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  • All Terrain Rocker

    ROCKER: Easy initiation, versatility, agility
    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.
    All-Terrain Profile
  • Powder-Specific Tip Design

    Powder-Specific Tip Design

    The widest point of a powder tip is 7cm back from the standard contact point. The design adds stability and predictability while skiing and is less likely to hook or grab in light crusts or variable conditions.
  • Progressive Sidecut

    Progressive Sidecut

    Progressive sidecut is a combination of two different radii, or sidecuts, that enhance the versatility of wider-waist skis. Standard sidecut theory is based on using a single radius. This works well on narrower skis, but becomes overpowering on wider skis, especially in variable conditions. The use of progressive sidecut on wider-waist skis guarantees improved turn initiation and hard-snow performance.
  • BIO Core Tech

    BIO Core Tech

    For backcountry skiers conscious of their caloric and environmental output, our Adventure skis use a blended core of aspen, bamboo, and Paulownia, (a reforestation plantation tree similar to bamboo) that has consistent density, great strength-to-weight ratio, and fast-growth carbon-sequestration. The core is just one component of the ski, but the result is 15% weight savings over our traditional fir/aspen cores and a lessened footprint, reducing the impact of the ski on you and the winter world.
  • Tip and Tail Holes

    Tip and Tail Holes

    Holes in the tip and tail are not only the attachments points for K2 skins, but they also fit the functional needs of a backcountry skier including the ability to build a rescue sled or construct various ski anchors. The holes are equipped with removable plugs.
  • Flat Tails

    Flat Tails

    All Adventure skis come with flat tails, providing backcountry utility by allowing you to plunge the tails easily into firm snow.
  • Skin Clip Arc

    Skin Clip Arc

    The tails of our Adventure skis are designed with a concave notch to ensure that the skin clip, regardless of size or skin brand, stays securely centered on the tail.
  • Hybritech Construction

    Hybritech Construction

    This wider-waisted construction combines the accuracy and power performance of sidewall underfoot with the lightweight and smooth turn initiation of cap construction.
  • TNC Construction

    TNC Construction

    Weight reduction is paramount in the BackSide model line. We've tooled a BackSide specific TNC Metal Laminate Construction that lessens weight wile providing an accurate and responsive feel.

REVIEW SNAPSHOT®

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K2 SkisSideStash
 
4.9

(based on 27 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Great flotation (24)
  • Good grip (22)
  • Good carving ability (19)
  • Durable (16)
  • Smooth ride (14)

Cons

  • Heavy (4)

Best Uses

  • Powder (14)
  • Downhill (12)
  • Powder skiing (11)
  • Icy conditions (5)
  • Backcountry (4)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • Expert (10), Advanced (5), Competitive skier (5)
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5.0

Ski hard or go home

By Rigo

from Bend, OR

About Me Advanced

Pros

  • Durable
  • Good Carving Ability
  • Good Grip
  • Scratch Resistant

Cons

  • Heavy

Best Uses

  • Groomed Terrain
  • Powder Skiing

Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

I wasn't thrilled with the idea on buying an 108 waist ski for versatility but focusing on powder. The result is that I can turn on crust, on ice groomed slopes but all that need one prerequisite. Speed. This ski needs speed to react and show for what it is made. In powder though I can smile during my ride but not as I smiled when I compared them with a Volkl gotama. It's a stiff, more heavy than the other cousins but a fat ski that you can use it and be confident with.

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5.0

great everyday ride!!!

By Rocco

from Munich, Germany

About Me Expert

Pros

  • Good Grip
  • Great Flotation
  • Lightweight

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Backcountry
    • Powder Skiing
    • Telemarking

    Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

    I just had the first day out on my new Sidestash. I am am telemark skier, 5'11 and ca. 160 lbs., and mostly ski off-piste and backcountry.

    I was looking for something to replace my 2 year old Coomback 181. It needed to be a bit wider, a bit stiffer and a bit longer. Since buying the Coomba, while being an awesome ski for all kinds of applications, it grew a bit short for me and I wanted something more stable at high speeds.

    I chose the 188cm length and have it mounted with NTN bindings. The ski skis absolutely great in most snow from powder, to crud, to groomers and does it all with ease and lots of confidence.

    Just what I was looking for. Amazing!!!

