K2 Marksman vs LINE SFB

So got last years sfb for a steal a couple months ago. I rode them for the first time today, riding the 190s mounted with pivot 18s, 130 flex boot. I ride aggressive all mountain and like to get air.


first impressions: coming directly off my Caylors, the sfb was soooo fun. Super poppy. Literally getting air out of high speed carves. Super nimble. Boosting off EVERYTHING. The tip shape allowed me to bust through crud no problem. Didn’t really get any deflections. Ski seemed torsionally stiff as well. Only real interesting thing was the flex. The tails seem way soft to me, while the noses seem pretty stiff??? Like I did some mad wheelies and tail butters that I normally would not have been able to do. Switch over to nose butters and presses, I got nothing. Pretty stiff. Maybe it’s just my crappy nose butter form who knows. That being said, I loved the way they rode. Super light weight, easy to rip around. Great all mtn ski so far. I’m just worried about durability in the long run. Thin full wrap edges, semi cap type construction in the tips. We’ll see how it goes!

i absolutely love my marksman.

they have served me incredibly well at places like bridger bowl, big sky, jackson hole, etc.

they are a plenty burly ski and the only times they feel less than perfect are on hard-pack groomer going mach 3... then you'll start to get some chatter. otherwise, they are incredibly fun ski that pivot easily, are an excellent crud-buster, floaty enough to handle deep days. definitively the best all around ski i've ever owned.

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first things first - you cannot alternate skis to mitigate edge wear/damage with the marksman. they have an asymmetrical sidecut. if you were to switch feet, you would be completely changing the turn radius of your skis and would drastically affect the way they ski. they would still be skiable, but would feel completely different and ultimately would not release out of a turn the same way. maybe i misread your comment, but just want to be completely clear about that.

i find them to be plenty playful but buttering/pressing has never really been my thing, so I can't speak to that. however, i am able to do basically anything i want with the ski, so there's that. i've done my fair share of park laps on them and they've done just fine.

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right, ok. i think i misread it.

no problem, they are an awesome ski and new top-sheet design is sick.

You know what's good for all mountain? Surface Outsiders! 112 underfoot and decent weight but can charge through anything with their stiff flex. They can also butter and pop real easily with the crazy triplane rocker and camber underfoot! Sick ski

Honestly the jeffrey 108 sounds perfect for you.

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The great thing about the Jeffrey is that it's not the flex that makes the ski playful, it's the shape. My quiver this year is going to be Jeffrey 108's with Adrenaline 16's, and Billy Goats with Attack 13's. Very excited.

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How tall are you? ( In cm pls, I'm smart and only use metric)



This meme was brought to you by three metric system gang.

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Nice

Yet another convert to on3p :,)

live long and prosper my friend