One of these years we’re going to get more test data on K2’s floatiest fem skis, but we’re going to have to wait for Mother Nature to provide the necessary fluffy foundation to get the job done.  Meanwhile, we can ponder why K2, who is as plugged into what female freeride skiers want as any brand can be, shaved half a centimeter off the waist width of the Remedy 112’s short-lived predecessor, the Remedy 117.

Could it be they’ve found the realistic boundary beyond which further flotation is gilding the lily?  The illness the Remedy 112 apparently cures is an inability to surf, butter and smear one’s way though powder, a malaise K2 counters by creating a fully rockered baseline with a tapered tail that happily releases each turn like it was an ill-mannered lout.