Cool Boarders 2 is a snowboarding video game developed by UEP Systems

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 for the PlayStation. The game builds upon its predecessor's features with the addition of trick competitions and computer-controlled competitors.
The main aim remains to complete courses in the shortest time (aided this time around by shortcuts), to perform the best-scoring tricks and to rack up huge total scores. There are more unlockables and also the option to customize the snowboard's graphics

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. The game offers 7 snowboarders, 18 snowboards and 10 courses to compete on. An original advertisement for the game features Seth Romatelli of the comedy

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 podcast

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 Uhh Yeah Dude

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. As of August 27, 2009, the game is now available on the US PlayStation Network store for PS3 & PSP

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 for the price of $5.99.

Boarders

There are several snowboarders available for use in the game.

• Yaggi
• Cindy
• Irin
• Jin

There are also three secret boarders that will become available from completing tournaments and breaking point records.

• Gray: An alien
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   using a miniature UFO as a snowboard. Gray's overall skills are better than most of the human characters.
• Boss: The alleged boss of Cool Boarders 2. Is the most fluidly-controlled human character, and has his own board available upon unlocking.
• Snow Man: A small snowman
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   using a red frying pan
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   as a snowboard. Is the fastest of all the characters (Despite Snow Man's lack of body weight), but is hardest to control at such high speeds.

There are also three CPU-only characters - Kelly, Jicchi and Nick - who cannot be unlocked and are featured so that there are more competing boarders in the Competition mode. Boss, Gray and Snowman cannot be used in the Competition mode, even after being unlocked, despite Boss' presence in the tournament.

Other Games in the Cool Boarders Series

• Cool Boarders
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  (1996)
• Cool Boarders 3
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  Cool Boarders 3 is a snowboarding video game developed by Idol Minds for the PlayStation.-See also:* Cool Boarders * Cool Boarders 2 * Cool Boarders 4 * Cool Boarders Pocket...
  
  (1998)
• Cool Boarders 4
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  (1999)
• Cool Boarders Pocket
  Cool Boarders Pocket
  Cool Boarders Pocket, is a Snowboarding video game. It was released in 2000 for the Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld game console. Cool Boarders Pocket is a title in the long-running Cool Boarders series of games.- Gameplay :...
  
  (2000)
• Cool Boarders 2001
  Cool Boarders 2001
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  (2000)
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