Ride and K2 Snowboards

[casjcade]

octoflamewolfpus? was expecting an anime version of the octopus this year.

[coleslawed]

New Rasman with flames and howling wolf at the moon.
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was this meant for Hardgoods 24/25?

[unsuspected]

New Rasman with flames and howling wolf at the moon.
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was this meant for Hardgoods 24/25?

Yes...

[Shredder]

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I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a niseko pleasures 156 -
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I have one I could possibly let go. just PM’d you

[Spenser]

K2 prototype baldface quiver, new alchemist graphic + other good nerdy stuff

[kimchi]

K2 prototype baldface quiver, new alchemist graphic + other good nerdy stuff

I haven't listened to this yet, but J. Stone also did Nil's Backcountry podcast a few weeks ago:



Lol at him SAVAGING the Joy Driver and the engineers who preceded him.

Has there been a "celebrity" board engineer on J. Stone's level? Pete Saari, JG, and Jeremy Jones pop to mind, but those guys strike me as "designers" or "shapers" more than engineers who're doing the math.

I DM'd with Justin a bit before buying the Instrument, dude loves to nerd out on snowboards. Crazy to think 5-6 years ago he was still at Milo doing unpaid work on a Chris Grenier pro model no one remembers (that I randomly own now).

Bummer that he had to grind and basically work for free for Salomon and Niche before getting his big shot. "Passion" driven industries tend to expect that level of commitment and screw their employees... anime artists, video game designers, and fashion designers get FUCKED on pay and working conditions because their employers have a glut of "passionate" candidates willing to work for scraps for a shot. Worked out for J. Stone and that's probably just the reality of working in a diminished snowboarding industry, but still sucks.

[coleslawed]

i would put his predecessor/coworker Michael Chilton at Ride on a similar level, as well as Sean Tedore when he started with CAPiTA.

Chilton designed the WarPig which reinvigorated the short-fat movement, and Tedore designed the DOA & TFA (now Mercury), two of the best selling boards of the last decade.

[Vanni]

and Tedore designed the DOA & TFA (now Mercury),

I remember Tedore designed the DOA for sure, and the slightly tapered BSOD, and the Outsiders with the small flat area at the contact point, but not the TFA/Mercury.
But maybe I remember wrong

[Vanni]

K2 prototype baldface quiver, new alchemist graphic + other good nerdy stuff

this makes me want to try an Alchemist

edit: ok, looked at the 154 specs, (luckily) I don't want to try it anymore
Waist Width (mm) 247
Sidecut Radius (m) 7.3

No thanks

[Shredder]

Those green proto boards look like a lot of fun!