Board: Yes Standard
Size: 156
Camber Option: 3-4-3 Camrock. More camber in the middle and slightly less rocker in the tips.
Bindings: Rome Black Label
Stance: 21.5 Wide 15 Negative 12 Goofy
Boots: K2 Thraxis Size 10
My Weight: 200lbs
Resort: Copper Mountain
Conditions: Mostly sunny blue skies, moderate winds, warmer temps, chunder snow, icy snow, firm and fast groomers, slush, and a bit of everything in between as it was pure springlike conditions.
Flex: This board sits on stiffer side of an all mountain twin flex. You get more play in the tips and it has a clearly defined flex point where the camber meets the rocker. The camber section is noticeably stiffer. There is a fair amount of torsional flex but not enough to dominate this board or cause it to be over powered.
Stability: The camber section is the most stable portion of this board, but that’s to be expected. You do get some chatter in the tip and right where that flex point is where the camber meets the rocker you notice it abundantly.
Ollies: The camber is easy to load up and utilizes the flex point where it meets the rocker as a spring board. This gives the board a ton of pop and and you notice it when you launch a roller, sidehit, cat track gap or just do a flat ground ollie at speed.
Pop On Jumps: This has more than enough snap to get the job done and the overall build of this board suits it for medium to large jumps but it’s still forgiving enough for smaller ones. This board likes to get into the air.
Butterability: What’s nice about this board is that it’s wider and there is a bit more rocker. This gives you a ample platform to play around on with your board. The camber fights you but the rocker section is so immense you don’t have to worry about it too much instead it just gives you more snap out of any butter variation you do.
Jibbing: So first and foremost lets be real with each other here this isn’t a jib board. With that said it can still handle some light jibbing i.e. nose/tail presses and going sideways. The rocker section in the tips coupled with the width gives you a great platform to lock into a press. The flex point where the camber meets the rocker will have spring so expect a little pop out of it. When going sideways that camber section more or less does a balancing act on the feature and less hugging.
Carving: What’s nice is that this board is smooth and stable on edge with a effortless edge to edge transmission. You do get a bit of control inside the insert pack due to the midbite which makes it easy to steer with ankle movements. Short quick carves and medium hard ones are its strong suit. When you lay it on edge you feel it grip and can drive it from the center back through the tail if you need to.
Rider in Mind: All mountain rider with a freestyle focus.
Personal Thoughts: This board is very stable for what it is and you rarely notice the chatter in the tips unless you slam hard into really rutted out terrain. It has pop when you want it and never makes you overly work for it. It’s a super well balanced board.
Comparable Boards: K2 Broadcast, Rome National. Rossignol Resurgence
Binding Recommendations: Now IPO, Rome Katana, Burton Cartel
23 Comments
Hellio, thank You for great review. Will be this board OK in size 156 cm for rider 6’0’’, 195 lbs, boots size 11? Thank You for reply.
Sure.
Hi Angry!
Thank you for your review!
Which size would you recommend for an intermediate rider with 192cm, about 100kg and US10.5-11 (mondo 285) boots?
That 60 plus whatever size it is.
Thank you for your reply. They have 162 and 167. Should I go for the 62?
Dealers choice on that if you’re looking charge and have a lot of power then 67 otherwise 62.
Hi, thanks for the great review. Would the 149cm work for 5’11, 130lb and US 9 boot size? Or what about the 151cm?
Kind of your choice on that. I wouldn’t hesitate with the 49 though.
Thanks for you reply! The 149cm width specs seem to imply that it does not fit US 9 boot size. Any intel on that?
Why are you mounting your bindings in the center?
Avran,
If you were stuck back in Western New York (for more than just garbage plates and decent wings) and you only got back out to Colorado one week a year, in what order would you recommend these boards for a daily driver? I am 6’0, 200, size 10, and I will probably be doing the rad dad thing on smaller park features and side hit/buttering while with my kids, but want something I can push when needed. (It’s WNY, so it will see some ice.) I also have a volume shifted board for powder and groomers to compliment one of these…
A. YES Standard 156
B. YES The Greats 156
C. YES Typo 158 or 161
D. Jones Mountain Twin 160
I’d take another recommendation over these if you had one too. Thanks for your time, I like your reviews.
Man that’s some serious overlap between those boards. I’d just get the Greats.
Hey Angry,
I’m an older rider coming back to the snow after a 10 year hiatus… used to be a strong rider but it’s been a while… a Rad Dad you might say.
Looking for a board to do it all, although not much in the park except hitting the medium jump lines. I’m 6’3″, 215lbs, size 12 foot.
Finding something in stock is an issue at this point in the season, but I’ve found the Standard 162 and the Capita Mercury 161 in stock and I’m trying to decide between them… which one of the two would you go for? Thanks
Whichever has the better deal.
Wise words. Gracias amigo.
I have some older Malavitas to pair with this board.. do you think that would be too soft a binding for all mountain PNW or should I get some cartel straps or just new cartel bindings? Thanks man you’ve always been a great source for info in this nutty world of Snowboarding!
I’d get new bindings as the older Malavitas are prone to cracking top sheets of boards.
Yeah I’ve noticed that little point in the back of the binding already denting this board.. Thanks man:) although cartels arn’t a freestyle binding, do you think that would do the trick with this board even though I do side hits, medium drops and grabs?
It’s a workhorse binding designed to do it all.
Sick thanks! Cartel or Cartel X which would you prefer for this board?
Or any other bj finds you think would slay this board..
Hello my height is 6”3” and I weigh 198lbs, my boot size is 11.5, I want to choose this board in 162 or 159? which one do you recommend and what is the difference with the yes typo
Typo is a little softer, has a different flex pattern, and rides differently than the Standard. Your call on sizes.