Good Wood Men’s Boards Under $399
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- September 03 2009
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TransWorld SNOWboarding, October 2009
We test them so you don’t have to.
How The Test Works
The test starts with each model of snowboard in three different sizes sent to the snowy slopes of Breckenridge, Colorado in mid-April for the weeklong test. We hire 23 expert testers to ride Breckenridge’s Park Lane park and the 2,400 vertical feet down Peak 8 testing each board on every type of feature and terrain available. The park boards are scored according to criteria including ollies/nollies, rail stability, buttering, flex, turning, and spinability—all-mountain is also scored in jumping and spinning, with an additional focus on high-speed stability and turning, and less focus on rails. Test forms are filled out, turned in, and computed.
Top Ten Men’s Under $399
Artec Gabe Taylor
Burton Blunt
Capita Horrorscope FK
Forum Youngblood Chillydog
K2 Darkstar
K2 WWW Rocker
Nitro Swindle
Omatic Extr-Eco Wigglestick
Salomon Drift
Rossignol Angus (All-Mountain)
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September 18th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Hello, I'm no snoboard expert… So excuse me if I'm putting my foot in my mouth…. I'm just wondering if there
should be further board clasification when doing these tests and have a top 10 for each category of board (not just price) or if that's too expensive perhaps a top five for each category: park, all mountain, and whatever other types of board there exist…
Since we "the begginers" are deemed to know the least and reach out to these tests for guidance, I'm thinking that it's a little unfair to see 1 out of 10 boards to be rated all mountain…
Am I on the wrong path?
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:47 am
no offense to all the all mountian riders out there but all the a lot of the poeple that ride these days ride mostly park. especially the east coast cause there is no good "freeride". transworld is just printed boards that poeple want to ride.
September 26th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Sorry thats all you have on the eastcoast, but shackraj is right TW needs to change to categories instead of price. I for one am interested in whats the best freeride board, whats the best freestyle boards, etc, not the price
September 27th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Or a top ten or top five park freeride all mountain… under 399 and above 400 .. then you can check your style and your budget
October 5th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Buy a park board and ride the whole mountain with it… its as simple as that.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
nope, you're dead on
October 9th, 2009 at 1:55 am
snowboards are good!!
October 9th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Chas speaks the truth.
October 11th, 2009 at 4:40 am
if your a beginner it really doesnt matter what kind of board you ride. spend the money on good boots and bindings that fit the boot you choose. just make sure whatever board you choose fits you size wise. then once your riding improves you will have a way better idea of what you want out of a board.
October 11th, 2009 at 4:42 am
all the boards on both lists can be riden all over the mountain. if you ride mostly pow and groomer turns get one thats a lil longer and firmer for stability. park rats shorten it up so you can throw it around.
October 17th, 2009 at 1:02 am
I have a little problem buying boards, besides finding the money for the board. I'm a bigger guy all around, including my feet. I can't have a "normal" board because my feet hang over. I can never seem to find a good looking reasonably priced wide board. Can someone help me out?
October 21st, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Check the icons, within the Over $400 and Under $400 categories there are both all-mountain and park boards. We'll make it clearer next year … this was the first year testing all mountain board in the Good Wood test.
October 24th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
i agree with netrah. as a beginner, you need to find GREAT boots. you will later decide on the type of board you want after you develop some skills. in fact, if you fall in love with boarding you'll almost inevitably buy more than one board.
October 24th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
i could of sworn back in the day, TW use to rate by categories, ie freeride, freestyle, downhill.
October 24th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
tons of wide boards out there, but you'll probably have to go more mainstream companies like burton, ride, k2, and salomon.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:20 am
i agree! i dont wanna have to browse through all of these looking for a good pow board, i
November 4th, 2009 at 11:11 am
yea, im with you on that… dont have backissues stocked up anymore but i definitely remember seeing more than "park boards" in issues past… and as far as "most people ride park" that just isnt true, what is true is that the east coast is extremely one-sided when it comes to snow sports… the ones who live out here in the real mountains with the real snow do not "mostly" ride park… maybe some groms lookin to impress, but you get made fun of for riding park on a dumping day for one reason: you're in the park… and have you heard of/seen the backcountry? no rails or boxes out there son