Rollick Guides Announces Launch of Snowsports Community for Skiing and Snowboarding Enthusiasts, Instructors, Gear and Apparel Manufacturers & Ret
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 2, 2008 -- Rollick Guides (RollickGuides.com) (http://www.rollickguides.com), the online Community for Savvy & Indulgent Activity Enthusiasts, announces the launch of its Snowsports community. This community combines the best of a magazine, a directory and a social network. Skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts and experts can now come to Rollick Guides to read, share, add videos and vote on skiing and snowboarding tips and gear discoveries submitted by community members like themselves. Membership is free.
SITE FEATURES:
The site's unique appeal is its fun and simple format that encourages people to talk about their favorite gear, share tips, add videos, and vote for "hot tips" and "cool gear". Tip and gear posts show up as "playing cards" on a 3x3 grid of nine cards that makes for easy and fun browsing and discovery.
TIPS - For Skiing & Snowboarding (http://www.rollickguides.com/snowsports/tips/all)
A focus of Rollick Guides' community interaction is the sharing of tips. Enthusiasts will find a variety of tips ranging from how to find ideal slopes for their skill level to more advanced tips such as how to perfect their deep powder technique. These tips come from fellow enthusiasts as well as instructors. Members of the site can add videos, comment on tips and vote for tips they consider "Hot Tips" to help other snowsports enthusiasts discover them. Tips may include a link to third-party sites or blogs where readers can learn more. Instructors with PSIA and AASI certifications are welcome to join the community of enthusiasts and submit their own tips and links.
GEAR - For Skiing & Snowboarding (http://www.rollickguides.com/snowsports/gear-things/all)
Rollick Guides makes it fun for skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts to keep up with the latest in gear and share what they know. It's exciting for people to discover new gear and find that it's the perfect thing to take their performance and enjoyment to the next level. Rollick Guides can help with this discovery. Enthusiasts can share gear trends, provide recommendations, add videos, and vote as "Cool Gear" those items that they think demand attention. Ski and snowboard enthusiasts posting gear can add a web link where fellow enthusiasts can get additional specs and information. Snowsports gear manufacturers, apparel designers, and retailers are welcome to submit posts with links back to their sites.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
• Ski and snowboard enthusiasts, instructors and other experts wishing to share tips and gear discoveries and participate in a community of fellow enthusiasts (http://www.RollickGuides.com) can do so by visiting the Rollick Guides website.
• Skiing and Snowboard gear and apparel retailers and manufacturers seeking a community of snowsports enthusiasts interested in the latest gear and trends can submit gear posts directly on the Rollick Guides website. This is a free service. A Rollick Guides editor reviews all gear posts before they are released on the site to ensure interesting and exciting posts for the community.
ABOUT ROLLICK GUIDES:
Rollick Guides recently launched as the first comprehensive interactive website dedicated to making life more fun by focusing only on participatory recreational activities. Participatory recreational activities are active pursuits, not just spectator events. Think hitting the slopes, not just sitting in the lodge waiting for your friends to come back. It's a cross between Yahoo! Groups and Freeskier or Snowboarder Magazine. Except it's for over 30 different activities all in one place, and conversations across activities are all inter-related. This enables ski and snowboard enthusiasts to explore other activities of interest. In addition, the snowsports world can benefit from new enthusiasts who become inspired to take up the sport by what they see on Rollick Guides. The website focuses on 25-45 year old urbanites.
ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY ON ROLLICK GUIDES WEBSITE:
Lifestyle: Cooking, Fitness & Wellness, Gaming, Home & Garden, Investing, Pets, Volunteering, Wine Beer Spirits. Sports: Extreme Sports, Golf, Martial Arts, Motorsports, Rock Climbing, Running, SCUBA & Snorkeling, Sailing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowsports, Surfing, Tennis, Triathlon. Arts: Acting & Stand-up, Dancing, Fashion Design, Filmmaking, Fine Art, Jewelry-Making, Knitting & Crochet, Music, Photography. Language & Culture: Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish.
Rollick Guides:
"THE Community for Savvy & Indulgent Activity Enthusiasts"
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