To be a market leader, you can’t just offer a great ski; you must have, somewhere in your collection, a great ski at a great price. For the new K2’s, that ski is the Konic 78 Ti. It’s a Frontside ski that, true to K2 tradition, is so simple to ski you’ll want to...
K2 bet the farm on their new Konic construction that strips away surface structures and moves the bulk of the remaining mass to the ski’s perimeter, over the edge. We’re pleased to report the farm is not in any jeopardy. In the case of the iKonic 80 Ti, the changes...
K2’s idea of Luv is normally of the lovey-dovey, coddling kind, but the Luv Machine 74Ti is from the tough love end of the emotional scale. Its new, more rounded tip shape will ease the entry to a high edge angle, but it would behoove the pilot to know how to step on...
Every All-Mountain East ski is an amalgam of on- and off-trail traits, but usually one genetic strain is more dominant than the other. In the case of the K2 Pinnacle 88, the essential orientation is off-piste, with only its narrower footprint and a ribbon of metal...
We don’t normally review skis that aim to sell for $399 for two main reasons: they’re built as much to hit a price point as match a performance profile, and we don’t often find them at the test venues we frequent. If we do get the chance to try one out, like the...
