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Item # 9858k2wt7zz-k2-willie
Brian with
K2 snowboards. We are going to look at the
K2 Temptation.
This is Wille Yli-Luoma's pro model snowboard. It has a little bit of carbon on the tip and the tail to give it a lot of good edge hold. It has a lot of snap in the tip and the tail, but it's a little more flexible in the center of the snowboard to make it more forgiving for all mountain riding.
It will also have some carbon fiber strips running the entire length of the snowboard, just to give it a little more snap and edge hold. The Temptation was, like I said, developed by Wille. If you think of what a pro snowboarder would be doing, they are riding all-mountain, the groomers, the park and the back-country, and they need something that's powerful to get them through all their freestyle stuff anywhere on the mountain.
The
K2 Temptation snowboard, a very fun, all-mountain freestyle snowboard.
The K2 Temptation Snowboard. By Wille Yli-Luoma.
"Enjoy flight! It's 2005 and it's time to figure out my next board with K2. K2 once again has given me full control of my board - shape, look, name, pretty much everything. The board shapes are kind of easy because it all makes sense. You want the board to turn and have pop to ollie. Graphics are way more work and it takes time to figure out something that the others and I will like. This spring I was spending time with my family and I saw my daughter draw these amazing drawings. I called my friend Antti who I have been working with the past five years to go over ideas. He told me to take the drawings that my daughter had made with me to the USA and we would use them somehow on my board. So, basically, the graphics are drawn by Lilou and edited by Antti Rastivo. "Enjoy Flight" comes from a little girl in Tokyo who wanted to wish me well. The name is "LIWE" but pronounced "LIVE." It came from something Lilou randomly had written. I want to thank K2, Antti Rastivo and Lilou for this amazing piece of art." -Wille
Key Features of the K2 Temptation Liwe 158cm Snowboard:
Hybritech construction - Cap tip and tail blended into a sidewall along the running surface for a low swing weight and optimized turn initiation at the ends, combined with durability and damping on the running surface
Hyper progressive sidecut - A very gentle radius in the tip and tail are blended to a tight radius in the center, aggressive yet versatile
Multi Polar Core - Lightweight strength and liveliness but w/ added damping pads isolated under each foot, which cuts vibrations leading to the foot, and gives you a flatter, faster base by reducing "base suck-up."
4000 sintered base - Fast and durable with long wax retention
Standard steel edges - Proven durability with one piece of steel wrapped around the entire perimeter of the board
Laminate - Triax Bottom/Carbon Precure Top/Carbon And Kevlar Inlays
Carbon Plus Torsion Forks - Four layers of carbon, two toward the contacts and two spanning the board ends. Additional stability and pop for off-axis takeoffs and landings.
Eff Edge (cm):
124.4
Tip/Tail
Waist (cm):
25.0
Sidecut (m):
8.1
