Snowboard Music

Snowboarding Playlists for 2014

By Matt Myers

Published 2.16.2014

First off, it can be *kinda* peligroso to board with earbuds blaring. So there. We’ve said our piece.

For those who live on the edge and like to rock out on the snow, we’ve pulled together some mixes from everywhere you’d think and a few places you might not have. You can pick and choose what suits you.

Pretty Lights

Pretty Lights Arena Photo

Photo by Krystle Blackburn

To those like us who like to keep it Colorado, look no further than our own Derek Vincent Smith, AKA Pretty Lights. There is absolutely NO snowboarding or skiing playlist that would be complete without some of his cuts. So whatever you put in your playist, make sure it has some Pretty. Plus, he might actually have the coolest website I’ve ever seen.

Want some of his music? Well, you can get pretty much all of it for FREE. Now tell me you don’t love our Colorado brother.

WhoaSnow’s 2013-14 Playlist

Our friend Dan Mensinger over at WhoaSnow has been putting out a Snowboarder’s Playlist the last couple years. He puts them on GrooveShark so you can listen right from a webpage. His 2013-14 Playlist is live below. He has some Pretty Lights in there, just like a good snowboarding playlist should.

Here is WhoaSnow’s playlist from last year.

Half Pipe Legend

An A-list playlist wouldn’t be complete without some tunes from the absolute Truth on a board. So here is the soundtrack to the Shaun White Snowboarding Game on Xbox 360 from last.fm. If you don’t have the game, I think the playlist is going to surprise you. It surprises me, and I’ve been to six county fairs and a goat roping.

Oh okay, here’s a link to buy the game.

Colorado ski authority playlists 

CSA Scholarship winner and sterling artist Saige Mateo sent us her favorite boarding jams. They are pretty electic and mature for a woman of 20 years. We are going to have to get a closer look at that driver’s license. She gets a pass for not having any Pretty Lights.

Artist Song
Bonobo
Kiara  
Band of Horses 
The Funeral (Butch Clancy Remix)
The Glitch Mob
Drive It Like You Stole It
A Skillz
California Soul 
Carousel 
Let’s Go Home (Sound Remedy Remix)
Arctic Monkeys
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Nas
If I Ruled the World
The Bloody Beetroots
WARP 1.9
The White Panda
Midnight Life  
GRiZ
Smash the Funk  
Emancipator
First Snow  
Little People
Start Shootin’
AWOLNATION
Sail 
Blur
Song 2  
Portugal. The Man.
People Say  
Method Man & Redman
How High  
Nas
It Ain’t Hard to Tell 
Collie Buddz
Come Around  
The Offspring
Head Around You
KRS One
MCs Act Like They Don’t Know  
Souls of Mischief
93 ‘Til Infinity

Here’s my playlist for 2014 just to prove I’m a good sport. Don’t give me any crap. 

Artist Song Time
Avicii Wake Me Up 4:10
Beastie Boys Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament 2:54
Bombino Amidinine 4:29
Chromatics Tick of the Clock 4:48
Cypress Hill Cock the Hammer 4:22
Daddy Yankee La Fuga 3:27
Daft Punk Lose Yourself to Dance  5:54
Daft Punk Get Lucky 6:10
Electric Light Orchestra Long Black Road 3:20
Gangstagrass Goin Down 3:00
House of Pain Jump Around 3:30
John Tejada Moogbits (Original Mix) 7:47
Kid Cudi Wild’n Cuz I’m Young 4:14
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) 3:56
Massive Attack Radiation Ruling the Nation (Protection) 8:35
Matisyahu Time Of Your Song 4:27
Michael Franti & Spearhead Say Hey (I Love You) 3:56
Moby Flower 3:25
Mos Def Ghetto Rock 4:09
Nikkfurie The A La Menthe 4:30
Pretty Lights I Can See It In Your Face 6:48
Slightly Stoopid Anywhere I Go 4:28

Have your own playlist to contribute? Send it to me at matt(at)coloradoskiauthority.com. We’ll post it if it’s better than mine. So yeah. We’re probably gonna post it.

Sweet Snowboard Tunes