h.harb wrote:Did anyone else notice the statement from Tim Petric, K2 skis president, something like. "Narrower skis are working well and that many skiers have missed out on how easily they turn." This is the gist of the quote, not word for word, but it's clear the industry pendulum is going to starting swinging back. It's all about money and the retailers went hook line and sinker into wide skis. Wide skis can't be selling well or this would not come out.
That is a telling quote, because if K2/ Petrick said it, it is probably the next big thing.
Seriously, they were way out in front on the twin tip craze, then the fat ski craze, then the fat rockered craze, then the hybrid alpine/ at binding craze -ala subsidiary Marker-, and now they are making some pretty great resort-focused, user-friendly, narrower skis like the rictor and charger and bolt lines. If K2 is going to start to focus on Narrower skis again, then I'm betting the pendulum has already swung.
Though, considering its K2, I'd like to pin Petrick down on what exactly he means by 'wider' and 'narrower'…because I suspect he might say the Rictor 90 xti is a great 'narrower' ski...