Shape, Profile and Sidecut

Be open to downsizing a few cm from your conventional freeride snowboard size if you’re planning on purchasing one of these for the winter. The Hybrid adopts a wider than average waist width to maintain its impressive levels of float, but it also benefits from that shorter running length to make those snappy, slashy turns around the mountain.

Even with rocker sections in the nose and tail, there’s enough camber through the midsection of the Hybrid to always feel plenty of firepower underfoot, and as far as powder-focussed boards go, this one is a real joy to ride on the pistes.

A large part of that is thanks to YES.’ unique Tapered UnderBite, which breaks the sidecut into three segmented sections. The closer you move towards the tail, the deeper the sidecut becomes and the tighter you can crank those angles at the end of the turn. That also lends itself nicely to the boards’ floating credentials, as the narrower tail sinks more easily into deeper snow. Don’t expect too many miracles if you’re riding it in switch though – it’s definitely set up for directional riding.

“As far as powder-focussed boards go, this one is a real joy to ride on the pistes”