Cool Boarders (クールボーダーズ) is a snowboarding video game developed by UEP Systems for the PlayStation.
At this time Sony Computer Entertainment officials stated that, though snowboarding was not yet as popular in the West as in Japan, they were "seriously considering" localizing the game to North America.
[4] Critics praised the selection of boards which offer differing gameplay[7][10][15] and the thrills in the experience,[10][15][8] but criticized the lack of a two-player mode or AI competitors to race against[7][15] and the bizarre physics, such as how the player character tends to get caught between closely placed barriers, ricocheting back and forth between them, and how hitting certain objects can make them slide uphill.
[8] Next Generation summarized: "Surprisingly, the first dedicated snowboarding game for PlayStation is a great deal of fun to play and offers a challenge like nothing else on the system.
[15] GameSpot found the physics and limited ability to go off-course frustrating, and like Next Generation expressed hope that a sequel would fix the problems that kept the game from being great.