Mercatino dell'usato Sci e Snowboard

An Italian Facebook group about snowboarding, but not a discussion group: it’s a used-gear marketplace. Good to know before you join looking for advice.

It’s a public group with about seventeen thousand members, a mix of skiing and snowboarding. Listings come in fast all year and pick up as the season gets closer.

What It’s For

Buying and selling used gear: boards, bindings, boots, clothing, skis. You’ll have to sift the ski stuff from the snowboard stuff, but the volume makes up for it: in a market as small as Italy’s, a group this busy is where used gear actually changes hands.

It’s not the place to ask which board to buy or what the snow is like. For that there’s Malati di Snowboard, which has explicit rules against listings precisely so it doesn’t turn into a marketplace.

As with any private sale, the usual precautions apply: check gear in person when you can, be wary of prices that look too good, and use traceable payment methods.