CatdickBojangles
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14586327:SofaKingSick said:
Yeah it feels super generic or AI generated. Hopefully the performance of the ski negates the terrible name.
24/25 Gear hype thread!
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Yeah it feels super generic or AI generated. Hopefully the performance of the ski negates the terrible name.
SofaKingSick
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14586336:Voyage86 said:
yeah i didn't word that well, the acronym is what makes it dumb, the name is fine. some people are just way too smitten with acronyms haha
blueberrypaladin
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https://blisterreview.com/industry-...ce-new-24-25-touring-skis-boots-bindings-more
New touring skis, boots and binding from Head. Interesting that the skis seem to be based on the Kore line, already a really competitive touring weight on those skis and some people love them for all skiing including inbounds.
Bindings are priced super competitively - $575 for the 12 PT vs. $699 for a Voyager 13 at a similar weight. That Voyager is best in class, but really solid pricing out the gate
New touring skis, boots and binding from Head. Interesting that the skis seem to be based on the Kore line, already a really competitive touring weight on those skis and some people love them for all skiing including inbounds.
Bindings are priced super competitively - $575 for the 12 PT vs. $699 for a Voyager 13 at a similar weight. That Voyager is best in class, but really solid pricing out the gate
PartyBullshiit
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Has anyone heard anything about that Oakley helmet that supposedly opens into 2 pieces? Still wondering what’s that about.
BallClapper
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14586414:PartyBullshiit said:
Ew
.nasty
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Tried the SEA 108 yesterday, wasn't super impressed as it felt quite hooky overall but I'm sure a bit of that is the tune. Basically it was a decent ski but I had way more fun on the nightstick 104, those are damn good, almost like a jibbier ranger.
Glad the ARV 106/112 got rid of smeartech, as the ride is much more composed/precise now. The 112 is the standout model in my mind, just a seriously stable/smooth ride that retains all of the playful qualities you'd expect in the ARV line.
Also seriously impressed by the new M-Free 108, that ski blew me away. One of the most automatically comfortable skiing skis I've ever tried, but it is quite heavy/damp (which is my preference anyway) so keep that in mind. Basically a perfect "point and shoot" kind of ski that wants to just direct you fast down anything.
Glad the ARV 106/112 got rid of smeartech, as the ride is much more composed/precise now. The 112 is the standout model in my mind, just a seriously stable/smooth ride that retains all of the playful qualities you'd expect in the ARV line.
Also seriously impressed by the new M-Free 108, that ski blew me away. One of the most automatically comfortable skiing skis I've ever tried, but it is quite heavy/damp (which is my preference anyway) so keep that in mind. Basically a perfect "point and shoot" kind of ski that wants to just direct you fast down anything.
14586432:Rob.com said:
yeah - those pics are from Evo's 2025 preview. They uploaded the K2 previews today too - lots of pics of various reckoners, mindbenders and their multitude of boots. Things are looking pretty good I must add,
I am not sure if they've changed the design of the M-Free 108s (as the dimensions are identical), but the big thing is the introduction of Hybrid 2.0 core and a new graphic.
scratchskier321
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14586635:.nasty said:
have you skied the new declevity?
bradwalters
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Full new collection that takes notes from the previous skis. The dimensions on the Omen Team (left) match that of the Poacher but the rest have been completely re-designed.
I don't want to speak out of turn since I am not an engineer but here's a few notes...the engineering team took most the queues from what everyone loved about the Poachers and completely re-engineering the 90s to add durability and to drastically improve those skis.
To go hand in hand, the decisions that I am allowed to make in my position were geared towards supporting the engineers in lockstep towards better durability on all of the skis moving forward. They focused on all the guts but I was allowed to update a few things to help. Tough top was added to all of the skis to help with chipping as well as solid, 1 piece bases on the entire freeride and freestyle collections to help with diecut pieces popping out. With making the bases solid and "sublimating" the graphics on the bases we're allowed to be more expressive with the art without being limited to what what a diecut base can achieve. I'm sure some of you caught the bases on the Omen Teams that Colby was skiing on at X games but the goal was to make something that was completely new for K2. Excited to see more of you on them and the shots that will come!
