
Hello and welcome to our YES Hello snowboard review.
In this review, we will take a look at the Hello as an all-mountain snowboard.
As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com we will give the Hello a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other all-mountain snowboards.
Overall Rating
Board: YES Hello
Price: $499
Style: All-Mountain
Flex Rating: Medium (6/10)
Flex Feel on Snow: Medium (4.5/10)
Rating Score: 87.3/100
Compared to other Women’s All-Mountain Boards
Of the 27 current model women's all-mountain snowboards that we tested:
❄️ The Hello ranked 4th out of 27
Overview of the Hello’s Specs
Check out the tables for the Hello's specs and available sizes.
Specs
Style: | All-Mountain |
Price: | $499 - BUYING OPTIONS |
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Camber Profile: | Hybrid Camber 2-3-2 (rocker- camber-rocker) |
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Setback Stance: | Setback 10mm (0.4") |
Base: | Sintered Spec (YES' Sintered Spec which is between sintered and extruded) |
Weight: | Felt a little heavier than Normal |
Sizing
LENGTH (cm) | Waist Width (mm) | Rec Rider Weight (lb) | Rec Rider Weight (kg) |
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146 | 239 | 100-140 | 45-63 |
149 | 241 | 110-150 | 50-68 |
152 | 242 | 120-160 | 54-72 |
155 | 244 | 120-170 | 54-77 |
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.
The Hello in More Detail
O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Hello is capable of.
Demo Info
Board: YES Hello 2023, 149cm (241mm waist width)
Date: March 3, 2022
Conditions
Cloudy with some patches of blue at times. Really high cloud so visibility was all good.
Temperature was -2°C (28°F) degrees. No wind.
24hr snow: 4cm (1.5")
48hr snow: 23cm (9")
7 day snow: 64cm (25")
On groomer: Some icier sections in places but for the most part medium firmness with some softer areas. Fair bit of crud with not all that much groomed but some well groomed areas as well.
Off groomer: Some left over freshies! Untracked in places even. Mostly tracked but some nice untouched spots to explore.
Set Up

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.
Let’s Break up this text with a Video
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.
Score Breakdown and Final Verdict
Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.
RATING | SCORE WEIGHTING | |
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POWDER | 3.0 | 9/15 |
CARVING | 3.0 | 6/10 |
TURNS/SLASHING | 4.5 | 9/10 |
SPEED | 3.0 | 6/10 |
CRUD/CHUNDER | 3.0 | 6/10 |
TREES/BUMPS | 4.5 | 9/10 |
SWITCH | 4.0 | 8/10 |
JUMPS | 4.0 | 8/10 |
SPINS | 4.0 | 4/5 |
BUTTERS | 4.5 | 4.5/5 |
JIBBING | 3.0 | 3/5 |
TOTAL after normalizing | 87.3/100 |
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.
More Info, Current Prices and Where to Buy Online
If you want to learn more about the Hello, or if you are ready to buy, or if you just want to research prices and availability, check out the links below.

If you want to check out some other women's all-mountain snowboard options, or if you want to compare how the Hello compares to other all-mountain snowboards, then check out the next link.
Hello! I am interested in the Hello Yes. I am 5’5″, size 8 W’s boots, 135lbs. I am an Intermediate rider. I am curious what size do you think I should get? I am mostly in grommers, trees, powder, and ice conditions. The 146 or the 149?
Thank you!
Hi Lissa, thanks for your message.
It’s a close call. I would put your “typical all-mountain” length at around 148, so you could go either way. Neither would be wrong, but going 146 would give you easier maneuverability and better for spins, ollies, butters etc, with the 149 better in terms of float in powder, stability at speed and carving. If you didn’t have trees in there, I would be more confidently leaning towards the 149. But with trees, it’s a closer call. I think it comes down to whether you would prefer to optimize maneuverability or stability. And note, it’s not like the 146 will feel super unstable vs the 149 and the 149 won’t feel super hard to maneuver compared to the 146 – just that they are subtly better at one and the other.
Hope this helps with your decision
Hi Nate,
I’m currently on to my 3rd season of snowboarding and just moved to Whistler for a snow season. I would consider myself a lower intermediate. I can do most black runs and can do small jumps, side hits, and boxes. I am looking forward to hopefully riding some powder for the first time ever.
I am looking for an all-rounder board that can allow me to do a few laps in the park but do well in powder and tree runs.
I have been looking at the YES hello, Hel YES, jones dream weaver and twin sister.
I am 5’2 120lbs and size 5 in womens shoes.
Any advice?
Thanks so much in advance!!
Hi Misaki, thanks for your message.
Nothing in your shortlist would be a bad choice for what you want to do, but here are somethings that might help you narrow it down.
