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SBG: Where we’ve been, where we’re at, where we are going
34 months ago
This is the original business card we hit the road with in 1999
I started SBG with two good friends in the fall of 1998 as we prepared to hit the road on a snowboard roadtrip. It’s been more than a decade since I started cobbling together bits of code to make a website that would catalog our trip as we traveled from Alaska into Canada and then down through Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado during what was to be one of the best seasons on record.
We started out as what would later be called a blog
In the years since, Snowboarder Guide has taken a number of forms. We started out as what would later be called a blog, an online journal chronicling the story of three 18-year-olds on the road with the sole mission of snowboarding. The journal turned into reviews, and the resort reviews we wrote and published were some of the first available on the web. Over the next few years we moved into product reviews as well, and before the term blogging had even been coined, we had adopted a web magazine format.
We’ve been as small as two people, and at times had ten contributors. Maggie joined our team, first writing reviews, then articles, and then taking on the role of women’s editor and overseeing the female half of the product world as the industry recognized the need for women’s specific gear. We married in 2001, and celebrated 10 years this year. We’ve traveled all over the US, attended incredible events, hung out with legends and heroes, and made friends throughout the snowboard industry, and along the way we’ve had more powder days than anyone really deserves. (more…)
2010 SBG Stickers Are Here
32 years ago
Our new 2009/10 die-cut stickers showed up yesterday. We’re now fully stocked with Black, Blue – Electric, Blue – Royal, Gold, Green – Kelly, Green – Neon, Hot Pink, Orange, Purple, Red, Silver, White, and Yellow stickers. If you need some other color let us know and we’ll add it to the order next time.
They’re 100% free, we’ll even front the postage.
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Major site overhaul this weekend
02 years ago
As you can see, the new site is now live. This round of updates was mostly visual, but there are a bunch of new features we’ll be adding as the season progresses. Stay tuned!
You can add a comment and enter to win in the current contest, read some reviews, submit a review, read some articles, or ask a question on the discussion board.
If you run into any problems on the site, please let us know via the contact form or send an email to bugs@sbgmag.com
2009 SIA Snow Sports Tradeshow Coverage
03 years ago
SBG is in Las Vegas for the SIA Snow Sports Tradeshow.
We’ll be updating this post with our coverage of the show.
Monday, Jan 26, 2009
SIA Pre-show Jan 26
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009
Day 1 Overview
686 Outerwear
Burton, Anon, R.E.D.
The North Face
Oakley
Ride & Cappel
K2
686 and New Balance Collaboration launch party
Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009
Day 2 Overview
DC
The Program
10th Annual Transworld Riders’ Poll Awards
Skullcandy’s Snoop Dogg & Mix Master Mike Concert
Thursday, Jan 29, 2009
Day 3 Overview
Dakine
Salomon & Bonfire
Helly Hanson
Snowboard Mag Party with DJ Muggs & Redman
Friday, Jan 30, 2009
Day 4 Overview
Write reviews to win this years top snowboard videos
03 years ago
Throughout the winter 08/09 season we’ll be doing monthly giveaways of snowboard gear, and all you have to do to enter is write a few reviews.
For the month of October we’ll be giving away snowboard movies every week to the reviewers who post the most reviews. No set numbers, it might be one movie each to four different reviewers one week and something else the next.
We have multiple copies of: All Day Every Day, Down With People, Ready, Finger on da Trigga, Knockout, Boned Age, Double Decade, Heart Films Vol 3, Stack Footy, Gold Country, Working Out The Kinks, Let It Ride, Thanks In Advance, Technicolour, It’s Always Snowing Somewhere, My Own Two Feet, Knock On Wood, and several others to give away.
While we do now allow anonymous reviews on SBG, you must post reviews from a registered account to be eligible for contest giveaways, anonymous reviews are not eligible. But that’s okay, account registration is free and easy!
Here’s how to post a review on SBG:
Open your closet and find some snowboard gear you want to review. This can be just about anything, from boards, boots, and bindings, to outerwear, helmets, and goggles, or even electronics like cameras and music players. We also have a resort review section if you would rather review a resort.