I don't want to speak out of turn since I am not an engineer but here's a few notes...the engineering team took most the queues from what everyone loved about the Poachers and completely re-engineering the 90s to add durability and to drastically improve those skis.
To go hand in hand, the decisions that I am allowed to make in my position were geared towards supporting the engineers in lockstep towards better durability on all of the skis moving forward. They focused on all the guts but I was allowed to update a few things to help. Tough top was added to all of the skis to help with chipping as well as solid, 1 piece bases on the entire freeride and freestyle collections to help with diecut pieces popping out. With making the bases solid and "sublimating" the graphics on the bases we're allowed to be more expressive with the art without being limited to what what a diecut base can achieve. I'm sure some of you caught the bases on the Omen Teams that Colby was skiing on at X games but the goal was to make something that was completely new for K2. Excited to see more of you on them and the shots that will come!
14586771:chills__ said:I guess the Poacher/Sight are now the Omens. Colby was riding the ones on the left at Xgames
Omen Team, Omen 90, Omen 90W, Omen 85, Omen 85W
maaattt
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14586834:Ripline said:
14586841:plugs said:
They're defo soft, but they're not slouches either. Ive got, maybe 8 or 9 other pair of skis with bindings but I'll be grabbing my KFs quite a bit.
Kinda feels like a shredditor style sweet spot of stiffness. Has enough to do some killer shit, while soft enough to do some chiller shit
bradwalters
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Boots to match on Evo... 
14586741:hb_laz said:
migidimigi
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14587011:bradwalters said:Boots to match on Evo...
Uuuh these are even better than the legendary black & white SPK boots!
.nasty
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14586785:scratchskier321 said:
I'm conflicted on the new 108, since I've skied the current one a ton. It skied longer feeling now due to a less dramatic tip rocker than the current one. It definitely wasn't as damp but I'm not surprised due to them removing the titanal, but I didn't feel like it wasn't damp enough (and the snow at loveland both days was pretty garbage/firm). I'll have to spend more time on it, but I did always like the big abrupt tip rocker on the current one if you did take it out on a deeper snow day as it had some seriously good float for a 108.
I also skied the Omen Team and it basically skis exactly like a poacher did, which is good because I know no one wanted that ski to change, and it's a seriously fun ski. It does have that new construction that the reckoners are also using which is a huge plus. I did enjoy the new reckoners as well, but I can tell ya those things are not fans of firmer snow that's for sure.
The salomon rep came by the shop yesterday to let me try his 192 QST X for the day. It was nice to try it on my home turf in the high alpine in Breck. I did all the hike to terrain and found everything from a few recycled pow turns to crust to chalk. It really did handle way better than I would have expected on the firmer snow, given that it's a softer/turnier version of the blank essentially. Even for being a ski that pivots real quick (at least for a 116 underfoot ski), it could lay down some seriously smooth long turns when you wanted to open it up. Sometimes skis like this can feel twitchy, but it didn't at all, very composed and smooth. I'm a fan overall.
Even cooler that with the rep, some ski designers/engineers from France were there to pick our brains about some future salomon projects and it was a pretty awesome conversation. They're really trying to keep it real and be a rad fun company again after the parent companies had em by the balls a bit (not Amer, think even higher than that).
**This post was edited on Feb 2nd 2024 at 9:08:37am
scratchskier321
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14587032:.nasty said:
i have the current one too, the 190 already skis long LOL... i was hoping for a design that didn't have to skied so far back from center and released from the tail more. I really like the current caruba/Ti blend because it has more feel compared to like a nordica. So next years is just caruba and carbon stringers?
.nasty
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14587122:scratchskier321 said:
skied longer, but not necessarily less manageable. poplar core now, which I'm all for as I'm not a huge fan of caruba, like many others it seems. Still Ti underfoot but gone is the banding throughout the ski like the current one.
Still, I'm conflicted. I'll need more time on the new one haha
PartyBullshiit
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New k2 recon team 140 boas for next season.
BallClapper
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14587770:hi_vis360 said:
That looks hella slick. Love it.
PartyBullshiit
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14588236:Jarle said:
Unfortunately no. It seems they just filed a new patent for the newest boa last year. And was granted this year.
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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14587300:tdollo said:
is it a long size please????