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Canadian Online Snowboard Retailers (E-tailers) Guide

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#1 · (Edited)
Hi guys. Decided to write this out to help people find snowboarding gear online, but happen to live in Canada (or for you Americans that just want a taste of what Canada has to offer, we aren't all maple syrup, Tim Hortons and beaver, ya know. ;) )

Please feel free to post if I missed anything.

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I've only listed actual e-tailer retailer shops with a checkout system (not just advertisement websites), and with a decent amount of products, I found a few stores with like 1 or 2 snowboards so I didn't bother adding those.

I advocate of course buying products from your local store, but sometimes they don't carry what you realllly want, or their prices are rather inflated. :laugh:

Note: This is by no means a review since I haven't (in most cases) yet ordered anything from these retailers, this is just a listing of what I've found. Also I am just listing the brands of snowboards they carry not everything else since I don't want to take up 20 pages. I've also listed the location so you'll know if you'll have to pay PST.*

*Irrelevant now for some provinces who have HST.

Online Snowboard Retailers located in Canada

Alternative 113

Location

Quebec (Site may show in French, if you can't read French click the English link at the top)

Alternative 113

Sale page

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Coalition
Capita
Endeavor
Forum
Jones
K2
Libtech
Rome
Salomon
Nitro
Restricted (Burton)
Ride
Rome
Roxy
Stepchild
Technine
YES

Some other brands mixed in that are left over.

Shipping Comments

Free Fedex shipping on orders over $75 CND

Product in clearance (40% off and more) cannot take advantage of the free shipping promotion

Good experience, bought a board and bindings here.

Other Comments

I love this place for their clearance section. They always have a promotion going on as well (like, buy a jacket, get an underlayer free type thing)

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thinkEmpire

Location

Quebec

Skateboards, Snowboards, Shoes, Streetwear and Urban Fashion | Empire Online Skate & Snowboard Shop

Sale Page

Snowboard Brands

Bataleon
Burton
Capita
DC
Forum
Gnu
Libtech
Nitro
Omega
Ride
Rome
Roxy
Signal
Step Child
Technine

Shipping Comments

Another store I see advertised a lot including here. Free shipping in Canada over $94 purchase.. but lots of exclusions, if you have a sale item in your basket its a no go on the free shipping. Their express shipping however is Fedex and extremely fast!
Empire offers international shipping by Fedex to a number of international countries.

Other Comments

"Trendy" shop, lots of brand name stuff and some decent sale prices.. seems higher priced overall though.

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The Source Board Shop

Location

Alberta

http://www.sourceboards.com

Sale page

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Capita
Dinosaurs will die
Forum
Lib Tech
Rome
Roxy
Gnu
Ride
Roxy
Yes.


Shipping Comments

Free shipping in Canada on orders over $100 in Canada and no PST.

Other Comments

NooOooOOo they went to a flash intro website.. (personal pet peeve) Seems solid however.

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Alter Ego Sports

Location

Manitoba

Http://alteregosports.com

Sale Page*

Snowboard Brands

Drake
K2
Never Summer
Ride
Rossignol


Shipping Comments

$5 Shipping on orders over $100 (snowboards not included :( ) Otherwise they offer Canada Post Expedited.

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Xtreme Adrenaline Board Shop

Location

Saskatchewan

Http://xtreme-adrenaline.com

Sale Page

Snowboard Brands

Lobster
Technine
Bataleon
Class Five
Ride
Rome
Capita
Stepchild
Never Summer
Dinosaurs Will Die


Shipping Comments

Free shipping to US AND Canada on orders over $100, no restriction on boards!

Other Comments

New website which is kind of buggy at the moment.

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The Board Room

British Columbia

Http://www.boardroomshop.com

Sale Page

Snowboard Brands

Capita
Endeavour
Flow
Forum
Gnu
Libtech
Never Summer
Ride
Rossignol
Technine
Stepchild


Shipping Comments

Free shipping on orders over $99. Ordered a new NS snowboard and binders on sale from here, no restrictions on free shipping and stuff came fast no probs via Purolator.

Other Comments

They also seem to have a location in Washington.

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Prior Snowboards

Location

Whistler, BC

Http://www.priorsnowboards.com

Snowboard Brands

Prior

Shipping Comments

Snowboard Shipping is $28 CND via Fedex Ground when ordering online. Free shipping on clothing and discount shipping on accessories with purchase of a snowboard.

