Ride Green

Snow is our lifeblood at Ride. We need it to exist. You need it to exist. At Ride we have been making dedicated strides in the right direction and continue to implement processes to help reduce our impact on the environment. In addition to internal practices such as utilizing electronically stored files, paper that is made up of 30% post consumer material and employee commuter incentives to bike, carpool and bus to work, we are applying our green initiative throughout all of our product categories.

Our snowboard packaging is extremely minimal and the packaging we do use is fully recyclable shrink-wrap. We use a 100% naturally derived biodegradable wax formula on all of our boards. Almost every Ride snowboard uses full swap die-cut bases, which eliminates a significant amount of waste that otherwise would go to landfills and does not require any inks or solvents like many standard bases. Ride's Membrain® top sheet technology top sheet technology cuts out more than half of the plastic used on traditional top sheets, and our new Hempbrain™ top sheet top sheet eliminates the traditional plastic top sheet altogether. Made from hemp, this new top sheet is lighter and stronger, and is made from an easily renewable resource that requires little processing. Hemp is fast growing, requires no irrigation or pesticides, and helps clean up toxins from the ground. Also check out our new UL Base and UL Steel that use less material, but still maintain durability and quality.

Our boot packaging utilizes paper separators and a recycled cardboard foot form, both of which are consumer recyclable. All Ride boots feature 30% recycled EVA backing in the shell. A new approach to boot design, Ride's exclusive Phy-Top construction utilizes fewer individual parts, less glue and creates less waste by bringing into play the specially crafted 100% phylon molded unibody.

All of Ride's binding baseplates and heelcups are made from roughly 50% recycled aluminum, and much like your empty beer cans, are 100% consumer recyclable.

All of our outerwear hangtags are made from 50% recycled material and our dealer catalog is FSC-Certified, composed of 30% post consumer waste.

As we continue to develop new technologies, refine products and improve processes, reducing our impact will be a consideration each step of the way.