Cool Boarders 3

 

Overview

Cool Boarders 3 is quite different from the first two games in the series.  Rather than having a focus on wide open racing down a mountain, players ride down very narrow courses.  Racing can get very crowded, so a punching mechanic was added to slow down / knock down other snowboarders.  As with previous games in the franchise, the focus is on performing tricks in various game modes such as boardercross, slalom, and slope style. 
 

Characters

 
Cool Boarders 3 has an extensive list of characters. They each have their own skill set and have significantly varied appearances. The characters that are available from the start of the game are:

•  Cliff
  
• Summer
  
• Flint
• Sasha
• Nick
• Grant
• Violet
• Joker
• Blake
• Travis
• Akiko
• Tadashi
• Gordon

  
There are many different secret characters as well. They include:

• Fast Eddie
• Mars
• Kimber
• Irving
• Bob
• Joshua
• Cool
• Burg

Snowboards

 
There are three categories of snowboards in the game: Freestyle, Free ride, and Alpine.  Freestyle boards are used predominantly for tricks meaning they can spin fast, but are generally very slow.  Free ride are the all around boards.  Alpine boards are for pure speed and nothing else.  They have terrible handling and are a very poor choice for tricks.
 

Freestyle Boards

• Special
• Chopper
• Punch
• Canyon
• Concept

Secret Freestyle Boards

•  Balance
• Custom
• Waara
• Brushie
• FL

Freeride Boards

• Charger
• Motion
• Swatch
• Supermodel
• Mountain

 

Secret Freeride Boards

• Element
• Timeless
• Freedom
• Mahaffey
• Johan

 

Alpine Boards

• Wire

 

Secret Alpine Boards

• Factory Prime
• Ultra Prime 

Courses

 
There are five courses (mountains) that have different areas for each event.  The mountains are Powder Hill, Devil's Butt, Mt. Koji, Alps, and Everest.  Once you get to the end of the game, another mountain is unlocked called Avalanche.  On Avalanche, you are dropped out of a helicopter and must outrun an avalanche!
 

Tricks

Spins

• Frontside Spin
• Backside Spin

 

Flips

• Front flip
• Back Flip
• Misty
• Rodeo 

 

Grabs

• Tailgrab
• Stiffy
• Stalefish
• Sad Air
• Indy
• Method
• Japan Air
• Melancholy
• FS Shifty
• BS Shifty
• 90 degree Noseslide
• 180 degree Noseslide