In our 12 years on the block we've ramped up some impressive awards, but we're not the only site out there doing what we do, so we decided to check out the competition as we approach peak season. The easiest way of doing this is using www.alexa.com as this is a free source of traffic information from the people who run Amazon.

Here's what Alexa has to say today about Worldwide and UK traffic rankings.

Website	Worldwide	UK
www.snowboardclub.co.uk	159,624	6,351
www.skiclub.co.uk	173,589	6,112
www.natives.co.uk	195,286	8,214
www.whitelines.com	216,422	13,223
www.goneboarding.com	232,460	13,924
www.fearofthepark.co.uk	1,984,821	167,602
www.documentsnowboard.co.uk	2,898,885	211,382

This isn't to knock those other sites. The UK winter sports scene isn't really big enough for that sort of attitude and we hope all those sites listed above feel part of one big happy family, albeit with a spot of friendly rivalry. Respect to Rich at Fear of the Park for doing his freestyle thing with a lot of style and enthusiasm. Techy props to Marcus at Gone Boarding who has the luxury of doing his site full time.

We're simply pointing out that SCUK is doing our thing best - supporting the UK snowboard scene.

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