    For size recommendations, keep in minde that it received a longer rocker shovel this year and thus skis a bit shorter. I am happy to have chosen the longer version (compared to the Commback in 181) since it gives me the tracking stability at speed and in chopped snow while the rocker still allows for quick turning when it gets tricky, like in narrow chutes or in the trees.

    Other considerations were: Völkl Gotama in 186, Kästle BMX 108 in 188, Dynastar LPR 105 in 184 and Liberty Helix in 182.
    In the end I chose the Sidestash since the Kästle was purely too expensive, the Dynastar too stiff, the Liberty too soft and the Gotama had too much rocker.

    Hope this helps. Enjoy!

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    5.0

    The LL Bean Extreme Team is right!!

    By Anti-Crist Fan

    from The Real World

    About Me Professional

    Pros

    • Durable
    • Good Carving Ability
    • Photo shoots for LL Bean
    • Smooth Ride

    Cons

    • Heavy

    Best Uses

    • Downhill
    • Groomed Terrain
    • Powder Skiing

    Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

    This ski is so great for my LL Bean Extreme Team photo shoots. My brother and I love this ski, and it really helps us keeping it real in the backcountry!!

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    5.0

    Amazing Versatility

    By D Sterling

    from Mammoth Lakes, CA

    About Me Expert

    Pros

    • Durable
    • Good Grip
    • Great Flotation
    • Scratch Resistant
    • Smooth Ride

    Cons

      Best Uses

        Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

        Use this ski on/off piste with NTN system. stable platform in all conditions. rocker and side cut work best for me in 181, 6.0/190 lbs. Definitely most versatile ski in the line, nice job Hattrup!

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        5.0

        SPECIAL DELIVERY

        By Jackson

        from Reno, NV

        About Me Expert

        Pros

        • Good Carving Ability
        • Good Grip
        • Great Flotation
        • Smooth Ride
        • Trustworthy
        • Versatile

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Crud
          • Powder Skiing

          Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

          If you live in the West, this is your new everyday ski for all the right reasons: front rocker only, flat tail, traditional camber for bounce in the pow, 108 waist still lets you sink some, square sidewalls for sustained grip and two sheets of metal means nothing knocks it off course. [*] For a traditional stance-and-pressure skier, this might be the best crud ski ever made. Full disclosure: I asked for, and received, the Sidestash because after analyzing the 2010 market it had everything I was looking for. It delivered in spades. The only time it came up short was on super-deep uncut pow in snowbird in April when I could have used another cm or two underfoot, but that's what the Pon2oon is for.

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          5.0

          nice ride

          By Chill

          from P3c Pocatello Idaho

          About Me Expert

          Pros

          • Durable
          • Good Carving Ability
          • Good Grip
          • Great Flotation
          • Lightweight
          • Scratch Resistant
          • Smooth Ride

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Backcountry
            • Big Mountain
            • Cross-Country
            • Powder Skiing

            Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

            ride them hard,and don't put them away wet,because your going to want to ride them tomorrow, from the 1st of Nov.till the last day of April. I have loved this ski,they ski my At boots,when I'm walking and throw on the big boots and lookout! I do have a big quiver.But this is a fun ride....

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            5.0

            Could Not Out Challenge These Skis

            By Trail Blazer

            from Mt. Hood, Oregon

            About Me Expert

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            Pros

            • Aggresive
            • Durable
            • Good Grip
            • Great Flotation
            • Lightweight
            • Scratch Resistant

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Cross-Country
              • Downhill
              • Powder Skiing
              • Telemarking

              Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

              I purchased these skis early January 2011. I used them at Timberline, Mt.Hood Oregon. At Timberline you get all conditions. High altitude wind blown ice, corn, ice cap powder, fluff, Deep Powder, crud, and good groomed. I demo a lot of skis, I have skied Coomback, Hellbent, S7, Prophets, and Gotama.
              I did not want to write a review until I skied all conditions. Mostly so that I could write what I did Not like about these skis. I have challenged these skis to everything I could throw at them, and I just keep smiling. These skis are very aggresive, I find myself diving into terain that suprises even me. They hold on ice. Easy to turn in steeps, confident in crud and a bliss in powder. I have nothing negative to say about these skis. I have talk to 3 other people that I seen with the Sidestash and they have only good things to say. The K2 skins are the best ever. I could not believe the steeps I was climbing with these skins, did not slip once.
              It is now Mid April, I just got done skiing the best day of my life. 36 inches of 22 degree Champaign Powder, Back Country 7 miles from top to bottom. I could not stop laughing. These skis were like a dream.

