BrightSide
Details
Built with All-Terrain Rocker
- Performance: 50% Powder / 50% Variable
- Sizes: 153, 160, 167, 174
- Binding Options: No Binding
- Radius: 16m @ 167
- Construction: Metal TNC, Hybritech Sidewall, Aspen/Paulownia/Bamboo - Bioflex 3
- Weight: 1750g @ 167
- Features: Progressive Sidecut, Tip and Tail Hardware, BioFlex3 Core, Pre-Cut Climbing Skins available
Technology
All Terrain Rocker
CAMBER: Control, edge hold, rebound
All-Terrain Rocker features an elevated tip for variable and soft snow performance, as well as camber underfoot for power, energy, and edge-hold in firmer conditions.
Simply put, All-Terrain Rocker offers versatility and ease in all snow conditions.
Progressive Sidecut
Tip and Tail Holes
Bioflex Cores
Climbing Skins
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Pros
- Crud
- Groomers
- Light
- Powder
- Powerful
- Versatile
Cons
- Ice
Best Uses
- All Mountain - Everyday
Comments about K2 Skis BrightSide:
This is my everyday go-to ski. At 90 mm underfoot, it's a versatile ski that goes anywhere on the mountain and easily and seamlessly travels from groomers to nongroomers (powder, crud, and bumps). Even when it's a little firm, it works! It's light but powerful - if you want to carve a turn, it does it with little effort. It's nimble for the off groomers to slip and slide through all conditions. If you have a one-ski quiver, this is the ski!
- Was this a gift?:
- No
Pros
- Light
- Smooth
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Back country
- Bumps
- Off piste
- On piste
Comments about K2 Skis BrightSide:
Wow. LOVE this ski. So fricken versatile and easy to ski. I have been on these on the hardpack of the Midwest and in the new, fresh pow of the Rocky Mountains. So glad to have this ski in my quiver. Thank you K2!!
Pros
- Great In Every Condition
- Nice Sidecut
- Rocker
Cons
Best Uses
- All Mt
- Bumps
- Crud
- groomers
Comments about K2 Skis BrightSide:
I am not a review writing type of girl (AT ALL) In fact this is the first review I have ever wrote! But these skis were so much fun and such a perfect all mt. ski that I was compelled to log on and leave feedback for all you lady rippers. Thank you K2 for creating the brightSides for women!
Pros
- Crud
- Groomers
- Powder
- Trees
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about K2 Skis BrightSide:
This ski totally rocks! Just got back from a trip out west and I demo-ed what seemed like EVERYTHING: Atomic Elysian, Blizzard Samba, Blizzard Black Pearl, Volkl Aura, Head Maya 9, and Elan Soul. I first tried the Brightsides at the end of the day when my legs were already tired, and had a hard time making them do what I wanted, but when convinced to take them back out the next morning, I realized that they knocked everything out of the park. Rock steady at high speeds, able to turn fast through moguls and trees, light enough to hike with easily, and powers through crud. Cannot wait to take them out again, I had so much fun!
Pros
- fun
- Nimble
- Powerful
- Spirited
- Versatile
Cons
- Not The Best For Real Ice
Best Uses
- Any condition
- Anywhere
- As The Snow Is Building
- As The Snow Is Falling
- Cut Up Powder
- Kinda Heavy Even
- Light Fluffy
- Not So Light And Fluffy
- Powder
Comments about K2 Skis BrightSide:
I'm at Mammoth Mountain, California. It's 8:30 and skys are dark but the Britesides are carving on groomers. With each run, a little more snow starts to fall. By 9:30, there's 2 inches on the runs and the Britesides are still carving turns. By 11:30, there's 8 inches on the runs and you can't feel the groomers anymore. Snow is cut up but the Britesides are plowing through the snow and the carving is still going on but on soft snow. By 12:30, there's 12 inches on the groomers. Visibility is low. The Britesides are floating through the powder. While bouncing in shorter turns, I can feel the soft cushions of the little powder pillows. When the powder section is cut up more, I can lay them over as if I were carving on a groomer and the Britesides take over, digging through the snow and arcing a turn as big as I want. I can go slow. I can go fast. I can make big sweeping turns. I can make short zippy turns. I can feel the power under my feet and know the Britesides and I are in control and we've conquered the mountain. I can trust that the Britesides have the power to get me there even when I can't see. What a perfect first powder day for the season!! This ski really does handle all conditions well.(2012-2013)
Pros
- Easy to maneuver
- Lightweight
- Nimble
- Stable
- Versatile
Cons
Best Uses
- Crud
- Powder
- Skied Out Areas
Comments about K2 Skis BrightSide:
This is a great everyday, everywhere ski. As a ski instructor, I need a ski that can perform different tasks and demos, at different speeds, on all types of terrain...and this is it! This is a very easy ski to recommend to people because it's easy to initiate, holds great on all types of snow (hard pack to fluff), it's lightweight for the ladies, and makes skiing so easy and enjoyable....what else is there?!
Pros
- Good cruiser
- This is a very stable ski
Cons
- A little Heavy
Best Uses
- Deeper snow
- Off groomed slopes
Comments about K2 Skis BrightSide:
Loved this ski! It can go anywhere.
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