Construction and Materials

You’ve not got as much tech packed in as you would with some of Salomon’s higher end models, but that said, you’ve not got the price tag either. Still, you’ll find a host of nifty tech features that made it a snowboard that got the thumbs up from our team of testers.

Salomon’s Popster Core mills the wood as differing thicknesses throughout the length of the board. Thinning out directly underfoot and in the tip and tail for more malleable and playful zones, while thickening up outside the inserts to ensure snap and pop, and a boost to those more reactive zones at the contact points.

The sidewalls are inlaid with cork, a lightweight and springy material that’ll help you bounce back from dings, but will also help to absorb some of the chatter when you’re high tailing it down the piste.

Aspen is the wood of choice for the core, but Salomon have designed it to allow for high density wood strips down the sidewalls and by the bindings. These strips help to boost energy and durability in these key places, but also give a bit of extra pep in your step for ollies.

“Smooth, surfy and playful in the nose and tail, with some added dynamic energy and beef between the bindings”

Roundup

It’s a pretty soft flexing board, so we’d probably steer clear of the stomach clenching technical descents and lean more towards wide powder fields and tree runs. But the beauty of freeriding is it encompasses such a huge scope of snowboarding, you can be a bona fide powder hound and never have ridden anything steeper than a blue run. Not all of us can be Bode Merrill or Annie Boulanger levels of backcountry wizardry, right? Or at least not just yet…

Pros:

• It’s a super budget friendly option
• The Sight is a great stepping stone for those looking to get into freeride

Cons:

• It’s possibly a bit too soft for high intensity snowboarding

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