Powder (best to least good)
– Dream Weaver
– Twin Sister
– Hel Yes
– Hello
Easiest to Ride
– Hello/Dream Weaver
– Hel Yes/Twin Sister
Park/Freestyle
– Hello (particularly if you’re new to the park/sidehits etc, this will be the easiest to progress on)
– Hel Yes/Twin Sister
– Dream Weaver (though it’s probably easier to get started with freestyle stuff on this than the Hel Yes/Twin Sister)
Size-wise, it will be easier to float in powder the bigger the size, but you’ve got to temper that with how fun it’s going to be on groomers and in the park, side-hits etc. Every day won’t be a powder day, so if you’re going to have just one board in your quiver, the size should be a compromise between powder performance/speed/stability and maneuverability, butterability, popability (real words… I promise… just don’t look in the dictionary to confirm!), etc. And in trees in particular you won’t want something too big.
I would put your “typical all-mountain length” at around 143. Now, when I say all-mountain size, you could call it your “do-it-all” or “in between” size. So, that’s what I’d go with – something around that. With your boot size, you’re probably going to find most in that range to be wide for your foot length, so it’s probably a good idea to size down from that. Since you’ve been riding a 142, you’re used to about that – I wouldn’t worry about going bigger for powder – with the width and length combined, for your specs, you shouldn’t have problems with float on that size, so long as the board you get is at least decent in powder, which the ones you’ve chosen are.
My choice would be the Dream Weaver for a couple of reasons. a. it’s a really easy, forgiving ride, but not so much so that it can’t handle some speed, so you should be able to get up and running pretty quickly with it. b. it’s the best option for powder c. size-wise I like it, because ideally I think something around 139-141 would be ideal for you, given your boot size, but with the Dream Weaver it’s something you can ride longer, because it has less effective edge/contact length than a typical all-mountain board. This means that on groomers/park, side-hits etc, the 142 (which is the size I would go for, for you) should feel smaller than a 142 but in powder it’s actually going to have the surface area at least as much as the average 142. Both the Hel YES and Hello only come in 146s – and I wouldn’t go that long for you, IMO.
TLDR; I’d go Dream Weaver 142 for you.
You’re going to love the powder. It takes a bit to get used to at first – and if it’s quite deep and you bail, it’s quite a workout to get yourself back up sometimes, but there’s no other feeling like floating over fresh, soft powder!
Hi Nate,
Thank you sooo much!!
I appreciate the in-depth response, it really helps narrow things down and really understand. Jones dream weaver it is!
You’re very welcome Misaki. Hope it treats you well and you have a great season. If you think of it at the time, let me know how you get on, once you’ve had a chance to get it out on snow.
Hi Nate,
First of all, love your site! Helps me a lot!
I am currently riding Nitro Lectra, and I believe I’ve progressed to level 4 beginner. My goal is to ride in control in most runs, able to ride while listening to music and enjoying the view. Nothing fancy. Was thinking about getting the yes hello as my second board but found a good deal of yes basic. I need your opinion! Is it worth it to upgrade from my Nitro Lectra to yes basic? Or wait till I feel I am able to ride yes hello?
Thanks so much!
Hi SL, thanks for your message.
It wouldn’t be a big upgrade to the Basic, so personally I would wait to go to something like the Hello. Would be a pretty small step between the Lectra and Basic, IMO.
Hope this helps with your decision
Hi Nate,
Looking to get my first board after renting. I have been snowboarding for ages but lived in a warm climate so days were few and far between. I recently moved to the east coast so now get to board a bit more. Now I’m probably an early intermediate level 5 so looking to get my first setup. I’m 163 cm, 60 kgs / 135 lbs and my boots are a women’s US 8 (mondo 25). I mostly just ride groomers, no park, not looking for too much speed but looking to gain some confidence on steeper runs and keep up with my friends. Also something that will help me deal with the messy bumpy snow at the end of the day. Hopefully will do a few trips out west for powder but will mostly be riding ice so edge hold is important to me. Hoping for board that can kind of do it all and help with my progression. The Yes Hello appeals to me but I’m unsure if I should get the 146 or 149. Leaning towards 146 but I’m not sure if my boot size is a little large? Other boards I was looking at were the Jones dream weaver 145 or 148 or twin sister 143 or 146 but not sure if that will be too stiff for my level. Thanks!
Hi K
Thanks for your message.
I think the Hello would be a really good bet for what you’re describing. Size-wise, I would put your “typical all-mountain length” right around 146, so that’s the size I would go with. You shouldn’t have any issues width-wise on the 146m with women’s US 8 boots. Let me know if you want the details behind how that would look, but IMO, that width would work really well with your foot/boot size and the 149 would be less optimal length-wise, IMO.
The Dream Weaver would work too – and that’s what I would go with for you between that and the Twin Sister, given how you describe your riding – If you went Dream Weaver, I would go with the 145.
