K2 Believer
April 29, 2008
The K2 Believer Snowboard was a new line for the 2007/20808 season. This is a FreeStyle board designed by K2 Team riders Bryan Fox, Eero Niemela, Louie Fountain and Shaun Mckay. The idea behind the creation of this board was to use the knowledge and experience of team riders to create one of the best FreeStyle boards on the market. The Believer is known for being light, fast and smooth.
Super Light – The Believer is a super light board that can really fly down the mountain. The lightness of the board comes from the new “Multi Light Core” technology that K2 has designed for the Believer. The “multi light core” includes 2 strips of honeycomb on the lower levels of the core between the bindings and rails, this makes the board lighter and stronger.
Fast – The base of this board really makes it crank down the mountain. The Believer base is made with 4000 Sintered; known to be one of the fastest base materials available that can absorb wax faster and retain in longer.
Smooth – The smoothness of this board comes from the combination of the a great sidecut, torsion forks and a top element that stiffens the board torsionally. These 3 features together allow a rider to feel comfortable changing edges at any speed or condition.
Key Features of the K2 Believer Snowboard:
- Hybritaper Tip Tech
- Twin Tip
- Hyper Progressive
- Centered Stance
- Multi Light Core
- Biax Top, Triax Base
- Carbon Plus Torsion Forks
- Sintered 4000 Base
- 1 Degree Base
Burton Custom X
April 28, 2008
By Scott Briggs
SnowboardReviews.com
Boston – The Burton Custom X™ Snowboard is designed for the advanced Boarder who likes to do it all. You are the rider who likes to cruise the back bowls of Vail, rip through the Park at Stowe, and hit the Pipe at Breckenridge. Burton describes this as the ultimate FreeStyle Snowboard for those ready to ride at a higher level.
The 2007/2008 Custom X is lighter, stiffer and faster than it earlier models. This board grabs a nice edge which makes you feel in total control on the edge to edge transfers. Any rider who has ever been to New England knows that you need a board that can grab an edge as the conditions are typically very icy, and the Custom X does the job well. Burton did a great job to make sure the board rode well in their backyard of Vermont, before they released it to the world.
Key Features of the Burton Custom X Snowboard:
