Multi award-winning all-terrain freestyle board that rewrote the rule book It might be called the Basic, but when it comes to how it rides, the 2021 Ye S Basic is way more than its name suggests. This multi-award-winning snowboard has rewritten the rule book for price point snowboards, delivering a level of performance that transcends its price. Ideal for riders of all ability levels, the Basic is easy to ride for beginners yet still delivers enough performance to satisfy even the most experienced rider. Built around a versatile twin chassis & featuring Yes’s advanced Under-Bite sidecut profile, the Basic is quite simply the best value for your money all-terrain freestyle board on the market. It’s no wonder it was White Lines editors choice Board of the Year for 2 years on the trot. Rider Style: All Terrain Freestyle, All Abilities The Basic is aimed at beginners through to expert riders who are looking for a more balanced all-terrain board that delivers an easy-going ride without compromising out & out performance. Shape Overview: Twin Tip The Basic’s twin shape gives it a more balanced freestyle feel, so not only does it ride great on the mountain, but it’s entirely at home when you want to hit up the park. However, what makes the Basic a genuinely outstanding board is the addition of the unique Under Bite edge profile. Under Bite edges re-distribute a rider’s weight in such a way that it enhances ease of turning & edge hold. Creating divots inward at the binding area reduces & disrupts the surface area of the edge that has contact with the snow while the board is turning. These increase the edge pressure by distributing your weight/energy into the areas where it’s needed most. From the binding out & through the centre of the board where the carving arc is taking place. This segmentation of the sidecut into three principal zones focuses your body weight into areas that initiate, hold & release turns. Profile The Basic’s 4-4-4 Cam Rock profile combines even rocker zones at the tip & tail with an even camber through the middle of the board. This innovative profile creates hook-free zones at the contact points, ensuring that when you hit the park, you’ll get that more reassuring feel when riding rails or pressing boxes. That rockered uplift at the front is also going to add extra float in the pow, so even though the Basic is a twin, it’s going to perform great everywhere. That versatility is carried over into the responsive camber. This extends from just before the insert packs & gives the board that more robust & reassuring underfoot feel that you only get from cambered boards. Construction The Basic is the perfect example of that old saying, ‘sometimes less is more’. Reading through the spec list, what you get is a traditional snowboard construction without any of the headline-grabbing super tech many brands flag up. However, that’s no bad thing, because what Ye S do is use a high-quality poplar wood core wrapped with high-quality bi-ax glass fibre. These two materials are the building blocks for a great snowboard; everything else at this price point is just fluff. So, what you get is a board that gives the perfect balance of pop, control & playfulness. everything that you could ever ask for with this kind of board. Base The low maintenance easy repair extruded base delivers excellent performance in all conditions, all without the need to be continuously waxing it. Board
Volume: 152 = 39.4dm² 155 = 40.3dm² 158 = 41.5dm² 159w = 42.9dm² With snowboard shapes becoming more complex, selecting your board on length alone is becoming less relevant. With the growth of the short/wide snowboard, (which are designed to be ridden shorter) those old rules are no longer relevant. For 20/21 Yes has added volume as a critical measurement in board selection. Surface area (measured in square decimeters), changes the way you select a board. Matching your weight & ability to your dm² gives you a direct comparison with a traditional board making it easier the understand this new generation of snowboard.