1. First you’ll need to register an account on SBG:
Register Account
Make sure to use a valid email address to be notified if you win.
2. Once you’ve got yourself an SBG review account, go to:
www.snowboarderguide.com/reviews
3. Choose product or resort reviews.
Navigate through the categories, to the category that best describes the item you want to review.
If your item isn’t already listed, then click “Suggest New Product.” Fill out the details. If you have a picture of the item, go ahead and upload that too, but it isn’t required.
4. When you’re done, hit submit, it will now let you review your item.
Fill out the fields, write your review of the product, and hit submit. You’re done!
5. Reviews will then be moderated by our staff, so they won’t show up on the site right away. Feel free to submit more than one review.
Each review you write that is approved by out moderators gets you one entry into our monthly drawing. In addition, there is a prize for the reviewer with the most accepted reviews each month.
If you have any feedback, positive or negative, on the process. Please drop us a line at info@sbgmag.com or use the Contact Form.
Snowboarder Guide 08/09 Video Review Roundup
03 years ago
by The Editor
in SBG News
With more than 60 snowboard videos being released for the 08/09 season, it’s harder than ever to figure out which ones you’re going to spend money on. Lucky for you, SBG is hard at work getting them reviewed.
Reviewed Videos:
Think Thank “Stack Footy” Reviews
Autumn Line “Technicolour” Reviews
First Tracks Productions “Knock on Wood” Reviews
Burton “It’s Always Snowing Somewhere” Reviews
Coming Soon:
Rome SDS “No Correct Way”
Park City “I Ride Park City”
Leeward Cinema “My Own Two Feet”
Team Thunder “Gold Country”
Heart Films “Volume 3″
At Once Productions “Working Out The Kinks”
Sandbox Films “All Day Every Day”
Standard Films “Aesthetica”
Runway Films “See What I See”
Mack Dawg Productions “Double Decade”
Mack Dawg Productions “Down With People”
Grenade “The Boned Age”
“That’s It That’s All”
“Against The Grain – Tara Dakides”
Alterna Films “Knockout 10th Round”
FODT “Familia”
Absinthe Films “Ready”
Forum “Forum Or Against Em”
If you’ve already seen a few of this years videos jump in and start reviewing, you can even win new gear just for writing reviews.
Click here for instructions on submitting reviews.
Write Snowboard Reviews and Win
03 years ago
by The Editor
in SBG News
Throughout the winter 08/09 season we’ll be doing monthly giveaways of snowboard gear, and all you have to do to enter is write a few reviews.
We have copies of the latest snowboard videos, socks and underlayers from Hot Chillys, goggles, watches, bandanas, fleece-lined bandanas, hats, gloves, stickers, wax, and tons of other stuff. At some point this fall we’ll even be giving away a snowboard.
Here’s how to post a review on SBG:
Open your closet and find some snowboard gear you want to review. This can be just about anything, from boards, boots, and bindings, to outerwear, helmets, and goggles, or even electronics like cameras and music players. We also have a resort review section if you would rather review a resort.
1. First you’ll need to register an account on SBG:
Register Account
Make sure to use a valid email address to be notified if you win.
2. Once you’ve got yourself an SBG review account, go to:
www.snowboarderguide.com/reviews
3. Choose product or resort reviews.
Navigate through the categories, to the category that best describes the item you want to review.
If your item isn’t already listed, then click “Suggest New Product.” Fill out the details. If you have a picture of the item, go ahead and upload that too, but it isn’t required.
4. When you’re done, hit submit, it will now let you review your item.
Fill out the fields, write your review of the product, and hit submit. You’re done!
5. Reviews will then be moderated by our staff, so they won’t show up on the site right away. Feel free to submit more than one review.
Each review you write that is approved by out moderators gets you one entry into our monthly drawing. In addition, there is a prize for the reviewer with the most accepted reviews each month.
If you have any feedback, positive or negative, on the process. Please drop us a line at info@sbgmag.com or use the Contact Form.