There’s a whole lot of video content that gets unleashed to the general public at the start of every snowboarding season. Brands release their video projects, and so do the riders themselves. There’s so much good stuff out there … almost too much.
That’s where we come in. Here are five YouTube channels you need to follow if you’re trying to get hyped about snowboarding on a more regular basis.
1. Casey Willax
Powder shots, living out of a van, and riding with Torstein Horgmo. What else could you ask for? There are a few snowboarding personalities who have made their presence on social media feeds more of a constant than some Olympic-level pros. None of them more so than perhaps Casey Willax.
He’s a vlogger in every sense of the word, coupling tutorials on how to become a better snowboarder with epic experiences, like riding with Zeb Powell at Mount Hood or a powder day at Killington. The biggest difference, though? He actually rips, so much so that he earned his own pro model with Lago Snowboards.
2. Shredbots
Speaking of Torstein, this list wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t include Norway’s prodigal son. Shredbots was one of the earliest YouTube channels from a professional snowboarder to catch fire, and it’s only gotten better since the days that Horgasm: A Love Story was released. This year alone, the channel has released video projects from Eric Jackson and Darcy Sharpe, Dustin Craven and Mateo Massitti, Mark Sollers, Ethan Morgan, and Horgmo himself. It’s the home of top-tier professional snowboarding, and it has an archive deep enough to keep you in a YouTube rabbit hole for days.
3. Snowboard Pro Camp
Normally, I’m not a huge fan of vlogging snowboarders. There are so many amateur and professional riders out there who are working their tails off to get better every day that I don’t really have the time to watch a rider who is just a talented, normal person. Kevin Pearce, however, over at Snowboard Pro Camp, does a great job teaching beginners some of the basics and bringing it down to a level where it is approachable. He has product videos such as tips for buying the best helmet or bindings and tutorials on everything from how to fix heel jutter to learning how to ride switch. When I teach my friends and family how to ride, I watch these videos to remind myself of how to break things down.
4. Holden Barth
The snowboard community doesn’t deserve Holden Barth (but we’re glad to have him anyway). His YouTube page is the only sense of organization we have on the platform. He has separate playlists designated by the year, dating back to 2019. Don’t have enough time to watch them all? He’s hollowed out a playlist that’s designated mandatory viewing. Want to learn something? Head to the snowboard documentaries tab on his page.
5. Sage Kotsenburg
Video parts are awesome. I hope they never die, but we’re evolving as a species, and the way we consume our snowboarding has done the same. The winner of the 2014 Olympic slopestyle gold medal is bringing us into the future. Yes, he has traditional video projects, like Bottleneck, that he filmed with Nils Mindnich, but he also has raw shredding and point-of-view videos that viewers can throw their own music behind or simply enjoy the sounds of snowboarding to. In a world where ASMR has taken off, it’s no wonder these are a success.
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