For riders in pursuit of that perfect powder turn or a wide, drawn-out carve on the groomers, the Instrument should come as music many people’s ears. A mid-flex, directional camber and tapered shape with a wider waist width – this is K2s newcomer with mass appeal.

As the name suggests, the new Manifest Team takes much of what made the original a best seller for K2, but ramps up the performance to meet the demands of their own roster. It adopts the same shape and profile as the Manifest but also comes specced with a 5500 Carbon infused base and K2’s new lightweight, super responsive Bambooyah Pro Core.

There’s also a new addition to the insanely popular, super fun, volume shifted Enjoyer’s Collection series. With the goal of creating the best possible deck for riding the powder fields of Niseko, K2 has worked with Yo Amagai and taken the outline of the Simple Pleasures but softened the flex, tweaked the camber and specced up the base to create an almighty powder quiver.

The revamped Clicker system gets a bit of an overhaul for the coming season too. There is now an integrated high back for an increased edge-to-edge response ad a bit of a redesign to the cleats, making clicking in and out a complete doozy.