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About The Good Ride Rating System
All Characteristics are rated from 1-5. So 1 is the least and 5 is the most. This is not an exact science but a way for you to get a general idea of how each board rides.

Here is the new "How it Rides" for 2011. We found it too hard to rate every board with an exact #'s from 1-5 so we are going to generalize a little more.

How It Rides
Groomers	Excellent Good OK Weak	Speed	Excellent Good Ok Weak	Flex	Stiff Medium Soft Noodle	Rails/Boxes/Jibbing	Excellent Good OK Weak
Powder	Excellent Good OK Weak	Lightweight	Light Medium OK Heavy	Carving	Excellent Good OK Weak	Pipe	Excellent Good OK Weak
Turn Initiation	Excellent Good OK Weak	Edge Hold	Excellent Good OK Weak	Switch	Excellent Good OK Weak	Jumps	Excellent Good OK Weak

Turn Initiation- How fast and easy does your board turn? Can you transition from edge to edge easy? 1 is very slow/difficult and 5 is very fast/easy. It's all personal preference on how you like to turn. Some people like a board that has an edge that locks in and takes a lot of effort to initiate the next turn. Some love it to turn on a dime. Most beginners want easy turn initiation but it's all personal preference and up to your riding style after that.
Edge Hold- How well does your board hold its edge in all types of snow conditions? Many boards don’t do well on hard pack and ice. 1 is not very good and 5 is Ice Skate good.
Stiffness- How easy or difficult it is to use your body weight to bend the board into a turn, nose press, hit a rail ect. 1 is soft and 5 is stiff.
Groomers/Piste- How well does a board ride on Groomed Runs. Does it make it fun to ride all over the mountain? 1 is not good and 5 is really good
Powder- How well does the board ride in the fun stuff. 1 is not well and 5 is really well.
Speed- Does the board have a fast base and does it ride well at high speeds. Or does it start to chatter and make you feel like you are hospital bound if you don’t slow down. 1 is slow and 5 is really fast.
Switch- Does your board ride well with either nose or foot forward. 1 is not good and 5 is really good.
Carving Ability- Is the board able to get your belly to the snow on a hard turn and help you spring out of it? 1 is no and 5 is yes.
Pipe- How comfortable does it feel climbing the pipe walls into the air and more importantly coming back down. 1 is poor and 5 is great.
Rails/boxes/Jibbing- Is the board easy to perform skate like tricks? Can the board handle the extra beating to the base and rails? Will you feel comfortable on rails, boxes and other features in the park? 1 is poor and 5 is great.
Jumps- Will you land or will you crash if you hit a big kicker? 1 is poor and 5 is great
Lightweight- How light is the board. 1 is heavy and 5 is super light.

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