Beer and kebab. Drum and Bass. Netflix and chill… some things were just made to go together: snowboarding and music is one such pair, forever intertwined in our dance through the cosmos.
Whether you listen to tunes while actually riding or not is a matter of personal preference, but since the sport was born snowboarders have been listening to music to get pumped up for a session, or on the way to one, and in the golden age of snowboarding videos the choice of music was almost as important to video parts as the riding itself.
“Since the sport was born snowboarders have been listening to music to get pumped up for a session”
If you like listening to beats on the go, a good set of headphones will pipe pure auditory goodness right into your eardrums, with the added bonus of shielding the rest of the world from your perhaps dubious tastes. From in-the-ear buds better suited to active pursuits to over-ear cans that shut out the noise on long journeys – or for channelling your inner Trevor Andrew on the mountain – we’ve assembled this shortlist of some of the best headphones for snowboarding.
Scroll down to view all the best snowboard headphones, or skip to a particular brand using the links below
Beats Powerbeats 3 | Beats Studio 3 | Bose Soundsport | Skullcandy Hesh 3 | Skullcandy Ink’d | Skullcandy Method | Vimana LTD | Yamaha EPHWS01 | Yamaha HPH-M82
