Paul Oberin

After trying some of the 2011 range of K2 skis, and liking them as good all round skis for both here and overseas, I asked K2 for more information and this is what I got, it explains it well so I thought I would share it with you.

http://www.paulski.com.au/pics/k2.ppt

I had heard about this new rockered system and was keen to try them, although at first I thought these would only suit the overseas market rather than our firmer groomed snow, lucky for me Winter park at Colorado had conditions the same as we get here, so I got the chance to see how they would go at holding an edge on our icy snow, and I was quite surprised to find a ski with rockered tips had better edge hold than previous K2 skis without the rocker.
I would be quite happy to ski the new Rictor ski here in Australia, and I know the 2/15 tip on the Rictor would be a real bonus in overseas powder, I even tried the new Aftershock model at 86mm under foot compared to the Rictor at 80mm, and it still had excellent edge hold on the steep icy pitch at high speed.
K2 are leading the way in this new technology thanks to the guy who started it all, Shane McConkey getting support from K2, I am sure just like with snowboards and reverse camber all the other ski brands will be catching up as soon as they can.