Snowboarding Forum

Snowboarding Forum is the busiest English-language snowboard forum, online since 2006. It’s where to look when a gear question gets no answer in Italian: the user base is big enough (about fifty-four thousand members, with an archive of over a million posts) that almost every board, binding, or boot on the market has already been discussed by someone who has actually ridden it.

It’s run by VerticalScope, which operates hundreds of special-interest forums. It isn’t tied to a shop or a brand, though the footer does disclose affiliate links.

What You’ll Find

• Reviews and comparisons of boards, bindings, and boots, often with several independent opinions on the same model
• Dedicated splitboard and backcountry sections
• Regional sections, mostly North American, useful if you’re planning a trip to North America
• Threads on technique, setup problems, and fixing gear issues

An Honest Warning

It’s an English-language forum with a mostly North American crowd: great for gear, useless for conditions on Italian slopes. For those, stick with the Italian forums and groups.