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YES. Typo 2021-2022 Snowboard Review

  • Price: £410 / €450 / $450
  • Category: All-Mountain
  • Sizes: 149, 152, 155, 156w, 158, 159w, 161, 163w
  • Flex: 6/10
  • Shape: Directional Twin
  • Profile: Combo
  • 3D: No
  • Base: Sintered
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Love the YES. Basic but don’t love its extruded base? Then the YES. Typo is for you. It’s an all-mountain, freestyle-oriented weapon that carves as well as it airs, and won’t leave you on the knuckle. It’s just a mite stiffer than the Basic, too, to appeal to more aggressive riders who demand more stability at high speed.

“It’s an all-mountain, freestyle-oriented weapon that carves as well as it airs, and won’t leave you on the knuckle”

Who Is The YES. Typo For?

We kinda just answered that one. Riders who want one board to ride fast and get creative across the whole mountain – park, resort, backcountry – will find the Typo offers the perfect balance between response and forgiveness.

Shape, Profile and Sidecut

Although the Typo looks almost identical in outline to the legendary Basic, it features a slightly set back stance which brings it into the directional twin category. It’s still super happy to be ridden switch, but you’ll find it mows over bumps a little better when laying down turns in your regular stance and it’s a touch easier to keep the nose afloat on powder days. There are a huge number of lengths available, which says something about just how popular this deck is with riders of every kind.

The profile deploys camber in the middle of the board and extended rocker towards the nose and tail. Again, the bigger nose improves the Typo’s ability to dive off-piste and thread some tree lines, or stomp that trick you’ve been dreaming of on a powder kicker. Back on the hardpack, the camber acts like a shock absorber and helps keep your edges in contact with the snow. Turning performance is top notch, aided by YES’s UnderBite sidecut that adds four tighter sections outside the inserts to improve grip.

“Turning performance is top notch, aided by YES’s UnderBite sidecut that adds four tighter sections outside the inserts to improve grip”

Construction and Materials

As with the Basic, the Typo features a full length poplar wood core and a biax topsheet. They’ve dialled in a slightly stiffer flex, though. We’re not talking beardy freerider or pipe jock levels of stiffness, but it’s a noticeably snappier ride that will appeal to park shreds who want to step up to the big line from time to time. It also makes the board less wobbly at high speed – which is useful, since a major selling point of the Typo is its lightning fast sintered base.

“As with the Basic, the Typo features a full length poplar wood core and a biax topsheet”

Roundup

While the value-for-money YES. Basic has been showered with awards over the years, its big brother the Typo has flown relatively under the radar. That’s a shame, because this is actually the better specced snowboard, all things considered. If you spend a lot of time blasting down harder trails or hitting kickers then you’ll appreciate its subtle differences. Just remember to give your fellow Typo owners a nod of respect if you see any; this is one for those in the know.

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