- Home
- K2 Pontoon Alpine Ski
- Question and Answer
Gear Question
K2 Pontoon Alpine Ski
Im 13 and I need a good powder ski to telemark on. What would...
By k
Ranked #174 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis
November 8, 2010
Im 13 and I need a good powder ski to telemark on. What would be the best one?
View Details: K2 Pontoon Alpine Ski
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
By Ted Weeks
Ranked #679 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis
December 5, 2010
This is definitely a great pow ski, but if you telemark on it, it becomes somewhat hard to use. This ski has huge rocker in both the tip and tail, which can lead to the wheelie effect. Since the telemark stance isn't balanced the same as the alpine stance, the tail rocker will cause you to "wheelie", and lift the tips up high in the air. I had an opportunity to try these with hammerheads a while ago, and I constantly felt like I was going to fall backwards. I recently bought the Icelantic Shaman instead of the pontoons, and they are great. They float awesome in pow (the shovel is the same width as the pontoon), and still carve well on groomers because of huge sidecut. And they also have no wheelie effect. Hope this helps.
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
By Will Guru
Ranked #5 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis
November 17, 2010
i'm not a telemarker but these are probably the floatiest ski out there. i know the jj works well for telemark, but if you want something super floaty for nothing but bottomless powder get the pontoon. other good options, bentchetler, kuro, jj, s7, bibby pro.
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
Change me.