Other Comments

Their boards are extremely customizable, you can get custom graphics, even a board custom made for you.

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Hustler Snowboards

Location

Ontario

Http://www.hustlersnowboards.com

Sale Page

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Capita
Endeavor
Forum
Ride
Rome
Stepchild

Shipping Comments

Free shipping on orders over $100 via UPS.

Other Comments

Website has expanded, looks much better now!

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The Board Shop

Location

Ontario

Http://www.theboardshoponline.com

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Capita
Forum
Ride
Salomon
Yes.

Shipping Comments

Looks like shipping is about 28$ for UPS ground

Other Comments

New website

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Island Snow Online Shop

Location

Kelowna, BC

Http://www.islandsnow.ca

Sale Page

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Forum
Gnu
Libtech
Nomis
Roxy
Salomon
Stepchild

Shipping Comments

Seems shipping is free over a certain price (I tried to checkout a snowboard to test) but it's not listed on the site!

Other Comments

Looks like they have expanded their online shop this season.

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Fresh Air Experience

Location

Kelowna, BC

Http://www.freshair.ca

Sale Page

Snowboard Brands

K2
Rossignol
Salomon
Burton

Shipping Comments

Shipping about $20 for a board.

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Canadian Cartel

Location

Misson, British Columbia

Http://www.canadiancartel.com

Snowboard Brands

Various


Shipping

Quoted me $29.99 shipping on a board

Other Comments

This is a new site that you have to sign up for in order to see the deals (it's just a log-in name/password thing).
They act kind of like a Canadian version of steep and cheap (actually they are exactly like "The Clymb" except the sales go for much longer and include multiple items.
Looks like they sell last years models at discounts.
I compared the prices of current snowboard sales to American prices and they are about on par.

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Sportchek

Location

Everywhere

Http://www.SportChek.ca

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Ride
K2
Firefly
Sims


Shipping

Save 10% on whole order and free shipping > $150 on now.

Other Comments

Big box store that also sells online. They carry low end stuff and a few higher end models.


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Freeride Board Shop

Location

BC, Okanagan

Http://www.freerideBoardshop.com
Sale Page

Snowboard Brands


#Lobster
Bataleon
Flow
Forum
Never Summer
Stepchild
Technine
YES

Shipping Comments

Shipping for a board quoted me $20


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True Snowboards

Location

British Columbia

Http://www.truesnowboards.com

Snowboard Brands

True (A U.K. based brand)

Shipping Comments

$37cdn within Canada via Canada Post shipped from BC
$37usd within the USA via USPS shipped from Wa = we import for you, no brokerage fees!
$0 for all snowboardingforum.com members, same shipping methods as above. 8)

Other Comments

Company based in U.K. but imported to Canada .. good shipping deal :)

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Meltdown Snowboard Shop

Location

Ontario

Http://www.meltdownonline.com

Sales Page

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Forum
Gnu
Libtech
Nitro
Ride
Rome

Shipping Comments

UPS and Canada Post shipping

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Surf Paradise

Location

Ontario

http://surfparadise.com

Sales Page

Snowboard Brands

Burton
Libtech
Ride
K2
Arbor

Shipping Comments

Free shipping on orders over $75

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Axis Boutique

Location

Quebec

http://shop.axisboutique.com/

Sales Page

Snowboard Brands

Rome
K2
Couple other single boards

Shipping Comments

Free shipping on orders over $75

Other Comments

Site is francophone with english

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#7 ·
True Snowboards

Location

British Columbia

Http://www.truesnowboards.com

Snowboard Brands


True (sold online only, no in store retail or the accompanying retail markup.)

Shipping Comments

$37cdn within Canada via Canada Post shipped from BC
$37usd within the USA via USPS shipped from Wa = we import for you, no brokerage fees!
$0 for all snowboardingforum.com members, same shipping methods as above. 8)
 
#10 ·
Thanks again for getting this list together. It was a great resource when I was tracking down NS snowboards and Rome bindings in Canada.

Some feedback:

The Boardroom Shop
I have been dealing with both the online guys as well as directly with the West 4th Avenue shop. They have been very helpful in dealing with someone trying to organise something from Australia, and they have gone the extra yard to make things work (props to Merideth in particular).