Hope this helps
Hi Nate,
Earlier this season I got your help to buy a Yes Womens Basic for my wife, and she’s made a lot of progress in six trips to move from a Level 2 to now very close to Level 4. She’s linking turns smoothly on green slopes and is attempting to links turns in both directions on blue slopes. I think in 2-3 more sessions she should be well in Level 4, and my ultimate goal is to get her into Level 5 next season. Whether she can (or be willing to) go beyond Level 5 is her choice, but she’s at least showing signs that she will be able to get into Level 5.
She used to ride a Jones Twin Sister (prior to this season) before I realized it was simply too advanced of a board for her and decided to get the Basic to help her grow. Now that she’s really improving, I think she will be able to get back on the Twin Sister once she moves beyond Level 4. However, now that I’m looking at the Twin Sister again, I realized that it’s quite a wide board (probably around 25cm at the inserts) for her boot size which is a 7. At +/-15 degrees, her boots are just extending from the heel to toe edges of the board with pretty much no overhang. I’m thinking this may cause a slower edge-to-edge response for her and wondering if I should move her to a Yes Hello instead, which has a narrow width than the Twin Sister.
Do you think Yes Hello makes sense to move her onto, from the Yes Basic? Would the two boards be too similar flex-wise to make it worth? I think the Hel Yes is probably still too much of a board for her (maybe ever!) so I’m not really considering it.
She is 165cm tall, around 140lbs, and boot size 7. Thanks again for your help.
Hi Leo
Good to hear from you again. Yeah, the Twin Sister is wider than most women’s boards. What size Twin Sister does she have again?
But yeah, if it is wide for her feet, which it sounds like it is, then that would cause slower edge-to-edge speeds – and something takes more physical effort as well. Sizing down the length a bit can help to counter that, so if a board is a bit too wide, but it’s short for your specs, then that can help to counter the width thing. But yeah, the Hello is comparatively narrower for sure. I don’t think it’s too similar to the Basic. I mean, you probably wouldn’t have both in the same quiver, but if the Hello is a replacement for the Basic, then it’s different enough to upgrade to, IMO. It’s a bit of a step up and gives you a little bit more of a directional ride, making it more versatile as well, IMO. And if you don’t think she’s ever going to be someone who will really be a hard charger or anything, then it’s the kind of board that could be her board for as long as it was still in good condition.
Hi Nate,
Thank you for the comments. Her Twin Sister is 146, and I measured the board width at her stance of 18.5” to be roughly 24.9cm, which seems too wide for her boot size 7 (actual foot length is 23.7cm by measurement).
If I were to upgrade her to a Hello once she gets into Level 5 (replacing the Basic), would you recommend a 146 or 149? Her height is 165cm and weight is 140-145lb depending on the time of the year. The 146cm Hello has an upper weight range of 140lbs so my wife could be over that most of the time, so I’m thinking perhaps a 149 makes more sense, but would love to hear your opinion.
Hey Leo
I would put your wife’s “typical all-mountain length” at around 149. So while the 146 Twin Sister is certainly a bit wide for her feet, IMO, she is sizing down a little on it, so it could work. But going to the Hello would mean being able to go a little narrower and going up to that 149 length. You’d be looking at around 24.6cm at the back insert on the 149 Hello at an 18.5″ stance width and 24.4cm at the front insert. So while it’s not going to be massively narrower, it will make a difference.
Hi Nate,
I think I’ll just keep the Twin Sister for my wife then. It sounds like it should still work being down-sized already, and it is a board that she’s already used to, having ridden it for a whole season in the past.
Again, thank you very much for all of your help.
Always very welcome Leo.
Hi Nate,
Sorry to throw a wrench, but my wife saw this year’s Dream Weaver and really likes the graphics. I also had plans to start introducing her to riding in powder. Since she has absolutely no interest in freestyle, the Dream Weaver seems to be a good match as an intermediate-level board for her.
The question is, should she ride a 145cm or 148cm? You mentioned that her all-mountain standard length is 149, based on her height of 165cm and weight of 140lbs. Again her boot size is 7. For her boot size, 145cm seems to be a better fit, but I don’t know if that’ll be sizing down too much and she’ll lose stability and float ability. Please let me know your opinion? Thanks.
Hi Leo
All good! It’s what I do. The Dream Weaver is an interesting one, size-wise. The 148 has essentially the same effective edge as the 143 Twin Sister. To get to the effective edge of the Twin Sister 146, you’d have to go to 151. So based on effective edge, I would say 148. But some other things to consider.
