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2009 Snowboards: Sure Your Board is Good, But is it “Good Wood” Good?

By ⋅ October 17, 2008 ⋅ Email this post Email this post ⋅ Print this post Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Thinking of buying a new 2009 model board, but not sure which ones are any good? Well, there are a large number of people out there that ride, review, and rate snowboards for a living (why can’t I do that?). Sometimes the informed opinions of other people can make our choices clearer and less regrettable.

Each year, two snowboard tests come out from respective magazines like Future Snowboarding and Transworld Snowboarding Magazine. Below are the results from Transworld Snowboarding for the top men and women’s snowboards in 2009; get the entire lowdown on Good Wood, including pipe boards, at Transworld here. They’ve done a great job of providing in-depth reviews on each, and are tracking props given to each board. Cool stuff.

According to Transworld, here are some of the best snowboards to buy in 2009:
Transworld’s top 10 men’s boards over $400
1. K2 Believer
2. Nitro Wiig
3. Burton Uninc
4. Nitro Team
5. Ride DH
6. Lib Tech Skate Banana
7. Salomon Official
8. DC MLF
9. GNU Riders Choice BTX
10. Rome Mod
Transworld’s top 10 men’s boards under $400
1. Burton Hero
2. GNU Carbon High Beam MTX
3. K2 Darkstar
4. Capita Stairmaster
5. Nitro T1
6. Stepchild Powder Sucks
7. Forum Substance
8. Salomon Drift
9. Technine Team Gooner
10. Rossignol Retox
Transworld’s top 10 women’s boards over $400
1. GNU B-pro BTX
2. Rossignol Diva Mag
3. Rome Lo-Fi
4. Roxy Eminence BTX
5. K2 Fling
6. Forum Craft
7. Lib Tech TRS BTX
8. Burton Stria
9. Ride Canvas
10. Flow Myriad
Transworld’s top 10 women’s boards under $400
1. Technine Women’s Jib
2. Forum Spinster
3. Capita Saturnia
4. Roxy Ollie Pop
5. GNU B-nice MTX
6. K2 VaVaVoom Rocker
7. Atomic Fallen Angel
8. Burton Blender
9. Salomon Lily
10. Rome Detail
Read more Transworld Good Wood reviews here.

Discussion

  1. RE: Transworld’s top 10 women’s boards over $400

    7. Lib Tech TRS BTX

    … I am not a lady. TWS made a mistake and Lib Tech doesn’t really make gender specific boards.

    Posted by josh | October 22, 2008, 6:09 pm

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