What’s your hero story going forward into the 2021/22 season?
YES. the : Basic UnInc. RDM. Blast from the Past.

Romain De Marchi wanted to pay tribute to the board that he rode while filming with Absinthe at the Chad’s Gap session for his legendary part in POP. He used the same artist who designed that UnInc, Kalonji, to capture the same style of art with a modern theme.

“We added some Slamback inserts towards the tail to make it the ultimate go anywhere, shred anything board”

The Basic UnInc. RDM is a supercharged Basic with all the upgrades you want to have in a classic snowboard package. It’s full camber with a sintered base and we added some Slamback inserts towards the tail to make it the ultimate go anywhere, shred anything board.

Kalonji was a young artist when Romain made his UnInc. Board with him 15 years ago. He now is a world renowned artist who has publications around the world. It was an honor for us to be able to work with him on the revival of his iconic graphic.

YES. the: Hybrid UnInc DCP. Pura Vida.

David Carrier Porcheron (DCP) is greatly influenced by surfing, water culture and the exotic wildlife of the Costa Rican coast. He wanted his board to remind him of his second love every time he straps in. He chose the Hybrid because of its progressive shape and popularity amongst YES. fans.

It has the short and fat surface-planing effect of the 420 and employs the Tapered UnderBite outline originally unveiled on the PYL. It’s floaty, it’s manoeuvrable with confident edge hold and it snaps out of turns with a ton of power. It’s DCP’s new favorite board.

“The board is based on the Pro20 chassis which found so many converts last year”

What product(s) are you personally most stoked on? (What will you be riding next season?)
To be honest it’s hard to choose, I really love the way the Basic Uninc RDM rides, the camber and stiffer flex put on the basic makes it a really fun and poppy board for everyday riding but on powder days there is no comparison with the 420 UnInc. JPS that board is unsinkable in powder and turns on a dime in the forest. If I had to choose only one it would be the Basic UnInc. RDM because there are more resort riding days in my life at this point and I am a fan of Kalonji.

What new tech and materials can we look forward to seeing for 2021/22?
We have added a XPIC 202 on the tail of the Hybrid to give it more stiffness so if you’re way setback and land cliff drops the tail will be an ally to maintain you up and not let you fall into the backseat.

“The versatility of the MidBite profile makes this board the perfect board for riders that want stability and response”

Have you made any specific changes or leaps within your women’s range?
We have built a specific woman’s performance park board It was developed by Juliette Pelchat for women who charge and want a board that performs to the best of their ability.

Juliette rides the 149. The versatility of the MidBite profile makes this board the perfect board for riders that want stability and response when they ride. The art was made by Crystal Legoffe a Whistler local that also rides YES. boards. She worked closely with Juliette while building this graphic.

“We have a space theme connected to the 420 powder hull that is all about floating on air”

Any cool artist collabs in the pipeline?
Our powder specific line was designed by Mark Kowalchuk, he built a triptic linking the 20/20, the 420PH and the Hybrid together. All 3 boards are linked by a portal and the 20/20 being the spaceage powder freestyle board we have a space theme connected to the 420 powder hull that is all about floating on air so it’s a mechanical bird that is connected with the Hybrid that is more on the ground in the forest, it opens the path to the cosmos and enlightenment.

For the Dicey we collaborated with Justin Luehr who is an Oregonian artist and also a snowboarder.

For the Greats UnInc we collaborated with Alex Fowkes who has made a few years of the greats and is a Whistler rider. The theme this year: Save the Humans (we first wanted to call it the human virus but that was before there actually was a virus) It covers the plague that human activity is to the planet the themes are different per board size:

149 (new size) is the extraction of fossil fuels
151 is the impact of consumerism
154 is animal cruelty
156 is Deforestation
159 is Overfishing

“We really wanted to reconnect with the glory days of snowboarding”

And for the PYL we worked with a Pyreneean rider that is a renowned storyboarder.