Starting up your own snowboard company and naming it Good Boards was maybe a little presumptuous for its opening season. Now, ten years on and the German based brand is living up to its name comfortably. The Rotor offers all-mountain freestyle versatility, with a bit of a spin on some of the more established conventions in snowboard construction.

This was the first twin tip snowboard to come out of the Good factory and features elongated rocker profiles on either side of the central camber. Where the traditional bend delivers more pop, they’ve also made this section relatively softer than the ends of the board, which are reinforced with carbon and kevlar power stringers. The forgiving nature of the profile won’t be compromised with a loose or washy feel in the tip and tail. This is where the Rotor’s flex is at it’s stiffest.

“Bucking the trend from traditional sintered bases, Good have opted for a new material, known as Nivylen. Not only is it harder and lighter, they claim it absorbs up to three times more wax than its counterparts”

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Bucking the trend from traditional sintered bases, Good have opted for a new material – known as Nivylen. Not only is it harder and lighter, they claim it absorbs up to three times more wax than its counterparts. No doubt, it bumps the price up a little but in the long run it could save those flat, one-footed, missions where you find yourself cursing your board, cursing your mates, and cursing whoever told you “extruded bases do just as well as sintered ones in the snow”.

Both sizes come in at the same waist width (160mm) which is wider than the industry norm and will be a blessing for anyone above a UK size 10 who feels limited in their options out there. Even for the smaller footed riders, the sidecut is tight enough to keep Rotor agile enough between turns, so that extra surface area might end up becoming your best friend when you wake up to a fresh layer of the good stuff.

With a natural wood topsheet and a fresh approach to sizing and construction, Good’s snowboards offer something a little different from the somewhat repetitive production line regulars. It’s fortunately backed up by being just as capable of ripping up the rest of the mountain as the best of them.