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K2 Overboard 2020-2021 Snowboard Review

  • Price: $490
  • Category: Freeride/Powder
  • Ability Level: Advanced
  • Size: 165
  • Flex: 8/10
  • Shape: Directional
  • Profile: CamRock
  • Base: Sintered

The K2 Overboard is the anti-thesis of its Enjoyer siblings, built for wide, arcing turns on fresh corduroy and endless open powder bowls. This is a snowboard that’s built to stand out, and not just for the residual acid trip base graphics- this is the Kareem Adbul Jabbar of the snowboard world. Coming in at a whopping 165cm, the Overboard eschews the volume shift technology that the rest of the Enjoyer series made their name on.

Drawing inspiration from the OG’s, the Overboard is not dissimilar to something you’d have seen in the early years of snowboarding, back before twin tips were a thing, and behemoth cannons ruled the roost. Although the Overboard tips its hat to the early days, the tech packed into this beast is space age by comparison.

“Although the Overboard tips its hat to the early days, the tech packed into this beast is space age by comparison”

20 Carbon stringers run tip to tail boosting power and supercharging rider input, without messing with the torsional flex. Combine this with the Triax laminates and tri-blend wood core, and you’ve got a board that’s ultra responsive without being overly heavy and cumbersome. A jet fuelled sintered base with a stonking 8.8m sidecut give this charger all it needs to dig some serious trenches on the hardpack, with control and precision being brought to the fore by the powerful camber midbody.

Despite its gargantuan size, the Overboard is much nimbler than you’d expect thanks to the mega taper. There’s a stonking 44mm of difference between the tip and the tail, this narrow back end gives you plenty of leeway to pump turns and steer with the back foot.

“A jet fuelled sintered base with a stonking 8.8m sidecut give this charger all it needs to dig some serious trenches on the hardpack”

The Titanic made its name being ‘unsinkable’, but the Overboard is a feat of engineering even an iceberg couldn’t send under. The oversized, rockered nose is sure to hold its ground no matter how deep the snow, and the setback inserts shift your weight over the tail, forcing you out of the snow and surfing along with ease.

Novices need not apply, this powder cannon has a high barrier to entry and rightly so. With one size, and one size only, the K2 Overboard isn’t for everybody, but if you fit the bill you can be sure this is one snowboard that won’t be trifled with.

Tester’s Verdict 2018/19

Sam McMahonwhitelines.com

“I’ve been a huge fan of K2’s Enjoyer series since day one – short and wide, fat with plenty of float, they went a long way to convincing people that a daily driver board doesn’t have to be an all-mountain twin.

If what you’re into is cruising pistes and the odd park lap whilst waiting for the next dump, why not get something that not only excels when the conditions are prime, but also makes the days between pure fun? The Simple Pleasures, Party Platter and Cool Bean are all about nimble turns with a surfy feel, down in part to the tight sidecut radii.

“Perfect when the conditions are soft corduroy or steep pow, but you’d want something more adaptable for most days on the mountain”

With this, they’ve gone… Well, it’s in the name. 165cm with a radius of almost nine meters is a bit of a departure from the rest of the line up, and it translates into something of a beast. For open powder or groomers it’s great – its behemoth size is perfect for long arcing turns at high speed – but when taken to other conditions it definitely doesn’t translate as well as its brothers. It’s massive, but designed to be ‘ridden shorter’ due to the tip and tail rockers, meaning that whilst it’s powerful it feels less engaged than other boards over the 160cm mark, like the Korua Stealth. In icy sections it feels a bit like an aircraft carrier on marbles, and rather than nipping over and around bumps it just wants to take you on a direct fall line path.

Essentially, it’s more of a quiver board: perfect when the conditions are soft corduroy or steep pow, but you’d want something more adaptable for most days on the mountain – and the thing is, you can already find all those qualities in the rest of the Enjoyer range that the Overboard sits in.”

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