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The K2 BackSide series would not be complete without a few essentials required for any adventure. New additions to the K2 collection for 09/10 are a K2 patent pending touring skin and a unique extendable K2 pole , two pieces of equipment that are fundamental in the BACKcountry, SIDEcountry and anywhere outside the lines. The veteran backcountry skier will appreciate unique enhancements to skin technology such as the K2 distinctive attachment system, patent pending Glide Patch, and superb plush and glue. For those skiers who are going out on their first adventure, we’ve simplified our skins designed for the SIDE series skis by laser cutting them so you get a precise, custom fitted skin right out of the bag with no hassles. If you haven’t taken an adventure on a pair of skins, you should; it will open up an entirely new side of our sport. And if you’re seasoned mountaineer or backcountry skier, your equipment just got better.
BACKSIDE Tech Hybritech Sidewalls
Hybritech blends the race room performance of sidewalls underfoot with the ease and forgiveness of cap construction in the tip and tail. Offered exclusively on the Side series, Hybritech makes skis strong, accurate and powerful underfoot, while maintaining smooth initiation and easy exits from turns.
Core Tech Our Adventure skis use an Aspen/Paulownia blend core. Lower-density Aspen and even lighter-weight Paulownia allow us to reduce the weight that results from the added surface area of wider skis. In addition, the Bio Core is 15% lighter than the fir/aspen blend traditional in our all-mountain skis.
Tip and Tail Holes All Adventure skis come with holes drilled in the tip and tail that facilitate building a quick, solid rescue sled, or the construction of a ski anchor. The holes come with plugs that can be removed with a simple twist of a flat head screwdriver. These holes also function as skin attachment points for our new skins.
4 Skin Clip Arc The tails of our Adventure skis come with a concave notch to ensure the skin clip, regardless of size, stays securely centered on the tail.
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SKIN Tech
Thanks to an innovative attachment system and patent pending Glide Patch, our new BackSide skins are light weight and have superior glide, which translates to greater efficiency with less fatigue.
8 Glide Patch Flat Tails All of our Adventure skis come with flat tails because they add tremendous utility to a backcountry ski. By allowing you to easily plunge the tails into firm snow, you can build anchors, stake out your tent, or merely secure your skis while retrieving something from your pack, none of which is possible with twin tips or kick tails.
Rocker All SIDE skis, and select BACK models come with varying degrees of shovel rocker, but normal cambered tails. Shovel rocker improves the agility of big skis by enabling them to initiate quickly, and easily adjust turn shape. The normal cambered tail makes it easy to scrub speed in powder, and increases versatility by providing better accuracy and hard snow performance than a fully rockered ski.
7 Powder Specific Tip Design The widest point of this tip is the forward contact point as opposed to 7cm in front of it like most of our shaped skis. This design makes the ski more stable and predictable because it won’t hook or grab erratically in windblown snow and other variable conditions that you’re likely to encounter in the backcountry.
The majority of a skin’s traction comes from underfoot, and the main hindrance for effortless trail breaking is the friction created at the shovel when plowing through new snow. Our patent pending Glide Patch reduces shovel friction by utilizing a low coefficient Polymer in an area where grip is already at it’s lowest. Retaining plush at the perimeter ensures that you still have full length grip on firm snow when the ski is on edge.
9 Z Clip Attachment Quick, simple and lightweight, the Z Clip utilizes the hole in the ski tip and eliminates the skin fold-over required with typical D rings. This not only reduces weight, but gets rid of the buildup of snow that accumulates under the fold, which eventually peels your skins off.
10 Tail Strap Clip
This adjustable strap interfaces with the tail hole to secure and register the skin to the center of the ski. Unlike most clips which create friction by dragging in the snow every step, this clip sits on top of the ski, thereby improving glide and efficiency.
11 Bright and Visible for safety Bright red color increases safety by helping spot a buried ski.
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