit of sometimes winding up too early and pre-spinning when doing 360s whether it is BS or FS. How does one stop spinning too early when going off a jump?

Currently chasing a new board. Planning a trip to Hokkaido for the end of year and currently ride NZ and Australia resorts.

After something that can handle the powder in Japan good but also can handle groomers, side hits (and the odd brief ride out in switch) and perhaps the odd icier day if needed. Won’t expect to do much park on it as I currently have a Ride Twinpig in a 154 for that.

I’ve been looking at things like the K2 Excavator, Jones Mind Expander/Twincraft, LibTech Orca/Golden Orca, but am super open to suggestions. I don’t hate the sound of the traction edges on the LibTech and Jones due to the typical Australian conditions however it’s not a dealbreaker.

Kinda hard to know exactly what each board does as most of the manufacturers hype the boards to be super capable at everything as opposed to public reviews.

As mentioned, I ride a 154 Ride twinpig currently (and love a wide board), I’d say I’m an intermediate rider, 85kgs and 182cm tall with a 10.5US boot.

Open to every and all suggestions and would love feedback!

First full season snowboarding!!! I do plan on visiting a few resorts (VT,MA,CT) but am also wondering if there are any special events that you guys are looking forward to that you think would be worth a trip.

Any resorts or stores with:
big athletic events
Demo days
Themed days ( that usually draws a crowd)
Any other cool things at the resort.

Just looking at ways to learn more about the sport and meeting new people.

As title, says looking for advice on how to break into the snowboarding industry. I have been snowboarding for just over 20 years, and have all my own equipment. I have full right to work in Japan and am flexible with being able to work full season anywhere in Japan, don't mind working 6 days a week. I do have a preference for Nagano area (my actual home is in Kobe) as my in-laws live there, but happy to consider other places if accommodation is not an issue. I'm native English speaker and around N3 in Japanese.

I'm looking at getting my instructor certification this season, however from what little I've been able to find online I either have to pay an extortionate amount to guarantee a job or already have a season of experience under my belt. However most job posts seem to be aimed at people who are coming on a working holiday which I am not. I want to do this yearly if possible. I have experience teaching children as well, as I worked in an afterschool daycare before.

So I guess questions really are, which certification is best (CASI, APSI etc), and how do I go about finding a job once I have said certification? Do I really need a minimum of level 2 license if I don't need a work visa? Would it be possible to get certified and work the same season?

Thanks

Why don’t more big resorts in the west have rope tows? As far as I know (not a lot) kingvail is the only park out there that has a rope and even that one is slow and seems temporary. In the Midwest rope tows are very prominent and lots of very good park riders have grown up on ropes. I know that most of the money comes from normal people going for the weekend to ride groomers but I feel like at least woodies and copper should have park ropes. Whenever I go to mammoth or woodies I can tell from the chair who grew up on ropes and who grew up on chairs just from how consistent they are on rails. They definitely have a better jump game but the laps we can get on rails with ropes just can’t be beat.

This is something I’ve wondered about for a while, it’s probably been discussed on here before but I just found out about this sub.

Guys quick question, does what I wear on the hill matter, in terms of design

Like I’m 28, and I have a FedEx waterproof parka that I don’t use at all, the only use I can think of is using it when I’m snowboarding cause it’s relatively warm, and honestly just a waste sitting in my closet, and I was thinking about buying a jacket so I figured if I could just use this

I have the other stuff like gloves and pants and stuff,