News: Social Snowboarding Site

Are you ready for yet another social networking site?

One development on the web in recent years has been the proliferation of social networking sites. Some, such as Facebook, are geared for high school students. Others such as MySpace, cast a wider net, and others, such as LinkedIn, are less social and more for professional networking.

In the age of niche marketing comes Go211.com, a new networking site for “action sports athletes and enthusiasts.” It has the usual features, allowing users to upload and view each others photos and videos. You’ll find the usual hip hop and clipped English that you might expect.

The site, which skews to a younger demographic, claims to be the place where you can “watch rad clips and listen to killer tracks. ” Those killer tracks include genres that some grays on trays may not even be aware of, such as crunk, dub, and happy hardcore. Say what?

On the other hand, its portfolio does include some professional riders, including “old” riders Shaun Palmer and Seth Wescott. Whether any of the pros actually write, we can’t say.

All in all there seems to be little to attract at least some older riders. But it is a sign that snowboarding continues to be an attractive business, as well as a recreation.