As part of the BMW test drive event, K2 had a rep there demoing skis. From what I could tell, he had a pretty good selection, all mountain, twins, ect.
My wife took out the Lotta Luvs; I took out the Rictor. Both were semi rockers; which I was interested in trying out.
My wife didn't like the skis. She thought they bounced around too much. Based on me skiing behind her and litterally seeing her "bounce" when she edged hard, I had to agree.
The Rictors weren't bad. They felt light underfoot, despite having a demo binding. But I ran into the same issue; chatter at high speed on hard pack. I looked down at the skis a few times when turning and I could see the tips vibrating a bit. Almost like they'd catch, then let go. On soft groomers or packed powder, these skis would rip. But if it gets a bit icy, then they became a little work.
Granted, both were demo skis and had a demo tune...which means they were probably a bit dull. But we walked away not that impressed. The guy running the demo was a bit surprised; he said my wife was the first one to say that ski was chattery in a 154. Demo guy was really cool. Talk about a guy who loved his job. He was really into it.
And to give a baseline, my wife skis on a Volk Aurora, I ski a HotRod Nitrous and a Nothing But Trouble twin.
I found a review on backcountry and this is pretty spot on: http://www.backcountry.com/k2-rictor-ski-w-marker-k2-mx-12.0
My wife took out the Lotta Luvs; I took out the Rictor. Both were semi rockers; which I was interested in trying out.
My wife didn't like the skis. She thought they bounced around too much. Based on me skiing behind her and litterally seeing her "bounce" when she edged hard, I had to agree.
The Rictors weren't bad. They felt light underfoot, despite having a demo binding. But I ran into the same issue; chatter at high speed on hard pack. I looked down at the skis a few times when turning and I could see the tips vibrating a bit. Almost like they'd catch, then let go. On soft groomers or packed powder, these skis would rip. But if it gets a bit icy, then they became a little work.
Granted, both were demo skis and had a demo tune...which means they were probably a bit dull. But we walked away not that impressed. The guy running the demo was a bit surprised; he said my wife was the first one to say that ski was chattery in a 154. Demo guy was really cool. Talk about a guy who loved his job. He was really into it.
And to give a baseline, my wife skis on a Volk Aurora, I ski a HotRod Nitrous and a Nothing But Trouble twin.
I found a review on backcountry and this is pretty spot on: http://www.backcountry.com/k2-rictor-ski-w-marker-k2-mx-12.0