Alter Ego Sports
Helpful guy (Chris), quick response. Unfortunately they didn't have the gear I was after in stock and they weren't able guarantee being able to get hold of it in time, but they were up-front about it. It's apparent that not everything in their online shop is actually in stock, or normally stocked for that matter, so bear that in mind if you order online without talking to them first.

Xtreme Adrenaline Board Shop
Quick initial response to my email promising to get back to me "shortly" once they had checked with their supplier. Nothing heard since (4 days ago).

Mission Snow and Skate
Not an online retailer, but very helpful with organising things in advance over the phone (if you happen to be passing through Calgary). Props to Macky.
 
#11 · (Edited)
Ok some more updates from my pre-snow mass buying spree.. I need a bunch of stuff by the 13th of Nov cuz I am going up to Jasper to board Marmot Basin.

Think Empire

I ordered 2 on sale snowboard bags Sunday night, and got them Monday via Fedex! I paid 15ish buck extra shipping for express shipping but I didn't think it'd be THAT fast :laugh:

Xtreme-Adrenaline

Ok so these guys finally got Never Summer Boards in, then guess what only in Size 155! Oh well... I emailed to ask about it they said the product was "Extremely Allocated"

The Board Room

I broke down to pay some taxes cuz I really wanted the Never Summer SL-R, got free shipping on my Never Summer SL-R 158 and 2 pairs of binders. Fairly quick shipping and I got the green board base.

I have ordered a bunch of stuff from the states from Remember Delaware, Backcountry.com and Dogfunk will report when I get the items :)
 
#12 ·
Have you had to pay the GST and PST on stuff from Backcountry/Outlet/Dogfunk shipped via UPS World Ease?

I have a US shipping address (yay free US shipping, faster than USPS Priority! UPS truck apparently goes non-stop from SLC to Seattle) which I use and then just bring the stuff over the border myself, and Customs has never made me pay any taxes on anything.
 
#13 ·
Nope, no taxes.. all included in the shipping option. For me the 3 hour drive to the border and the stress prohibits that being an option... I hate crossing the border I swear I feel guilty everytime like I had 3 lbs of meth stuffed in my butt or something.
 
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#15 ·
I ordered from Empire a few months back even though I'm an Amurrican. I was looking for 08 white Rome 390's and my girl was looking for a Rome Label, and that site was the only one where either of us could find what we were looking for. Prices weren't fantastic, but I was impressed with that, and customer service was cool enough to call me and warn me that the bindings wouldn't fit the board.
 
#17 ·
Honestly I don't find the duty included shipping option from UPS to be that expensive having done a lot of calculations, when you calculate in the lower price of American goods, then remember that you have to pay taxes on stuff in Canada as well as shipping, even with the exchange rate it comes out cheaper. :thumbsup:
 
#22 ·
Update: I ordered from Remeberdelaware.com and didn't recieve any shipping information although on their website it said my items were shipped.

Waited 2 weeks before I asked what was going on with my order. They had quick service, and told me that they ship stuff to Canada all at once to avoid customers having to pay large amounts of duty... and that I would receive an email with shipping info later that day.

While this is all well and good they did not indicate this when I purchased the items, so having to wait this long was kind of a bummer. They didn't send me any confirmation so I had to ask again this weekend and they did inform me quickly of the shipping info finally. They said they will fix this problem so hopefully they do, I would rather just pay more then wait 2 weeks personally :p
 
#23 ·
UPDATE: Finally received my purchase from Rememberdelaware. While their customer service is great and the product arrived safely the shipping to Canada took nearly a month,and for some godforsaken reason UPS shipped my package from Utah to Winnipeg, back to Vancouver then to me :p which is bizzare since everything else Ive ordered from Utah goes straight thru Washington state... however I didn't have to pay duty or taxes!


Just ordered a park board + bindings from alternative113. I messed up my order and they fixed it fast via live chat. Prices seem really good as well. I eagerly await my park board :laugh:
 
#26 ·
For me its ease of comparison shopping, cheap deals, I can spend 2 hours browsing 20 stores online whereas hit up maybe 2 stores with 1/10 the selection in town.

More relaxing, noone looking over your shoulder.

Noone anywhere close to me sells neversummer or flow, POC or bern for example.

I do go to local shops as well for things like boots and clothes.
 
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