It’s another board help thread!

https://www.boardworld.com.au/snowboarding/content/category/snowboard-waxing-guide/

There are two different types of bases - extruded and sintered.

Extruded bases are cheaper and easier to maintain. However they don’t absorb wax efficiently and they don’t perform as well as a sintered base. For this reason, waxing an extruded base isn’t entirely necessary and a rub on wax will be sufficient.

A sintered base is porous and physically absorbs wax into the pores of the base material. Sintered bases are faster, maintain momentum a lot better, and are more resistant to damage.

It should read like this:

Extruded bases are cheaper and shittier. However they don’t absorb wax efficiently and they don’t perform as well as a sintered base. For this reason, waxing an extruded base isn’t entirely necessary and a rub on wax will be sufficient.

The ‘easier to maintain’ bit is just marketing BS.

It’s a shame the YES boards are going in this direction…

Thanks guys.

So Burton Custom wide? Any other wide board options?

Custom Wide would be a good option for sure. It’s also available in the Flying V camber profile (hybrid). Available in 158W and 162W.

Info on the different camber profiles here: https://www.boardworld.com.au/forums/viewthread/4119/

AJ, I don’t think YES are necessarily “moving in that direction” so to speak. I believe it’s just the YES Basic with an extruded base. Considering it’s their budget snowboard, it’s understandable. They want to have a budget, more entry level option available. The price also came down $50 which is good. RRP is $649 this year. I would have liked them to keep the sintered base on the Basic, but they still have a bunch of higher end boards to meet that need.

I was having a look at the Burton website the other day and it seems a few of their boards come in a wide option so I’ll look more into that.

Thanks again for all the info and help.

If anyone else has any other suggestions I’d love to hear them.

Worth looking at: http://www.lib-tech.com/snowboards/skunk-apes/

Also: http://www.lib-tech.com/snowboards/attack-banana/ (check out the 159W)