1. The width. It’s also wider than it looks. The 145, at reference stance (530mm) is around 250mm at the front insert and 252mm at the back insert. Going up to the 148 and you’re looking at 252mm back insert and 254mm front insert. Bringing that back to a 490mm stance (closer to what your wife would ride, if I remember correctly), you’d be looking at more like 247/249 on the 145 and 249/251 on the 148. But still wide for 7s.
2. While the effective edge is considerably less vs overall length vs the Twin Sister, the contact length is more similar – still more per overall length on the Twin Sister but not by as much.
3. For powder we can pretty much throw effective edge out the window. Now we’re looking at surface area (in addition to setback, shape, camber profile etc.). However, this is in favor of the 148. The 145 Dream Weaver is 35.98dm2 vs the 146 Twin Sister’s of 37.05dm2. The 148 is 37.06dm2 (man I wish every brand published surface area specs!).
Now, for no.1 above, it’s kind of a moot point when comparing to the Twin Sister, which is also wider. So to make a long story short (I do tend towards the longer explanation!), the 148 Dream Weaver is essentially the equivalent size to the 146 Twin Sister, They have the same surface area, the 146 TS does have more effective edge, but the DW a little more contact length. If I had to say I’d say the Twin Sister 146 would feel slightly bigger than the 148 Dream Weaver. So the 145 would feel quite a bit smaller than the 146 Twin Sister. Or to put it another way (so much for making the story short!), with your wife’s typical all-mountain length at 149, I would first size down, because of the width, but then I would size back up again, because of the Dream Weavers effective edge to overall length ratio (the fact that it has more of it’s length outside the contact points, essentially).
So, essentially, given you’d be riding powder, and that the Dream Weaver is a great intermediate board, IMO, it would be a great choice and size-wise, I’d go 148.
Hi, 146 or 149 for an intermediate rider with literally decades of riding experience. Not really into jumps or hits, but rides very smoothly and in control all over the resort. She’s 5′ 5″ and 125lbs with a 7.5 boot. We’re in NorCal, so mostly Tahoe resorts, sprinkled with a good amount of powder now and then, but mostly groomers. Thanks!
Hi Bryan
Thanks for your message.
For the Hello, for how you describe her riding, I would go 146. I think that size is spot on for her specs and how she rides. The only reason I would go up to the 149 is if she’s used to that length. Since she’s been riding a long time, her past size(s) should also be taken into account. If she’s used to riding 149 or longer, then (depending on other factors like effective edge) the 149 may make more sense. But unless that’s the case, I would go 146.
Hope this helps with your decision.
Hi Nate,
My wife is looking to get a new board, she’s 5’3, 120lbs size 7.5 women boots. She’s a low intermediate rider, learning how to carve more still skidding 60-70%, mostly groomers with some trees, doesn’t like to bomb.
She’s currently on a Yes Emoticon 143 which she likes, but the top sheet took some hits so we’re looking for a replacement. She likes the Yes Hello but it only comes in the 146, do you think that would be too big for her? She could go with the Basic 143 which is the same board as the Emoticon. I think she can probably benefit from the extra stability from the stiffer board, but not sure if the 146 would be too much for her.
Hi Tom
Thanks for your message.
Yeah, I think the 146 is pushing it to big. I would put your wife on around a 144 as her “standard all-mountain length” which assumes a fairly advanced level. Ideally something around 143 again would be the best bet, IMO. Been hoping for smaller sizes in the Hello (and Hel Yes) for a while now, but they don’t seem to want to offer anything smaller than the 146. I get what you’re saying about going with the added stability of the slightly stiffer Hello, but because of sizing, I would sooner want to see her on the Women’s Basic 143, because the sizing is better. 146 Hello isn’t like gigantic for her or anything, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not optimal, IMO.
Hi Nate,
Yeah, hopefully Yes will make the Hello and Hel Yes in smaller sizes soon. The Basic/Emoticon is a nice ride, just a bit too soft at times I feel.
Thanks for the reply, great help as always!
You’re very welcome Tom. Happy riding!
Thinking of getting this board for my wife. She’s starting to link turns but is still skidding 70% of the time. She goes probably 4-7 times per season. Do you think this board is appropriate for her or would she have a rough time. She’s currently on a Ride Rapture 143cm.
Also, she’s 5’2″ and 110lbs with size 7 boots (~260mm in length). I see the smallest size is 146cm. Would that work (if of course you think she’d do fine on this board)? Thanks, love your site!
Hi Jon
She might get away with the Hello, if you think she’s more like a level 4 beginner – but I don’t think it works well size-wise. IMO the 146 is too big. At this point as a beginner, I think she’s better off sticking with her 143 Rapture, unless you think she’s having particular difficulties with it. I would put your wife’s “standard all-mountain length” at around 141, so even the Rapture is on the bigger side, IMO. If she is having trouble with it, I would look at something different from the Hello, mostly because I think the smallest size is too big.
Hope this helps