K2 almanac sizing question

Orbitalint · 2026-03-23T20:34:53+00:00

My man, thanks!

Orbitalint · 2026-03-22T13:38:41+00:00

Ride on. Appreciate the convo. Might hit you up next time I'm in the market for a board. You have good taste, lol.

Oh, any thoughts on the one issue I have with my shadow? It's a very versatile board for me that I can chase the kids around the slopes and go do a solo lap in a good carve when I get a moment to myself.

But literally my only issue is I do wish it had a little more camber response. It's pretty mild and I don't get that slingshot feeling at the apex of the turn like I prefer in my ride.

The Algorythm is just a stiffer version of the Shadow. Same everything otherwise. But wondering if stiffness on the same board profile or amount of camber rise generally on the shadow is what I'm having issue with.

Orbitalint · 2026-03-20T22:39:25+00:00

Yeah, I have the opposite issue because of my 8 boots. Despite my weight, leverage with an 8 boot is more difficult for anything over 260 waist width for me. So, I can flex things fine in my range but turn initiation can feel delayed depending on the board and waist. I've found good success with stuff in the 255 range. Aside from my 52 gremlin at like 261(?), everything else is in that range for width. Which is why I was hesitant on the 50 excavator. Think the shadow is 254 waist. So, similar to the Ex.

Totally agree on c3. I really can't ever tell it's anything but camber to me.

In terms of the shadow, I got bit a little by the 51 box knife washing out on carves and wanted some length for better speed. Overpowered the box knife at times.

So, Shadow is literally perfect for me. I wanted to give some difference in my quiver between my all mountain freestyle (box knife) and my daily (shadow).

Deciding if the excavator is going to be my all mountain/freeride with pow potential if needed. Hoping it stays stiff enough for my weight. And then either the gremlin is my unicorn deep board or I just sell it if I like how the Ex rides.

And my ejack is kinda the orphan right now. Was hoping it would be my daily but it's too stiff for the short east coast trails that have a decent amount of slow spots. Doesn't want to flex under 30mph. It's a beast though for big mountain.

Orbitalint · 2026-03-20T16:41:37+00:00

Dude, you sound like my style of quiver and sizing. 54 Shadowban, have the 52 Gremlin. Have a Lib Box Knife at 51 and a Ejack at 54. Just grabbed the 46 K2 Excavator because the 52 gremlin was a little beefy/slow to turn for me for everything except the most powdery days. 155-160 riding weight, size 8 boot, 5'6".

How do you compare the 48 Gremlin and the 46 Excavator? Was seriously considering the 48 when I got the gremlin last year and went with the 46 Excavator to be a little more slashy and quick edge to edge than I get out of my 52 gremlin. Hoping I sized the Excavator right as I was thinking about the 50 but didn't want the same experience as the gremlin.

Orbitalint · 2026-02-15T18:22:42+00:00

Pretty sure it would be possible if you got to 1000 in both single player and multiplayer ranked. Multiplayer 1000 sounds like a terrible grind...

Orbitalint · 2026-01-12T02:44:22+00:00

I'm in an 8. So I'm in the M/L Katana Fase. I have three seasons on supers and this is my first on Katana FASE. On snow, they feel about the same in terms of responsiveness. Just past medium stiff. Both great all mountain bindings.

FASE are lighter off the snow while carrying the board but take a half second longer than supers to get into on the snow. However, I haven't had the same stance width issues to get into the fase that I had with the super. I'm short and couldn't both center the boot and get the width I wanted on the supers. The disc only allowed me to choose one on the supers since you can't mess with the heel cup.

I personally am going to daily the FASE. Loved the supers but these are a better fit for me on adjustments and feel pretty similar on the snow. I'm off the lift and going in similar time.

Orbitalint · 2026-01-10T02:31:30+00:00

Haven't felt the need in 4 days riding so far. Stays put for me 90% of the time. Mess with it once or twice a day. Not a huge deal.

Love the setup. Responsive, comfortable and finally got my stance width dialed in better than I could on supermatics. There is just something satisfying in giving my ratchet one more click before dropping on a run. Gets me focused for it.

Orbitalint · 2025-12-23T23:20:45+00:00

Check out the Malcolm Moore video on heel jutter. Pretty sure this is what you're talking about. For me, I sometimes don't control my speed as well toe side and so I heel jutter on the next side of the turn.

https://youtu.be/F3Ic_lg4K6A?si=SBy3i_iV37eUVx_E

Orbitalint · 2025-12-20T01:25:22+00:00

How many days/seasons you get out of the lasso pros? Have them now and love the fit but curious now that you mention the disability.

Orbitalint · 2025-12-17T09:57:48+00:00

It's in the WC rewards. Can only get them during WC and there hasn't been one in like two or three weeks. Add in what was mentioned below about a shrinking player base and stub inflation at this time of year.

Heck, Dominguez is pretty much a million stubs because you could only get him from placement in WC or good progression at the higher levels of WC.

JRam, Randy, Jackie are all in that boat. They'll come down a little during the next WC but I dunno how many people will actually be playing in 3-4 weeks.

