![]() My final suggestion would be the Jackpot. All YES boards come with a lifetime warranty. Still, the Basic is a great board and one of the best sellers in the line. Comparable with the Typo, however, the Typo has an upgraded base which I feel more than justifies the price difference. If you want to spend a bit less, you can’t go wrong with the Basic. The 156W size is a versatile and appropriate size for your weight and boot size. This would be at the top of my list for you and an excellent first board purchase. Nice mid-range flex, sintered spec base, UnderBite edges. The Typo will rip groomers, park, pow… whatever you throw at it. It’s super versatile and great value for money. Big Thank YouĪ big thanks to the World Ski & Snowboard Festival organizers, the brands that attended, all the reps/.ambassadors and to Whistler Blackcomb for another awesome event this year.Welcome to BW, first suggestion is the YES Typo 156W. The Genesis X was a close second on the day. I often find bindings that are really stiff can lack board feel but that’s not the case with the XFs. These bindings are super responsive but at the same time have great board feel. I mostly demoed bindings on this day and my pick would have to be the Flux XF. What a board! It can do a bit of everything and does most things really well – how an all mountain board should be, but few achieve it the way that this one does. ![]() The Never Summer West was my most enjoyable snowboard on this day. Honorable mention to the Rossignol One Magtek – has been a solid board for years and this year is no different. ![]() But since I have to choose, I would have to go with the Salomon Assassin Pro (this is new for 2018 – it’s in some ways a continuation of the Assassin Classicks 2017 but with a completely new core). This is a tough one because I actually loved all the boards I rode on this day. Favorite Gear of the Days Day 2: Sunday, April 9 th, 2017 Reviews for each of these will be published throughout the year along with all of the other gear that I demoed earlier in the season. Burton Free Thinker 2018 (new for 2018).Rossignol Jibsaw Heavy Duty Magtek 2018.I had the privilege of demoing the following: Snowboards Apologies if I’ve missed any brands from this list. Plus, various other brands including ski brands (there were demos for skis and snowboards). The following brands had gear to demo at some point over the 2 weekends. Still quite cold in the morning but got quite warm in the afternoon – to a point that it almost actually felt like spring! Brands on Show Again, great conditions for demoing with a bit of everything. Harder than the day before overall but still plenty of powder to be found. Visibility was great all day – a feature of all 3 days. I think the sun came back at some point in the afternoon too. Then Softened up again a bit in the afternoon with the snow. Started snowing around midday (so much snow in April – it’s awesome!) Some fresh overnight snow made the snow lovely and soft in the morning – hardened up as it was compacted but was still soft-packed on groomed runs and powder to be found off. Day 3: Saturday, April 15 th, 2017Ĭloudy with periods of sun in the morning. Reasonably cold too, especially in the morning. Not slushy which is rare this time of year. ![]() Soft packed most places with some powder to be found and some harder spots. Mix of sun and cloud with 100% visibility all day. The conditions were really good each day and we were lucky enough to get a variety of snow conditions which is really great for testing snowboard gear. But thankfully I had recovered enough to attend the Sunday of the 1st weekend. I attended 3 of the 4 days. Unfortunately, I had come down with a vomiting bug and had to miss the first Saturday. There were 4 days for demoing, split out over 2 weekends, with some brands there both weekends and others just one or the other. It was a full on busy but enjoyable time for me and once again the event was very well organized, ran on time and all of the reps/ambassadors were friendly and knowledgeable – even the one with the obvious hangover! This year’s snowboard demo days, hosted by the World Ski & Snowboard Festival on Whistler Mountain were, again, a great couple of weekends. ![]()
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