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What goes up, can have fun going down. And if your idea of "up" means skinning instead of lifts, the K2 Wayback could mean more fun on the way back down. A superlight wood core with an abundance of carbon fiber makes this adventure ski one of the lightest mid-fats on the market. It excels at long approaches and pays increasingly greater dividends the farther one ventures into the mountains. For '10/11 it gets All-Terrain shovel rocker, when combined with the shallow, progressive sidecut, it’s ultra-predictable in high-alpine conditions like sastrugi or sun crust, with the added benefit that rocker also makes trail-breaking virtually effortless.
And there is another kind of fun to be had with the lightweight Wayback- when your friends with heavy gear call it a day, you just might be able to laugh at them as you head up back up for another run.
K2 Wayback info: -
Performance: variable, 40%; soft snow, 60%
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Sizes: 160, 167, 174, 181
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Radius: 22m@174
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Baseline: All-terrain rocker - 70%camber, 30% rocker
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Construction: Torsion Box Cap
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Core: Aspen/ Paulownia/ Bamboo
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Weight: 1475g@174
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Features:14/12 Progressive Sidecut, Powder Tip, Tip and Tail Attachment Holes, Flat /Notched Tail
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