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              5.0

              Happy Camper!

              By Michael

              from Sandpoint, Idaho

              About Me Professional

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              Pros

              • Confidence inspiring
              • Durable
              • Good Carving Ability
              • Good Grip
              • Good work ski
              • Great Flotation
              • Lightweight
              • Smooth Ride

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Backcountry
                • Great work ski
                • Groomed Terrain
                • Powder Skiing

                Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

                Tired of skiing my beloved Mantras I picked up a pair of SideStashes during Christmas week and have only been smiling since. With 66 days on them so far this season I have to rate this as the top ski I have owned. I knew it would be an awesome powder ski but these puppies hold a tight line in the groomed and are rock solid at speed. They are a solid ski for patrol work when you need to depend on your equipment along with just plain infusing me with a lot of postiive energy that you always hope for when you buy a new pair of boards. I use them 1/3 of the time for AT and have no concerns over the weight as they are so much lighter than skis I have had in previous years. It's been many years since I rode on K2's but I am definately a Happy Camper this season!!

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                5.0

                SideStash Love

                By Roosterdoo

                from Wyoming

                About Me Expert

                Pros

                • Good Carving Ability
                • Good Grip
                • Great Flotation
                • Lightweight
                • Scratch Resistant
                • Smooth Ride

                Cons

                • Made in China

                Best Uses

                • Cross-Country
                • Downhill
                • Groomed Terrain
                • Powder Skiing
                • Telemarking

                Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

                These skis are very stable and are easy to turn. I ski them most days unless it is super hard snow conditons. They are light enough to be used when earning your turns.

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                5.0

                No regrets - keeps on giving!

                By Cary P

                from Sandy, UT

                About Me Expert

                Pros

                • Good Carving Ability
                • Good Grip
                • Great Flotation
                • Lightweight
                • Scratch Resistant
                • Smooth Ride

                Cons

                • Hard snow

                Best Uses

                • Crud busting
                • Powder Skiing
                • Soft snow
                • Touring

                Comments about K2 Skis SideStash:

                Had chance to ski the SideStash last April while Heli'ing w/ CMH. Skied corn cycle - hard snow first 2 runs, soft before lunch. These are soft-snow first skis, but they held up on the hard and surprised me - once I adjusted to putting a 108 under foot on edge. Enjoyed them over variable conditions then... Fast forward 10 months and have been on my own pair (that I paid for) for 3 months in the Wasatch. I matched the setup from before and put A-T/Alpine compatible binding on them. I've both skied with A-T boots and Alpine. Backcountry has been excellent - light enough and responsive with a softer boot. Integrated skins have worked great (once I got them). Alpine has been a blast. Mostly ski these on fresh days at Alta and they have not disappointed. They love to run but I can still ski steep, tight chutes. I can plow through the chop and even rip the soft bumps - though let's be real, these are made for the freshies!! The rocker lets me get away with a longer board, which I like without giving up too much responsiveness. I'm 5' 9"/ 175 and ski the 188. I've not regretted that a bit! I knew I sensed something special when I skied them last spring and I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a versatile soft-snow focused ski. They just might cause me to get rid of my tele gear, and these are coming with me on the ski fusion trip this spring at CMH.

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                SideStash

                All Terrain Rocker

                Built with All-Terrain Rocker

                139/108/127

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                Size Chart

                Whether tracking out your secret stash in bounds or heading out the backcountry gate to harvest week-old pow, the K2 SideStash is the perfect ski. With a longer rise for 2011/12, the All-Terrain shovel rocker provides even more floatation and predictability to flash wide-open slopes and the nimbleness required to charge tight chutes. When the snow is all tracked out, the powerful metal-laminate construction delivers a smooth, damp, and stable ride as you confidently blast through leftover crud.

                Performance: 70% Powder / 30% Variable
                Sizes: 167, 174, 181, 188
                Radius: 25m @ 181
                Construction: Metal TNC, Hybritech Sidewall, Aspen/Paulownia
                Weight: 2070g
                Features: Powder Tip, Progressive Sidecut, Tip and Tail Holes, Pre-Cut Skins Available
                Compatible with K2 Skins