YES Asym Snowboard Video and Written Review Review by The Good Ride

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Size: 156
Days:  1
Conditions:  Mostly Hard snow with some softer snow in sunny areas.
Riders: James
Boots: Burton Imperial,
Bindings: Burton Genesis
Set Up: Centered about 23″ wide 15 front -15 back.

On Snow Feel:  The Yes Asym is really solid and fast. It’s probably the most aggressive asymmetrical twin I have come across and it has a lot of camber characteristics. It’s not a playful board but instead its a carve and bomb the mountain regular or switch kind of board.

Powder:  The Yes Asym doesn’t like to sink and keeps its float but it’s a twin with a centered stance and a decent amount of camber before the rocker so it doesn’t want to float like some twins we have come across. It planes well but it’s not the kind of board that has effortless twin float. It’s going to be the kind of board that many who prefer camber like and they will find this way better than most camber or flat boards.

Turn Initiation and Carving: This board carves like it shouldn’t be a twin and all turning is lively and quick if you know how to turn.  If you skid your turns get another board because this isn’t that forgiving.

Speed:  The Yes Asym is really fast for a twin and this board can bomb.  It’s stable and pretty stiff for those who like to go really fast regular or switch.

Uneven Terrain:  Not as bad as you would think for its flex.

Edge Hold:  The Yes Asym grips well but it has nothing special like disrupted or mellow magnetraction side cuts going on.  This holds a great edge because it’s stiff and the camber ends a little closer to the feet but if it was softer it would not compete with the other yes special side cuts.  I’d love to see them add some waves to the sidecut though to give even more grip in the pipe.

Flex: This flex isn’t playful or buttery.  It’s almost the same as the Greats and none of us could get it to butter much or at all.  It might be one of the more difficult hybrid shapes out there when it comes to a butter or press. It’s all about speed and carving.

Switch:   Perfect and then some.  It’s a very good board for riding switch and the Asym side cut makes it easier.

Jibbing:   Not a good idea for jibs.  You might be happier with the Public or Jackpot if you want that kind of ride.

Pipe:  Great pipe board that drives well wall to wall and can launch if you want to. It feels like a camber board in the pipe but it’s a little less forgiving.  Lot’s of fun here.

Jumps:   Really good spring and it has a traditional camber type of ollie that most really like. I didn’t hit big jumps but you can tell just by how this rides that it’s fine with even the 90-foot kickers you sometimes see in resorts like Mammoth, in other super parks and in the videos.

So if you want an aggressive twin this is one of the better ones we came across.