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Gear Reviews, Snowboard Reviews 14

The 2020 Salomon X Asmo HPS Snowboard Review

By Angrysnowboarder @angrysnowboard · On August 15, 2019

Board: Salomon X Asmo HPS

Size: 157

Camber Option: Backseat camber. Rear foot camber dominate with a flat section in the tip.

Bindings: K2 Indy

Stance: 21.5 Wide 15 negative 12 goofy.

Boots: K2 Indy

My Weight: 195lbs

Resort: Copper Mountain

Conditions: Bluebird skies, colder temps, 5 plus inches of fresh snow on top of frozen chunder, and perfect groomers.

Flex: The overall flex comes in slightly past middle of the road. It is a directional flex meaning softer nose stiffening up through the tail. There’s a moderate amount of torsional flex which gives the board a bit more play when you’re driving it.

Stability: This board was stable in every type of terrain. Whether getting into rutted out tree runs with minimal coverage or pow fields with deeper snow. At speeds there’s a little bit of flap in the nose but it didn’t seem to resonate back under the front foot. Rarely did this board feel unstable and even when it did you still felt like it would survive driving through whatever conditions you had it in.

Ollies/Pop: That rear foot camber has so much rebound. You automatically have it loaded up just due to its placement and when you engage off your back foot you boost. This board has some serious snap which makes launching pillows, rollers, sidehits, and cat track gaps a breeze.

Butterability: While the nose is softer this board does have some fight to it. You’ll pop a 180 into it and have to get your weight way out over the nose to get it to lock in. Even then it’s fighting you mainly due to the way the backseat camber attaches to the flex point in the nose. As such your butters don’t look like they’re really pressed out.

Carving: On a groomer this board can hold an edge and rip a carve. You drive it 100% off the back foot and that lets you push into the tail and slingshot out of turns. Short quick turns or a long drawn out carve this board can handle it.

Rider in Mind: Powder rider that wants some camber in their life.

Personal Thoughts: It’s a solid pow stick. That’s my initial thoughts. Had a blast charging with this thing through the chunder pow at Copper as well as the fresh stuff up top. This board does a great job of being smooth and stable while retaining its liveliness.

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14 Comments

  • Jeremy says: October 18, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    Like the review. How does this hold up against the Lib Orca? Or the Jones Mind Expander?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: October 19, 2019 at 9:05 am

      It’s more like the Mind Expander less like the Orca. It is stiffer in the nose than the Mind Expander which makes it better at plowing through chunder.

      Reply
      • Franck says: October 27, 2019 at 11:08 am

        Is it more like an Hovercraft then? If yes, which one would you pick?

        Reply
        • Angrysnowboarder says: October 27, 2019 at 11:12 am

          Shape wise yes but flex wise it’s more playful and would probably be closer to a wider Mind Expander. I’d choose this over a Hovercraft for myself.

          Reply
          • Franck says: October 27, 2019 at 11:34 am

            Thanks,
            Not that I need one but looks like a great board and probably just right for my specs (185lbs)

  • zach says: November 13, 2019 at 2:28 pm

    How would you compare it to the warpig

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: November 15, 2019 at 10:36 am

      I wouldn’t.

      Reply
      • zach says: November 16, 2019 at 12:08 pm

        please, feel free to embellish

        Reply
        • Angrysnowboarder says: November 16, 2019 at 1:54 pm

          No.

          Reply
  • Felix says: November 24, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    Hi
    Do you think this guy works for 220 lbs and size 12?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: November 24, 2019 at 3:09 pm

      Might end up being a bit more softer than for someone lesser weight, but your size 12’s should fit on it.

      Reply
      • Felix says: November 25, 2019 at 11:43 am

        Thx. I bought it. Specs seems to be perfect for me.
        Had to decide between Äsmo and Korua (Dart). Bit softer is welcome. And I think Äsmo will have the faster Base.
        Cheers Man…

        Reply
  • Aaron says: December 2, 2019 at 10:13 am

    What’s the difference between this board and the Sickstick?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: December 3, 2019 at 9:21 am

      The 2 biggest differences will be flex and waist width. The HPS is wider and a little stiffer.

      Reply

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