K2 has shuffled the Spyne deck without changing any of the fundamentals of its shell design. Two new flexes, 120 and 100 have replaced the retired 110, and a Heat option is also available in the 120 (only). The new line-up all receive a new EVA liner with more toe...
Ladies with high-volume feet don’t get equal treatment, from Rossignol or anybody else. The flex range that rose to 100 in the Pure Pro line and to 120 for the Pure Elite skier with a tiny set of tootsies, tops out at 90 in the 3-model Pure branch of the family tree...
K2 isn’t circumspect about who it made the B.F.C. for: it’s right there in the name: Built For Comfort. The C could just as easily stand for Convenience, for the B.F.C.’s are as easy to slip on as a 4-buckle boot can get. The latch on the spine that unlocks the upper...
K2’s Spyre line of ladies’ all-mountain boots parallels the men’s Spyne collection in most respects, right down to the Precision Fit Pro liner in the 110W and Lux Fit Pro in the 100W. About the only deviation from the men’s series is there’s no one women’s model...
The new Sportmachine series are basically Speedmachine models expanded by 1mm or more in every direction but down. This may not sound like much, but in a ski boot, 2mm more freedom in the forefoot, 7mm extra room in the cuff and whopping 4mm higher instep add up to a...
