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About The Good Ride To sum it up The Good Ride is a Snowboard gear review and buying guide. This site is geared for the 5-100 day a year rider who wants to find snowboard gear right for them. We have a group of riders who try out gear and then figure out what kind of rider it is best suited for. Our crew won't ever go pro unless we get a body transplant but we can confidently say that we represent what the average rider is all about. We try to be more than just a site that recycles data from other sources. We also add our own objective review and rating system to help you find what works best for you. We mainly ride in Mammoth and Tahoe but you might see us at other mountains around the country or Canada. The Good Ride is a site created by me (the editor). I was having trouble finding reviews that would help me buy gear that suited my riding style. There are some great blogs out there but they are all from one riders perspective. The Forums are tough to find info that you need and when you do it's usually a debate between riders that left me with an inconclusive feeling. I usually had fun reading the blogs but not when I was in a hurry. I realized that the average rider doesn't want to treat gear shopping like a second job and wanted to create a more user friendly experience. The more snowboarding gear I tried the more I started keeping a log of what I discovered and how it worked for me. I also love having my friends try my gear and love getting their opinions. This site is the evolution of what I was doing for myself to buy gear. I now hope The Good Ride helps you figure out what snowboarding gear works for you and your riding style so you make a regret free purchase. I'm constantly working to make the site better and I'm always open to feedback. Here are some but not all of the people who contribute to the reviews at the Good Ride
James Biesty (Pronounced Beasty)- I'm the Editor and Gear Whore Extraordinaire. If you have a Beasty Joke I haven't heard I'll be pretty amazed. And yes I love the Beastie Boys and I'm stoked they didn't ruin my name. Years Riding- Off an on for 20 years Years Addicted- 9 years. Days a Year- 80-100+ depending on injuries. I'm an all mountain rider but I lean more towards the Freeride side of things. I love steep terrain, speeding on morning groomers, making good turns regular or switch and the pipe. I'm ok with a mellow kicker here and there and I'm not that keen on rails and boxes. 5'10" 200Lbs Size 9 Shoe
Jim Marcotte-Renaissance Years Riding- Forever! Years Addicted- A Century or so. Days a year- Well over 100 Jimbo is a Level 3 instructor at Mammoth Mountain and helped the editor in his early years become a competent snowboarder. If you want the best instructor on the mountain call 1800 MAMMOTH and ask for Jim. He also on ocassion likes to gear whore out with the editor to see what is the latest and greatest. He also is getting into blogging about his adventures on the hill. Check him out at his blog Day-One-Eleven. 6' 160lbs Size 10.5
Eli Sheiman Years Riding- 16 Years Addicted- 12 Days a year 30-50 (mostly powder) Grew up riding in the Pacific Northwest. Eli is comfortable anywhere but you will usually see him maching down steep runs when its dumping. He is also one of the best guys to have in the car on a road trip. 6'1" 175lbs Size 11 Shoe

Peter Sheiman- Rider and Eli's Little Bro Years Riding- 10 Years Addicted- 8 Days A Year- 30-50 Spent most of his life following his brother but now is comfortable anywhere. Park, Rails, Pipe, Pow, Jumps and Steep/Sketchy terrain. Likes to straightline everywhere he can and occasionally dry humps a snow angel. You will also see him in many of the Good Ride Pics and Videos as a hand model that presents the gear as it's filmed. 5'11" 165lbs Size 9 Shoe

Tawni and Jill Yes they come as a team because I dont think I've ever seen em apart. They are really strong Intermediate to Advanced snowboarder supper buddies. Based on their enthusiasm and willingness to learn they won't be intermediate/advanced for long. Size- Both of them are just right.

Mary "Sunshine On My God Damn Shoulders" Adam Years Riding- 14 Years Addicted- 14 Average Day's on the hill- 20-100+ depending on travel and injuries and work ;-) 2 Time Collegiate Boarder X National Champ. Also instructed for a few years, entered a few half pipe contests in her day and even won a pond skim contest. Here latest thing is playing mens ice hockey. Mary will rip anything except rails. She talks a lot of trash but backs it up. 5'10" Size 10shoe

Heather Hambleton. She use to be Heather Mynatt (pronounced MyNut) but she married my friend that I call Hampster. So now I call her Heather Hampsterton. Years Riding - 14 Years addicted- 8 Average Days A Year- 30-60 Likes to mach down groomers, steep runs, hit a jump or 3 and the half pipe. She is faster than most men. Mynatt is a blue ball of fury. 5'4" Size 6 shoe
Wendy Nishikawa Years Riding 15 Years Addicted 15 Days a Year- 30-50 Rides like a bat out of hell and lives for powder. She usually rides big sticks made for men and is all freeride. 5'6" Size 8 shoe
Helaine Mandelbaum Years Snowboarding- 7 Years Addicted- 5 Days A Year- 20-30 Helaine is an intermediate to advanced rider. She can keep up with just about any group and despite her robotic knee really pushes it to get to the next level. She is most comfortable on groomers and likes to make snow angels. 5'8" Size 8 shoe
Kyle Maness Years Riding 12 Years Addicted 12 Days a Year- 30-70 Kyle likes to Ride fast and push it as much as he can. He lives in the park and will ride everything in it. 5'7" 165 Size 12 Shoe
Some people who don't review boards but volunteered their precious free time to help the editor figure out the difficult world of making a website.
Aaron Waldmen- Software Engineer Extraordinaire and one hell of a Beer Gamer	Dylan Touhey- Online Marketing Master and one hell of a good snowboarder.
Dean Onishi- Web Designer, Snowboarder and all around good guy! He is also known for taking a nap whenever and wherever he can.	Cary Peniman- Software Engineer, Skiier, Snowboarder, Surfer, Father and a good ride problem solver.
Natalie Horton- Niece of the Editor and helped him with a hell of a lot of data entry.	Betsey Biesty- The Editors wife. She doesn't snowboard, ski or even like the cold but she is more than cool with the editor doing all of this. What a wife!