Okay, that clarifies it a little, but I think that the meter needs to fill up faster and/or not deplete as fast. To use the boost you have to already be going fast enough and doing enough tricks that you don't really need to use it... I'm getting high scores, but I really can't fill that bar no matter how hard I try. As soon as I hit a snowbank and slow down I loose whatever I have saved up to start going again. I don't see how I'm supposed to avoid crashing into some snowbanks given I cant see the ground until it's directly in front of me--there isn't time to break, really if you have gotten air enough to do tricks. I love this game and the way it plays, but some of the mechanics feel at odds sometimes. I hope this makes sense. Perhaps cimmunicating this is the way the boost works before players spend their points on it would be helpful, too.