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K2 Alchemist 2021-2022 Snowboard Review

  • Price: £585 / €650 / $700
  • Category: Freeride + Powder
  • Sizes: 157, 159W, 160, 163, 164W
  • Flex: 9/10
  • Shape: Directional
  • Profile: Setback Camber
  • 3D: No
  • Base: Sintered
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K2 have added a dash of camber, a pinch of Bambooyah Pro core, a sprinkle or Spectral Braid and a drop of SpaceGlass to create the Alchemist snowboard. It’s truly a magical board that lets you explore the whole mountain with performance and power under your feet.
Its magical properties might not make you a better snowboarder, but it might just make you fly if you wish hard enough.

Once you strap the Alchemist on your feet, it will be hard to take this off.

“Its magical properties might not make you a better snowboarder, but it might just make you fly if you wish hard enough”

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Who Is The K2 Alchemist For?

Only guys with seriously advanced skills will get the true freeride performance out of this board. Highly responsive and stiff, it’s perfect for riders who aren’t even thinking about heel edge and toe edge, the turns just flow out of you as second nature. Perfect for escaping the crowded piste and ski school trains snaking their way down the mountain.

Shape, Profile and Sidecut

Well, it’s a little more than a dash of camber. The Alchemist is packed with camber to give you power and energy for performance on a wide range of terrain. SURPRISE! It’s not just regular camber, it’s been set back allowing elongated rocker in the nose for lift and glide over powder. 0.75” setback camber shifts your weight towards your tail, meaning less work for you in the deep stuff, reducing fatigue so you can enjoy the early morning power bowl to the late afternoon tree runs

Its directional shape gives you the best performance when the nose is pointed downhill, created by the combination of a SpaceGlass in the nose and Carbon Power Fork in the tail. To put it in simple terms super lightweight, stable and durable nose paired with a powerful and energy returning tail.

Equipped with stiff flex throughout the board you need to have your brain switched on for this board, it’s less forgiving but perfect for when you need precision on more challenging terrain

“Perfect for escaping the crowded piste and ski school trains snaking their way down the mountain”

Construction and Materials

Let’s dig a little deeper into the magic that makes this board so unique. The Spectral Braid isn’t some ghost like hair style, the braid creates precision torsion and flex along the length of the board to increase stability whilst remaining lively underfoot.

Carbon Power Fork in the tail is shaped to driver power from your back binding to the tail of the board, increasing snap and response. Its fork like shape is wide to engage the whole tail and improve performance. Carbon is popular because of its performance but importantly it has minimal impact on the weight.

We know and you know that a sintered base is strong and fast but how about we add a little carbon for fun. The addition of carbon makes this base highly wax absorbent and prevents drag so you can fly past your fellow boarders and treat them to a little snow spray.

“Riding the Alchemist snowboard provides a magical experience in powder, floating over deep snow with ease thanks to a rocker and SpaceGlass nose”

Roundup

Riding the Alchemist snowboard provides a magical experience in powder, floating over deep snow with ease thanks to a rocker and SpaceGlass nose. Whilst the camber profile gives you great edge hold and stability when the powder is scarce. Don’t forget the extra carbon in the base and tail to ensure that the board is tough as nails yet lively and responsive.

Its construction is designed for an experienced boarder who has an aggressive edge, so if you want a board that performs in the backcountry and on the piste the Alchemist may be your wish come true.

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