Of all the new skis the one I was most excited to try was the Catamaran.
Why the change in name?
When Sean did sign on again he was happy with the new name so Catamaran it is.
But isnt K2 Going out of Business?
This announcement sent the internet into full on debate mode with everyone voicing an opinion on what would happen.
However if daddy has a few million in the bank maybe you could be the new owner.
Asymmetry
But anyway back to the skis.
It’s also not something new to skiing.
Most of you will be familiar with a tapered shape on a ski.
For reference Sean rides his at dead centre.
Riding the Catamaran
All this new tech is all well and good but does it actually work?
Put simply, yes.
The biggest things I noticed were the crazy amount of pop the skis had and how light they felt.
Not in an out of controlled way but more a pop you into the air way.
Even small hits became things you could boost off and the reduced swing weight was apparent.
These groomer laps were where I really fell in love with the Catamaran.
Having the longer effective edge on the inside really does make the skis carve incredibly.
Not just OK but they really carve a turn.
The Catamaran is different it carves like a much narrower ski.
His reaction, they carve better than my park skis!.
He may have been slightly exaggerating but actually not much.
These are one of the first pow skis which I would consider riding as my every day ski.
They are not perfect for everything though.
One area I did find them a little lacking was heavy cut up snow on steep slopes.
What they are is a super playful powder ski which excels on the groomers.
One was the mount point.
The other slight issue I found was using a cap construction in the tips.
Apart from this durability has been good but you would hope that would be the case after 12 days.
Overall
I said it above but I’ll repeat it here.
If I had a park ski and these, I really couldn’t see myself needing anything else.
That is the reason I get to try the new skis out so early.
I do not, however, work for K2 directly and these opinions are all my own.
K2 have in no way pushed me to write this and these are my honest feelings on the ski.
We’ll be getting other reviewers on these over the course of the season to add their opinions here.
