Usually having a punt at predicting a long range Alps snow forecast (for 2016) is like trying to pick the winner in the Grand National. Not impossible but never ever...
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Things you might not know.
10th July 2015
You can get asked lot of interesting questions when you're out with a group on one of our splitboard courses. This is a good thing as it shows that people...
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Splitboard Courses 2015. 17th – 23rd Jan
15th May 2015
Sat looking out of the window (15th May!) watching the snow beat down and settle on the cars made us think back to the good times we have had on...
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Wired For Pow. A Guest Edit
17th February 2015
One of our guests (Martin) on a January Split'n'Mix week here at The Rider Social sent us in this edit. Two things are apparent. The first is we scored some...
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Splitboard Course January 2015 #2
10th February 2015
Our second splitboard course this January 2015 (split'n'mix) started off the back of a ginormous storm in the northern Alps which saw well over a meter of snow fall in...
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Split and Mix January 2015
28th January 2015
Split and Mix January 2015 with The Rider Social kicked off on January 17th. Leading up to it was interesting given the sparsity of snow in the Alps and we...
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A November Splitboarding Mission
24th November 2014
Most years we try to get a November splitboarding mission under our belts ahead of the coming winter season and this year was no different. Early snow had come measured...
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Splitboard Hire in Chatel, Morzine & Avoriaz
1st November 2014
Splitboard hire in Chatel, Morzine & Avoriaz from The Rider Social is an all new offering for 2015. We are renting out only high end set ups - choose from...
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The Sick And The Wrong Splitboard Test Week
27th October 2014
The Rider Social is hosting a splitboard test week in 2015 for the guy's at The Sick And The Wrong. Since 1993 they have been offering great advice and products...
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Backcountry Snowboarding & Stairmasters
3rd September 2014
Alan loves working out and backcountry snowboarding. He particularly likes stairmasters. Unfortunately where we took him was so tits deep in snow that we couldn't get the stairmaster provided to...
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Splitboard trips ruin my hair
3rd September 2014
Splitboard Trip Ruins Hair Carl came on one of our splitboard trip courses last winter. He is from New Zealand and doesn't wear a beanie. Ever. He reckonsts unnecessary. Me?...
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Splitboard Courses & Motorhead
3rd September 2014
Splitboard courses & Motorhead. Lemmy guess your confused right? No worries - hopefully our new range of Tee's highlighting our 2015 splitboarding courses will enlighten a little. If you...
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