Dallas Snowboarders
A real community of snowboarders who lived nowhere near snow — organized meetups, planned trips, and a digital home to share the adventures.
Dallas Snowboarders was a community I organized for snowboarding enthusiasts in the Dallas area. We met up in person regularly, planned group trips to Colorado and New Mexico, and shared the adventures online through a website and forum.
The digital side ran on PHPBB plus WordPress with custom photo album, calendar, and video mods. The community side ran on getting people together in person, even when there was no snow nearby. The site hit 15,000 page loads and 29 registered users in the first two weeks; the in-person meetups were the actual point.
An answer to the question: how do you build community around an activity that doesn't happen where the people live?
Links
- Launch Post ↗
- Winter Park Thanksgiving 06 ↗
- Winter Park New Years 06 ↗
- Wolf Creek 07 ↗
- Crested Butte 07 ↗