It’s time to see which women’s snowboard is the best. We’ve got the winners for Women’s Snowboard 2011, by TransWorld Snowboarding magazine – Good Wood! The team went through over 30 brands and 450 boards in spring this year (View more info below). Here are the winners:

Top Women’s Snowboard Under $399 – Park

Burton The Social
Length: 147
Width: 24.2
Shape: Twin
Camber: Alternative
Price: $349 or $279.95 at ProBoardShop
Additional Lengths: 138, 142, 151
What’s Good:
One of the best women’s snowboard, Burton the Social has a V-Rocker shape and catch-free feel, so riders can control it easily. Also testers said it gave a lot of pops, perfect for snowboarding. Note that the Social 2011 version comes out with a higher price, but you can get the 2010 one with much lower cost.

Forum Sauce
Length: 147
Width: 24.2
Shape: Twin
Camber: Alternative
Price: $324 at Zappos
Additional Lengths: 142, 151
What’s Good:
Forum Sauce is a new member to the Forum line. The Sauce is durable with 100% natural wood, laminated with criss-cross fiberglass weave. The rocker has a slightly lower height and a softer core profile between the feet to accommodate the female body. This women’s snowboard is good for those who look for some playful ride, yet stable and controllable.

Gnu Be-Nice
Length: 148
Width: 23.8
Shape: Directional Twin
Camber: Alternative
Price: $399 or get 2010 for $209.95 at The House
Additional Lengths: 145, 151, 154
What’s Good:
The B-Nice women’s snowboard is great to ride, floats in powder, and carves the ice. It works both in the park and mountain. Beginner rider to ripper can enjoy this fancy fun board.

Rome Detail
Length: 146
Width: 24.2
Shape: Twin
Camber: Alternative
Price: $360 or $289.85 at ProBoardShop
Additional Lengths: 140, 143, 149
What’s Good:
It is made of lightweight wood with a high “pop” factor for a dynamic, snappy feel. Riders will say it is superbuttery and good for everyday women’s snowboard.

Salomon Lily
Length: 148
Width: 24.2
Shape: Twin
Camber: Alternative
Price: $299 with Free Shipping
Additional Lengths: 139, 144, 152
What’s Good:
The Lily is designed for women freestyle progression. It gives awesome reaction when turns and performs well on packed-ice, with true twin shape, soft-medium flex. This women’s snowboard is recommended for intermediate to advanced women riders who want a freestyle board that kills it in the park but can still throw down on the mountains.

Signal Vita Park
Length: 151
Width: 24.3
Shape: Twin
Camber: Regular
Price: $349 or $259.95 at the House
Additional Lengths: 135, 143, 147, 153
What’s Good:
Repeated Good Wood winner, the Vita Park is known for forgiving ride, perfect for women’s snowboard in the park. The midsection is soft flex and narrow. The core is aspen wood, topsheeted with Urethane–giving the board maximum strength and maximum pop.

Check Out the Video of Testing Women’s Snowboard on Snow:

Next post, I will give you a review of top women’s snowboard 2011 on all mountain. Stay tune!

2011 Good Wood Board Test

Transworld Magazine is the largest and most trusted board test in snowboarding–both men’s and women’s snowboard, with over a decade of recognition. The 2011 Good Wood results present the top performing boards for men and women for both park and all-mountain versatility. The testing process began with 450 snowboards, then drill down to 40 winning boards. Hopefully one of these winners would be the perfect one for you.

Method

Transworld’s 18 testers went to Breckenridge, Colorado to test out the boards last spring. In one week, they were doing many actions such as jumping, jibbing, slashing, and shredding at the Peak 8 terrain parks and local freeride runs. Boards were scored on 15 criteria such as high-speed stability, pop, flex, basic carving, and more. The final 40 boards represent the best of 2011. More information on the Good Wood Board Test, please go to 2011 Good Wood.

On Friday the event registration on Mammoth Mountain begins for the 5th Annual Roxy Chicken Jam.
This is an all-woman Slopestyle competition and Superpipe competition held on Friday and Saturday. Winners are awarded on Sunday!

It’s a womens snowboarding competition weekend chock full of downhill snowboarding, snowboarding tips and even a Superpipe mascot award. That winning mascot jams away with 6K!

Mammoth Mountain will be entertaining a couple hundred thousand spectators–complete with a free outdoor concert on Saturday.

This years grand prize is a whopping $50,000! Get out your Burton and Oakleys, this weekend will be a fantastic time to see competitive and talented women compete for this awesome grand prize!

With much of the 2008/2009 snowboarding season winding down in some parts of the United States, you’re likely to score some great deals on this season’s snowboard gear. Our advice: Stock up now on the cheap for next season.

Here’s a list of some of 2009′s best snowboard boots

1) Burton Mint Snowboard Boots

For the price, you won’t find a better dream boot than the Burton Mint. Getting more stylish in 2009, this boot features a glove-like fitting liner and an innovative lacing system for eash on and off.

2) Burton Lodi Snowboard Boots

Lightweight, comfortable and fashionable. These boots will get people looking. What’s even cooler … er, hotter, this boot features pockets that you can slip in foot warmers to keep your toesies toastie. These boots run about $20 more than the Burton Mint boots.

3) Forum Aura Snowboard Boots

This all-terrain boot from Forum features heat-moldable, custom Level 1 liners and the supportive EVA foam midsoles to give function but also support. Forum has really pumped out some good models in the past few years, and they’ve been gaining a lot of fans recently. These boots show why.

4) DC Scout Snowboard Boots

We love the Scout, and if for nothing else but the design. Are you kidding??? How can you beat plaid? Turns out this is one of the hottest-selling boots of 2009. DC brought its skate-inspired design to boots with its Coiler BOA Lacing system – it’s designed to keep you from spending so much time lacing your kicks. On top of it all, they’re designed with ladies first in mind.

What was your favorite boot this season? We’d love to check them out

The time is right for women’s snowboarding films, even if next to no one is producing them.

Enter Jeremy Miller and Stan Evans, two guys from JMills Entertainment hell-bent on documenting how the ladies are pushing it "110 percent."

They plan on creating a cinematic style flick, not some garbage slapped together you sometimes see. That works because they both have a background in making great film.

Gretchen Bleiler, Jamie Anderson, Lisa Filzmoser, Hana Beaman, Kimmy Fasani will all be a part of the show, they told ESPN.

While they say that the boy’s side of the sport remains on another technical level, they’re setting out to highlight the awesome riders of the ladies’ world and put the spotlight on them.

Thank you guys! It would truly be a travesty if we didn’t get at least one movie this year that gives ladies some cred. They are doing incredible things, thanks for showing it off.

The film will be released in Fall 2009.

Big ups to the ladies! Women’s snowboarding is really coming into its own this year.

More and more women are hitting bigger runs, pulling gnarlier tricks and the momentum is building.

"It’s a really exciting time for women’s snowboarding," Gretchen Bleiler says.

I found this awesome feel-good video for you guys, check it out to see some super neat tricks and some comments of the top boarders.