A lot of ads. Not bad though.

 

This. It's an alright magazine, but it seems like it's 80% ads. I wouldn't pay for it, but I'll flip through it at Barnes and Nobles or Borders. :dunno:

 

no, no its not

 

i like it a lot.

 

Its so-so at best IMO. I get it so I can atleast see snow before winter gets here.

 

Don't need to subscribe to a book load of ads. I get a lot of my snowboard news through this site and BA's "The Angry Snowboarder".

But if you want to stare at the pretty pictures the magizine offers, knock yourself out. :thumbsup:

(Sounds harsh, but oh well.)

 

high quality snowboard photography isn't for everyone.

 

I dont know much about the magazine, but their website seems decently informative. Doubt that was much help, but hey.. you'll probably be able to find a good number of articles through the net.

just my 2 cents

 

yeah I'd say it's worth the $9.99 It's mostly ads...the same ones in every issue. And the website has much more content. But it's still fun to flip though when I get it in the mail and everyone once in awhile theres an interesting article. Even if it is only two pages long.

 

I continue to like magazines, with a half dozen subscriptions at any given time. It makes good reading material on the throne, and on the airplane since I'm constantly flying. With most mags it works out to $1-2/issue so it's totally worth it. When I first started getting TWS 4yrs ago, I thumbed through a couple mos. worth of issues from Snowboard, Snowboarder, and Future Snowboarding. Decided TWS was the best at the time, and haven't bothered with any of the other ones since. Anyone care to disagree?

 

I subscribe and enjoy the articles. On top of that they are usually a few good deals, (they usually have 1 per issue) for discounts at resorts around the US. Last two years in a row there was one for Stowe, 90 bucks for 3 days, hard to beat that but you have to have the issue and only is good for 1 person. I took up that offer last year and used it.

 

Magazines are dead, I can pull out Transworlds from 10 year ago and put them right next to a current issue and a lot of the stories are so similar. It's a great mag if you've never had a subscription before, otherwise just read shit online and be happy.

 

It's worth 14 buck's a year, last year I got a free Beanie and this year I got 2 free pair's of snowboarding socks with the subscription. I enjoy to look through it and occasionally read an article.

 

what size were the socks?

 

i like it, theres always good things to read and lots of nice pictures. lots of ads but.. that just means more pictures

 

If you care to pay hard earned cash for innane, jejune gibberish with a throbbing, mendacious mantra of "no hype core", yet which oozes marketing and BS and is seemingly geared towards lewd, chainsmoking pre-teens with an IQ of 5; or if viewing pictures with captions describing the sickness of the pictures are the limit of your cognitive ability, then it's the magazine for you. If not, save your money any buy some wax.

 

I've been reading tws since 96 still my favorite snowboard mag.

 

Nice photography but not too much in the way of engrossing written content. I feel like they could have a lot more depth. I really wish it would veer a bit away from the pro-rider and filming focus and get more into the coverage of the workings of the industry itself. Or just things that we as "everyday" people experience.

My favorite part is the little "newsbar" that runs along the bottom of a couple pages that gives some flash updates on what's going on with resorts, individuals, etc. Some of the blogs out there are definitely more content-laden (and free )

 

Subscribed here.. generally pretty good but I'd agree on the fact that they really need to up the written content a bit.

 

I just re subscribed this year cause they sent me a card for 3 years for $10. Basically in every magazine there is one article or one interview with a rider that is decent. Other than that, yea, well, its not much to write home about. I do love the shit out of the yearly photo issue though.

 

anyone saving 97 cents and getting the online version instead of the print?

And with Future Snowboarding gone, is there any alternative mag? I'm always a bit annoyed that there seem to be lots of ski magazines and only a single one for the boarder. I guess the generations that board are less affluent or something. Or would rather ride than read about riding. Still, the ski mags have much more useful content than any boarding mag I've seen, which seem to be focused on image above all else (again, their target market).

 

No, the generation that board reads blogs and goes to forums. The generation that skis is much older and they are set in their old ways of print media.

 

I'm not a big fan of TWS. I only decided to get a free sub this year to see if it changed much. It hasn't.

I am a big fan of frequency though, the articles are a lot better and full page photos that are of much better quality and much less ads.