Help me identify this YES board!
Hello, first post here. Got some good info on YES boards here so I thought I would ask you guys a question.
I bought a used YES board last year and half ago on craigslist and to this day I don’t really know what it is. The base is exactly the same as the Great women so I always assumed it was a prototype or demo version of Great women line. I liked the board so much that I recently purchased the Greats 156 and compared them and the board profiles seem quite different. There is a lot less rocker at the nose and tail and more camber on the Greats. On the pink YES board, there’s hardly any camber (essentially flat) between the bindings and much more rockers in the nose and tail.
The YES in the middle are just stickers. On the heelside of the nose (left side), it actually says YES which can only be seen in sunlight it seems like. I can’t see it no matter which angle I hold the board up against room light. I only noticed it on a bluebird day when I was riding.
Any guesses? I saw few YES videos where some of their riders were riding this. Mikey @ 2:35 though on his board, you can actually see “Y” and “S.”
By the look of the 4th pic, the board has a Camrock profile? is that correct?
By the look of the 4th pic, the board has a Camrock profile? is that correct?
It’s pretty much flat in between the bindings. I don’t have a big table to put it on unfortunately.
Yeah, previous years’ YES boards don’t have a lot of camber in them. This year they switched production to GST factory in Austria (but still with Nidecker technology) and apparently made with more camber. Your board is probably some sort of a prototype of the Great Beauties board.
Yep, looks like an early model of the Greats/Tasmaniac etc etc!!!!!
Prop it up on its side edges, and measure the sidecut, to see if its an asymmetrical profile!!!!!
Yeah measured it last night and it’s asymmetric.
That board is a ‘plain topsheet’ version of THE GREATS that was pressed for TEAM to ride. Not too many of those around thats for sure. I know Clint got lots of shots published of his, and so did BENJI.
And the new boards (which are being made in an Austrian Factory) have got a touch more camber in them (between the feet). I rode them last week in Colorado, and they are certainly more responsive because of it.
Oh awesome! Thanks for the clarification 