K2 Carve Air Snowboard 2017

Precision Lifted Baseline:
Tight handling, stable feel. With flat contact points in the tip and tail, Precision Baseline turns and tracks like a traditional camber board but without the unstable hook. By spreading the initial edge contact out over an extended flat contact zone rider applied pressure is dispersed allowing for a feather light touch and quick response without the harsh hook.

Lifted:
Bringing a new level of Pop to K2's Baseline offering, Lifted is just what it sounds like. Taking the flat between the feet foundation that all our boards are built on we simply raise it. This brings in the pop of a cambered board while maintaining the neutral weighted contact points that give the board straight tracking and effortless precision.

Volume Shift:
It all started with the Happy Hour five years ago. We made a new tip and tail shape that was not a functional play. It was just for fun. Some claimed to feel a difference on how that board tracks and behaves in powder. From this we started playing and learning how these small changes in the tip and tail shape effect the way a board moves through snow and also how it releases it in the tail. It is this fine-tuning that makes some of these radical shapes possible. It steers the board in the snow setting it into position for the sidecut outline to take over and perform the turn. It's a fun little detail that makes a big difference, but also just gets you stoked. Sometimes if a board just looks fun it will be.

W2 Core:
Three species of renewable wood are assembled to optimize strength, reduce weight, and enhance dampening without the addition of other materials.

Patented Hybritech Construction:
Hybritech is the most efficient way to make a snowboard without sacrificing one ounce of performance. Featuring a sidewall along the running surface that flows into the nose and tail providing low swing-weight, optimized turn initiation and durability.

Biaxial Fiberglass:
The classic structure laminate, biax glass provides balanced all-purpose flex and performance.

Olliebar:
The Ollie bar is a totally new approach to adding pop to a snowboard. Built in place in a pre-loaded, cambered shape it solves the concern that rocker boards don't have the pop camber boards have. Made with a secret layup of carbon, Kevlar and urethane layers, the ollie bar is positioned in the center of the board between the binding inserts. Strong ollies and pressing power doesn't come from the tail alone. The backbone center section is actually more critical for smooth even pressure. You gotta try it to believe the pop.

4000 Sintered Base:
This is the fastest natural base material available. It is exceptionally durable and absorbs wax deep into the pores of the material to hold that well-waxed performance for as long as possible.

K2

Advanced to Expert

Rocker + Camber

Medium Flex

All Mountain

Directional

Mens

2017