The Great Hoverboard Power Rankings: 7 Boards Ranked From 'Why Does This Exist' to 'Buy It Immediately'

Listen. We love this community, which is exactly why we're about to start an argument. Hoverboards are the most underrated part of Subway Surfers — most players buy the flashiest board, slap it on, and never think twice. That's a rookie mistake. The right board can add thousands of meters to your runs, and the wrong one is basically a coin bonfire.

Here's our definitive ranking. Disagree in the comments. We'll wait.

S-Tier: The Run-Savers

Lowrider — The undisputed king. The Super Jump ability doesn't just look cool, it flat-out saves runs by launching you over obstacles you'd normally eat face-first. If you're chasing a personal best, this is the board that gets you there.

Bamboo Storm / ability boards with Super Speed — Speed boosts sound risky (more speed = more chaos), but paired with a magnet pickup they let you hoover up coins faster than a Black Friday shopper. Once you learn the timing, you'll never go back.

A-Tier: Great Value, Slight Catch

Starboard-style boards with 2x Multiplier — Doubling your multiplier is the cheat code to climbing the leaderboards. The catch? You've got to actually survive long enough for it to matter. Pair it with a head start and thank us later.

Coin Magnet boards — Magnet abilities are criminally underrated. Coins fund your upgrades, characters, and boards, so anything that pulls in more currency is a long-term investment, not a gimmick.

B-Tier: Totally Fine, Nothing Special

The basic boards (Lowrider's little siblings, etc.) — No special abilities, just a longer duration and a fresh coat of paint. These are fine. They're the plain bagels of hoverboards. Nobody's mad to see them, nobody's excited either.

Duration-extended boards — An extra 15-30 seconds sounds great until you realize most of your runs end because you made a mistake, not because your board expired. Still, for marathon sessions, they earn their keep.

C-Tier: The Coin Traps

Boards with Super Sneak — Look, sneaking past the inspector is cute for exactly one run. Then you realize it does basically nothing for your score and you've spent 300,000 coins on a party trick.

Purely cosmetic boards with zero abilities — If a board costs a small fortune and its only perk is looking neat, it belongs in this tier. We don't make the rules. (We do. We just made them.)

How to Actually Pick Your Board

Three quick rules from the Surf City HQ lab:

1. Match the board to your goal. Chasing high scores? Multiplier and jump boards. Farming coins? Magnet all day.
2. Don't sleep on stay-low boards if you constantly die to overhead barriers. Know your weaknesses and buy against them.
3. Keys are precious. Never spend keys on a board you haven't tested in a free run first.

The Controversial Take We Promised

Fine, here it is: the most popular board in the game — the one everyone rocks because it looks sick — is honestly mid. We said what we said. Style points don't show up on the leaderboard, friends.

Now go forth, spend those coins wisely, and tell us exactly how wrong we are in the comments. Bring receipts.