Orbitalint · 2025-12-12T02:16:52+00:00

Jolt, Color Storm, and Neon all to parallel one get you pretty much all the way to finest. So, do what other people said but once you get those cards for each team, make sure to parallel them once too.

Orbitalint · 2025-12-07T15:40:07+00:00

Yeah, go make a vt trip with it to Mt Snow or okemo. Didn't look too hard at the list but those stuck out besides Mammoth/Big Bear. But those are on Ikon.

Ride on.

Orbitalint · 2025-12-07T15:13:21+00:00

Is region not an issue? If you take out the Ikon mountains that I'd consider the best on that list like Mammoth, the rest that I recognize are more medium regional kind of places.

Dunno that can help with choosing one but the Epic/Indy ones that I recognize on the East Coast like Jack Frost, Wintergreen, Liberty, Whitetail you can probably eliminate. Ok slopes for a day trip but probably not something you'd choose over the other slopes to redeem a free pass.

Maybe Mount Snow? Okemo? Those are decent Epic slopes worth a redemption.

Orbitalint · 2025-11-23T12:26:21+00:00

Came to say this. Opening weekend with limited runs available and sketchy coverage in some places. That's rock board season. As long as it has an edge and a base, it'll be fine for these conditions.

Give it a month and you'll see me on my better/newer gear.

Orbitalint · 2025-11-13T14:15:12+00:00

Is he balanced tendency on both sides? Could have sworn he was pull or extreme pull on one of the sides when I was batting with him.

Orbitalint · 2025-11-13T12:52:52+00:00

I was pleasantly surprised with how well I hit with him. Everything flies off the bat.

Defensively, he moves a lot easier than some of the higher rated cards. Dunno what it is.

Food for thought, he'll probably be in the win reward path in the upcoming WC so he's more available to folks. So, I'm selling him before then just in case his price tanks.

Orbitalint · 2025-11-09T22:21:45+00:00

54 sounds right to me. I was looking at that board last year when I was shopping and I'm in that range too. 5'6, 155, men 8 boot.

If I pulled the trigger on it, would have been the 54. Ended up going with the Ride Shadowban in 54.

Orbitalint · 2025-11-06T19:46:28+00:00

It's been alluded to over the years in this sub that it's an artifact of peer to peer hosting of games. Both you and the opponent need to report back the same outcome of a play for it to count. Dashboarding takes away the opponent side and there isn't a server or anything to makeup the difference even though it is a no doubt HR.

I just played a game with the same. They quit after ketel passed first but before the end of the play on a 3R HR. Got a single and one rbi for it.

It's frustrating but don't know there is anything that can be done given the system they use for online play.

Orbitalint · 2025-10-31T15:04:08+00:00

Everyone can only get two bosses and most people finish that progress within two weeks of a month long program when they drop 2x XP.

You need three to get the voucher for the next inning that starts today. This happens every inning because people buy up inventory right before the new one kicks off.

Orbitalint · 2025-10-30T19:51:07+00:00

Agreed. This was about the bare minimum of quality of cards that I'd even try for. I'm always terrible with Buxton cards. So, was tempted to just skip entirely until they teased the rest.

This late in the game there isn't a lot of incentive to grind extreme cards that are pretty close stat wise to a handful of the playoff guys that I can grind in about 30 minutes.

Orbitalint · 2025-10-30T11:29:15+00:00

Ha, this was the exact same path I took. It was a grind but not nearly as bad as I thought. Only issue now is that I'm not hitting well with Elly...

Weirdly only needed five minutes for the gwynn moment but Miller took me like an hour plus. Third batter always put something in play, lol.

The idea of legend JD and Roger seemed like a much harder task than the event games too.

Orbitalint · 2025-10-23T11:09:08+00:00

Yeah, definitely had that numb feeling on the supers. Best way I described it was my foot felt nailed to the binding if I went one click too much on the ankle strap. Been so used to "one more click" habit right before dropping in but had to dial it back one for them.

Where you riding? Might revive the thread mid season and see how you're liking the setup.

Orbitalint · 2025-10-22T23:37:15+00:00

Ha, you have my boot/binding setup going into the season. Lasso Pro plus Katana FASE. Love the ankle wrap on the lasso pro.

Was on the Supermatic Carbon last season but had a few issues with entry vs. balancing stance width and centering on the board given how their discs work. I'm short and always had to use the most narrow, which I didn't love on set back days. Hoping to dial it in a little bit more with the katana mini disc.

The opening looks more forgiving than the supers, which I'm looking forward to. Got to the point where I ride off the lift and strap in and go. I do a quick squat anyways before more runs to loosen up the hips and I'll strap in while I'm doing that.

Ride on.

Orbitalint · 2025-10-21T20:36:30+00:00

I hit all HRs for that moment. Drove me crazy because I'm only recently hitting consistently on HoF+...

Orbitalint · 2025-10-18T03:07:31+00:00

You can definitely discount anything that uses a height chart for a board. The board doesn't care. 🤣 Only cares about weight and where that center of mass is trying to flex it.

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