5 Most Popular Extreme Sports in the US

3. Snowboarding

Insider Monkey Score: 7

The number of Americans who went snowboarding in 2021 was the highest recorded since 2010, hitting around 7.96 million. In the first season affected by the pandemic – 2019-20 – the total number of ski and snowboard resort visits nationally dropped to 51.1 million (from 59.3 million in 2018-19). However, as resorts learned how to safely operate during the pandemic – and also due to the natural cycle of resorts closing and opening – the number rose to 59 million in 2020-21.

The Ski & Snowboard Resorts industry in the U.S. is expected to reach a market size of $4.6bn at the end of 2023, with an average annual growth rate of 3.7% between 2018 and 2023.