YES Hello Snowboard Review

Who is the Hello Most Suited To?

The Yes Hello is for anyone who likes to dabble in a bit of everything and go all over the mountain. It's perfect for those who want that one-board-quiver style board. 

It particularly excels at cruising around on groomers, turning/slashing or in the trees - and works well with a moderate amount of powder. Otherwise you can expect it to also perform well in the park on jumps, jibbing or even flatground butters. 

It really doesn't have any big weaknesses and is friendly choice for anyone who is a higher end beginner all the way to those who are more advanced but looking for something on the more playful side. 

Bindings angles: +15/-12

Stance width: 510mm (20.1″)

Stance Setback: Setback 10mm

Width at Inserts: 248mm (9.8") at front insert and 250mm (9.9") at back insert

Weight: 2720g (6lbs, 0oz)

Weight per cm: 18.26g/cm

Average Weight per cm: 17.29 grams/cm*

*based on a small sample size of around 30 women's boards that I've weighed in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 models. The Hello is heavier than normal on the scales but Jade felt it as pretty close to normal - just a touch heavier than normal. 

Tester: Jade

Rider Height: 5"7" (170cm)

Rider Weight: 130lbs (59kg)

Rider Boot Size: Women's US6.5 Thirty Two Exit

Bindings Used: Burton Lexa, Medium 

Powder

Fortunately there was some powder leftover from the days prior, which helped get us a better idea of how the Hello would perform in powder.

The Hello has some attributes that help in powder, like rocker in the nose and tail, a slightly longer nose vs tail and a small setback stance. So from feel and those specs, it will be above average in powder. 

It was on the heavier side, which could make it more difficult to keep afloat in deeper powder, without some extra effort.

Carving

The camber between the feet mixed with the underbite technology gave the Hello decent edge hold, allowing you to lay out solid carves at most speeds. The rocker in the nose and tail, coupled with the quickness from edge-to-edge, helped you to carve confidently without the feeling of any unexpected catchiness. Overall, preferred it most for small-medium sized carves compared to longer drawn out carves. 

Turning

Ease of Turns/Slashing: Tail released with minimal effort, making S turns and slashing quite enjoyable whether at higher speeds or slower speeds. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Really nimble at slow speeds, with its quickness from edge-to-edge. Couple that with its solid carving/turning capabilities and you get a great balance of overall control. 

Skidded Turns: Handled skidded turns well. Never felt out of control or like I was about to catch a edge.

Speed

While it may not be a bomber, it still garnered a solid amount of speed in most situations. With that being said, the Hello could get a bit chattery and unstable when you pushed too hard or in cruddy/choppy terrain. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud/Chunder: The Yes Hello struggled in average-larger amount of crud/chunder - it could really get bucked around at times. Luckily it was easy to maneuver/control in those situations, meaning you could easily correct your line when needed, without feeling like you were going to catch an edge too easily. 

Bumps/Trees: Edge-to-edge quickness really helped for getting around trees/bumps. Also found it handled ditches and bumps nicely. 

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Jumps

Overall thoroughly enjoyable on almost any jump or side-hit 

Pop:  Had a good amount of easily accessible pop, which was perfect for hitting side-hits or smaller jumps. 

Approach: Found the Hello was easy to maneuver quickly, which was perfect for last second adjustments, and speed checks. Not super stable for bigger jumps that need faster take off speeds, but up to moderately fast speeds remains stable. 

Landing: Felt solid on landings when you needed it but at the same time it also had enough forgiveness, when you landed a bit off. 

Side-hits: The playfulness, coupled with the pop, made the Hello really enjoyable on any type of side hit.

Small jumps/Big Jumps: Overall preferred it on jumps that were a bit smaller, as it felt more forgiving and in its element. For bigger jumps that softer, more playful feel wasn't as appreciated. 

Switch

Felt quite comfortable to ride switch. Didn't really notice the setback stance and the rocker in the nose and tail also made transitioning into and out of switch uncatchy and forgiving. 

Spins

Felt good for setting up or landing switch. The solid amount of pop helped make getting spins all the way around pretty easy. I did however notice the board weight come into play, as it was a bit on the heavier side. 

Jibbing

Even though it is a directional twin with some setback I still enjoyed the Hello for jibbing, because it rode switch sfairly well and had a good amount of pop and playfulness from nose to tail. And it had that easy maneuverability and playfulness that made it feel unintimidating when approaching jibs. 

Butters

Only required a small amount of effort to get presses/butters down and once you did they were effortless to hold in place.

Overall, The Yes Hello is a board that can take almost anything you throw at it - so long as you don't like your riding too fast/aggressive. No matter where you take it on the mountain it's going to perform well, making it a true do-it-all kind of board.