Its like the "skate" of snowboarding, but not exactly.
If you have played the Skate series ( Skate 2) and were looking for a similar game about snowboarding, you might have checked out Shawn White's game, but Stoked is truly the Skate of snowboarding... sort of.
The controls are very, very similar to Skate, you manipulate the sticks and hold down buttons to do grabs, spins, flips and grinds. The controls feel very nice, and they are easy to learn, but hard to master.
The campaign flies you to a mountain where you can roam freely and complete challenges, most of the time these want you to do a series of tricks, or just score a certain amount of points off a certain jump. You get points from completing challenges, that will allow you to unlock different mountains. The campaign starts off pretty slowly, but eventually you will get sponsored, where you can do some more exciting competitions and photo-shoots.
You can get gear through your sponsors, and fully customize yourself. The customization is not as good as Skate's, its a bit more basic, but it still allows you to customize your look.
The graphics are nice, the mountains are fully rendered, the snow looks great. The character animations look good most of the time, but they can look a bit stiff at times. It really captures what it is like to be riding in the backcountry of a large mountain, its truly spectacular.
The sound is very good too, the sound of snow crunching under the board, wind, the sound of you falling right into a tree, it all sounds great. The music is even better, there is a wide variety of music, and you can switch songs very easily using the D-pad.
The multiplayer is pretty good, but because of how large the mountains are, you can still feel pretty isolated even with 6 other people. Its fun just riding around, or you can suggest games for your group to do, these are pretty fun, ranging from getting points, to races, to a game called "the snow is lava" where you try not to touch the ground.
After you finish the campaign, you probably won't want to try it again, it does offer quite a bit of gameplay though. The nice graphics and gameplay make it seem pretty polished, but it can be pretty slow at times, not as fast-paced as Skate or similar games. A fun game, great for snowboarders and non-snowboarders alike. 
