Online Snowboard Logs - Track Your Days On-hill Quickly and Easily

Have you ever been asked the question, "how many days a year do you ride?" and found yourself doing some hardcore finger counting with some steady guess-timation to come your final answer? From social networking websites such as Facebook to snowboarding communities like Shred Union, once again technology has made it possible for us snowboarders to keep track of not only our days riding but also at which resorts, under what conditions and anything else you want to remember about that day. Here is a quick look at some of the ingenious developments the world wide web has to offer for logging your snowboarding days...

The Snowboard Communities

What snowboard community wouldn't incorporate some type of log into it? If anything, they are incentive to visit the community daily and log your progress then participate in some of the conversations.

I know of one active community site that satisfies the needs of your average boarder, but I wanted to touch on a site that went M.I.A. (and maybe somebody can elaborate what happened) called MTNOPS.com. Now devoted to the Tailgate Alaska event, MTNOPS.com was once a booming community with the most elaborate snow log I have ever seen: Here was an easy to use interface that let you quickly put in where you rode, what conditions, gear notes, things learned, things to work on, photos and just about every detail of a riding day you could think to record. I know that MTNOPS has since branched into the hardgoods market, and maybe as such they have handed the community reigns to Shred Union; I hope that as Shred Union grows they might one day improve upon their snow log to produce something similar.

As it is, Shred Union offers a great and easy to use interface to keep track of days riding, which resorts you were at, and any notes you wish to make. This keeps things pretty open and you are able to write down everything from gear ridden to resort conditions. Posts are easily searchable and nicely organized; every Shred Union profile prominently displays--whether proudly or shamefully--how many days the user has ridden for the season. To get your profile started and join in on the fun, head to the Shred Union website.

Facebook

I don't use MySpace. I think if you aren't a musician the website is pure shit, so if there are any useful Snow Log applications on MySpace I'm sorry but they are lost in the world's most obnoxious pool of advertisements and inappropriate teenie-bopper glitter pages.

Facebook has several snowboard log applications, but only one that is truly worth your time. Complete with resort logos, notes and star ratings, Snowago is a great application that provides a timeline of where you've ridden throughout the season. In addition, you can have your snow days displayed right in the sidebar of your Facebook profile. Another great thing about this application is that you don't need to input dates one by one to catch up when you install it; select your resort and tick off all the days your rode there on an easy-to-navigate calendar, all of the sorting is done automatically. I was able to log my entire season (59 days to the best of my memory) in only 15 minutes. One thing most of the world doesn't have is tons of spare time, so if you are only able to set aside enough time to check your Facebook account then Snowago is the app for you.