board test
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men's Under $400 category: Technine Team Gooner
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men’s Under $400 category: Salomon Drift
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men’s Under $400 category: Forum Substance
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men’s Under $400 category: Stepchild Powder Sucks
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men’s Under $400 category: Capita Stairmaster
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men’s Under $400 category: The K2 Darkstar
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men’s Under $400 category: The Gnu Carbon High Beam MTX
2009 Good Wood Winner in Top Ten Men’s Under $400 category: The Burton Hero
The Good Wood test is a men's and women's freestyle board test performed in the park at Copper Mountain, Colorado.
What's new with women's snowboards? This year we're looking at a new round of big-name brands on the Board Test podium, with more of an emphasis on all-around action than strictly freestyle. The top-five winning boards all have deep roots in snowboard history-a sure sign that practice makes perfect when it comes to board construction. The big ol' crew of female pro riders behind the development of this year's boards allows women to be discriminating consumers and ride away with an awesome stick.
Last spring TransWorld testers took 50 of the freshest boards of '04, and rode them all until they found the top-ten men's boards. We've got the results right here. Before you buy a new snowboard be sure to read this.
Eight testers, 65 boards, five days. The board test is more madness than method, but certain ground rules apply. Product is delivered with a tune from the manufacturer (or not); the topsheets are then masked, and each board is given a code number by TransWorld's weekend shift to limit biases-in order to cheat, testers have to make a pretty big effort.
