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The K2 name has stood behind the best equipment in American snowsports for decades. Innovation is K2's game; their products always push the limits of technology and function. Every detail from new materials to eye-popping graphics pass the test of a world-class team before you can drop in on your new K2 set-up.
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Description of K2 Gyrator Snowboard:
We didn't think it was possible, but the K2 Gyrator Snowboard's Powder Rocker construction makes powder even more fun. Conventional boards have camber (where the board curves upward slightly in the middle), the Gyrator has rocker, like a surf board. The reverse curvature helps the board rise to the surface of soft snow while you stay in a centered stance, which means more powerful powder turns, less leg burn, and easier landings. K2 tapered the Gyrator board's lively wood core at the tips to create low swing weight for easier spins. Although built for the deep stuff, the Gyrator's hyper-progressive sidecut keeps it maneuverable enough to ride the entire mountain.

Bottom Line: Surf the powder.

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The snow is never too deep for this board !   09-25-07
Mr. Tidbit (89): rank
This board is crazy! The rocker/reverse camber is great. Basically under foot the board sits flat against the snow and then begins to "bow" up to the nose and tail. The nose of the board has almost 9cm of rocker and the tail has almost 6cm of rocker. What this does for you is keeps your nose and tail up out of the snow and you don't have to lean back nearly as hard to keep up floating on those deep days and you can ride switch ! The board flex is soft enough to allow you to carve on soft groomers and crud, but it will take some getting used to. If you are one of those lucky riders that ventures in to powder frequently, this is a board that should be in your quiver.

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SIQQQQQQQQQQQ   03-16-08
ndrake1230244 (2): rank
I just got the 162 as my new powder stick and finally got a chance to try it out today. It was only around 6-12" on top of some pretty hard pack, so nothing too crazy, but enough to test it's ability to float... which it does. I think this actually should be called the Zeppelin because it might as well be filled with helium. The good: It floats like nothing I've ever riden, no effort on the back leg required at all with the stance only back ~1.25". Since you can ride a more centered stance you can also ride switch really easily. It pops off of anything, I went off a little mound in the powder that was the begining of a mogul today and popped nearly chest high. Flat out ridiculous. Since you don't have to flex the tail out to get it up you can pop really well off what would normally be a small roller, or off of narrow traversing track bumps. It is LIGHT. I have last years 158 Jibpan for my hardpack board and it feels like a lead brick compared to this board. The jibpan had their lightest core last year, but with this new honeycomb core they came out with, the Gyrator is just ridiculous. If you want to do spins in powder, it has NO swing weight, the thing feels like it's 10cm shorter when you spin. The bad: This is definitely not a quiver killer. You can ride hard pack with it, but it is, ummm..., well kind of interesting. Stability is not a way that I would describe it, since the only part of your base which touches the snow is in between your bindings. It stays that way until you are hard on an edge (which I don't recommend; it wants to turn too sharp to actually carve hard). This also means that it is a little bit sketchy on steep hard (ice) run ins. Just edge hard and you will be fine, but just keep in mind that it may not hold as easily as your old powder (ie large) board did. When it is choppy, warms up, and gets heavy the board is a little bit soft. If it's all been tracked out (like it was this afternoon) I would go back to my normal board after lunch. Basically if you really enjoy powder, want to be able to ride it very easily, and you can afford two boards (or just don't ride hardpack - you lucky bastard) then this is the board to get IMHO. Forget about the tapered boards that just try to sink the tail and ride a board that is actually designed to float. Notes on me if you care; I started riding in 92. I have ridden more boards than I can remember. Before this board I had a K2 Recon Riser 165 for my big mountain / pow board. It really is not a very good board for powder (spring slush is a whole other story). I still have the Recon and will probably ride it once in a while if I want to just haul balls. My normal board is a K2 Jibpan 158, which is not at all a jib board, as the name implies. Think narrow Zeppelin with carbon torsion forks instead of metal. After demo-ing a Lib Tech TRS 159 with magnetraction and banana tech the Jibpan will be getting replaced. Seriously banana tech is flat out amazing for normal all around stuff..., but full rocker still kills it in pow. :)

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Great powder stick.   05-05-08
Michael Sherwood (46): rank
I got the 162 as my powder board this year. This is an awesome board. Effortless ride in the deepest of powder. We got dumped on in Utah this year and I am glad I got to have this board. I normally would get a longer board for powder but with the rocker and the extra width this board was fine at 162. This is a lightweight board and has a low swing weight. As the previous reviewer suggested this is not the best hard pack board and takes some getting used to.

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Lengths:
158cm, 162cm, 168cm
Shape:
Reverse-camber tapered-directional
Effective edge:
[162cm] 1254mm
Waist width:
[162cm] 25.4cm
Sidecut radius:
[162cm] 8.3m
Stance width:
[162cm] 55.9cm (22in)
Stance setback:
2.5cm (1in)
Core material:
WH4 (wood with Honeykomb technology)
Base:
Sintered 4000
Rider Weight:
[158cm] 120-200lb; [162cm] over 150lb; [168cm] over 150lb
Recommended Use:
Powder riding, all mountain freestyle / freeride in soft conditions
Manufacturer Warranty:
1 Year

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