The film 'Shelter' from Picture Organic Clothing & briefly featuring Jeremy Jones is currently doing the pre-season rounds here in the Alps. It follows the story of a group of...
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January Round Up. Splitboarding In Chatel And The Abondance Valley
1st February 2019
We had an interesting start to the season weather wise. December snow had us splitting local classics and riding powder long before the lifts opened. Over the Christmas period we...
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Winter 2018 Round Up
28th August 2018
After a couple of below average snow years here in the Alps old man winter finally delivered in style for the 17/18 splitboarding season. A couple of good sized dumps...
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Don’t put all your eggs in one basket…
21st August 2018
Oh ffs... This might of happened to you before on the hunt for the best splitboard & backcountry snowboarding weeks. You book a trip away in the snow, get excited...
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Pre Season Splitboarding in Chatel
30th December 2017
There is nothing like a bit of pre-season splitboarding in Chatel. Its quiet, no lifts are running and the snow has been quite frankly remarkable so far for December. We...
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Hut To Hut Splitboarding In The Gran Paradiso
7th August 2017
TRS Splitboarding ran a hut to hut splitboarding trip in the Gran Paradiso national park (Italy) during March of the 2017 winter season. The objective of the trip was to...
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Splitboarding & Backcountry Snowboarding: March 2017
22nd March 2017
We ran two splitboarding & backcountry snowboarding weeks so far in March 2017. The first Trip and Split week ran 4th-11th March. Have a quick look at what we got...
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Alps Snow Forecast 2017
10th October 2016
Alps snow forecast 2017 ? Hmm, it's that time of the year again when we all start looking forward to winter and begin to wonder what kind of conditions we'll...
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Trip and Split : A Splitboard Adventure
26th April 2016
The Rider Social ran three Trip and Split courses in 2016 and each one was a splitboard adventure but quite different in course content. This was ultimately down to the weather...
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Short Break Splitboarding Trips
9th January 2016
We seem to do more & more short break splitboarding and backcountry trips for people each season. The benefits are obvious I guess, if as a group of 3 or...
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Splitboarding with MPORA
2nd November 2015
Last March James Renhard from Mpora.com the action sports website came to Chatel to do some splitboarding with us here at The Rider Social. It was James first time on...
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Deep Snow Culture
30th October 2015
The explosion in popularity of backcountry snowboarding and splitboarding has brought with it a bewildering array of new outerwear and kit from brands promising unparalleled comfort and protection. From socks...
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