This might be the worst sports game ever.
The game throws you into an overly crowded experience to make the player feel overwhelmed right from the start. The control scheme is actually horrible, and you don't know what you are supposed to do, if anything. Then Shaun introduces you to this rather pointless crew of people, and informs you that you actually bought a platformer, for those who bought it. What I mean by that is that you are supposed to collect a series of coins in different worlds...wow, now THAT is fun. Thankfully I did not buy and only rented. After that Shaun basically says, okay, now we will give you no linear goals and allow you to go around in this world. At first I was optimistic, but optimism quickly changed to disappointment at the number of invisible walls, the unrealistic way the other snowboarders walk into the same garbage can for ten minutes.
The experience just does not feel right. It is bloated and it underperforms at the very least, my 6.5 expectation. I thought it would be good to snowboard and bad for the rest, which I could have lived with. This game was a good idea, but ultimately horrible execution. This game should have been more like the original Tony Hawk's Underground game, and not some "Shaun White is the greatest snowboarder and HE will take you under his wing" game.
In fact, they give no reason as to why Shaun wanted to help you out. All they have Shaun see is one time where you wipe out, and it isn't even controlled by you.
Regarding snowboarding, a character could fall off of Mount Everest and would not be phased by it slightly, he would just get up and keep snowboarding. No momentum ever builds up, which you would think would happen considering you are going down a MOUNTAIN!!!
Overall, this might be the biggest disappointment and the worst excuse for a game I have ever played. I definitely do not recommend this game, even to the biggest Shaun White fan who ever lived.