So Last Years

Once again, tricky, tricky, tricky to locate a reputable price for the 2007 model.  However, indications suggest this board can be picked up for considerably less than the 2009 models.  This board was also voted one of the top 10 boards in the 2006-2007 season so you can't go wrong with it. 

Despite the propaganda of design inputs that apparently go into these boards each year, it wouldn't surprise me if some companies took shortcuts and merely slapped on a new layer of paint before calling it the new model.   So are the newer models really that much better?