Boarder (Trainer class)
| Boarder ボーダー Boarder | |
 Boarder sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
| Introduced in | Generation II |
|---|---|
| Appears in | Gold, Silver, and Crystal HeartGold and SoulSilver Stadium 2 |
| Gender | Male only |
| Female Counterpart | Skier* |
| Manga debut | Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down (Adventures) |
A Boarder (Japanese: ボーダー Boarder) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation II games. They are generally depicted as young men dressed in winter clothing, riding a snowboard.
They specialize in Ice-type Pokémon.
Boarders only appear in the Generation II games and their remakes, where they are meant to be the counterpart of the female Skiers. The only place where Boarders are located in Generation II is in Pryce's Gym, but they can also be found in the Seafoam Islands in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Despite not being found in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, there is data for them, and the art used for a Boarder is the same as a Youngster.
In Generation IV's Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions, Skiers can be both male and female, and the male Skier uses the same color scheme as the Boarder of Generation II.
Gallery
Sprites
In the core series
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| Sprite from Generation II |
Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
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| Overworld sprite from Generation II |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
In other games
  
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| Portraits from Stadium 2 |
Trainer list
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
| Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boarder Brad | Initial battle | $1872 |  Lv.26 |
Lv.26 |
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| Boarder Douglas | Initial battle | $1728 |  Lv.24 |
Lv.24 |
 Lv.25 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Boarder Ronald | Initial battle | $1728 |  Lv.24 |
Lv.24 |
 Lv.25 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
| Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boarder Bryce | Initial battle | $1600 | Lv.55 |
 Lv.50 |
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| Boarder Deandre | Initial battle | $800 | Lv.25 |
Lv.25 |
Lv.26 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Boarder Gerardo | Initial battle | $800 | Lv.25 |
Lv.25 |
Lv.26 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
| Boarder Patton | Initial battle | $864 | Lv.27 |
Lv.27 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| Boarder Shaun | Initial battle | $1600 | Lv.55 |
Lv.50 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Pokémon Stadium 2
| Trainer name | Battle | Pokémon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boarder Alvin | Initial battle |  Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 | |
| Second battle | Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 |
 Lv.50-100 | ||
| Boarder Claude | Initial battle | Lv.51 |
Lv.51 |
 Lv.51 |
 Lv.52 |
 Lv.51 |
 Lv.52 | |
| Second battle | Lv.52 |
Lv.52 |
 Lv.52 |
 Lv.51 |
Lv.51 |
 Lv.51 | ||
| Boarder Claude | Initial battle | Lv.50 |
 Lv.52 |
 Lv.53 |
 Lv.50 |
 Lv.52 |
 Lv.53 | |
| Second battle | Lv.50 |
 Lv.52 |
 Lv.53 |
 Lv.50 |
Lv.52 |
 Lv.53 | ||
Music
| Games | Location | Song name(Japanese) | Song name(English Translation) | Composition | Arrangement |
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| G S C | Spotted by Boarder | 視線！怪しい人2 | Trainers' Eyes Meet (Suspicious Figure 2) | Junichi Masuda | Morikazu Aoki |
| Battling Boarder in Johto | 戦闘！トレーナー (ジョウト) | Battle! (Trainer Battle—Johto Version) | Junichi Masuda | Junichi Masuda | |
| Defeating Boarder | トレーナーに勝利！ | Victory! (Trainer Battle) | Junichi Masuda | Morikazu Aoki | |
| HG SS | Spotted by Boarder | 視線！怪しい人2 | Trainers' Eyes Meet (Suspicious Figure 2) | Junichi Masuda | Shota Kageyama |
| Battling Boarder in Johto | 戦闘！トレーナー (ジョウト) | Battle! (Trainer Battle—Johto Version) | Junichi Masuda | Go Ichinose | |
| Defeating Boarder | トレーナーに勝利！ | Victory! (Trainer Battle) | Junichi Masuda | Shota Kageyama | |
| Battling Boarder in Kanto | 戦闘！トレーナー (カントー) | Battle! (Trainer Battle—Kanto Version) | Junichi Masuda | Hitomi Satō |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
A Boarder appears amongst the people visiting the Safari Zone in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down.
Trivia
- Unused Trainer class name data present in the code of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald suggests Boarders were possibly planned to appear in these games at some point, but were scrapped.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| French | Surfer | |
| German | Snowboarder | |
| Italian | Snowboarder | |
| Korean | 보더 Boarder | |
| Spanish | Snow-boarder | |
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