K2 Believer - 2010

Quick
stats: Recommended for park riding.

Good Wood Overall winner!! Voted the overall winner for Men’s premium snowboards in Transworld Snowboarding’s Annual Good Wood test, The K2 team continues to be the sole driving force of the believer, the perfect snowboard for taking tricks from the park into the backcountry.

Manufacturer's Description:

This year the team requested we add our all NEW! Flatline Technology to make the Believer even better. We answered. The slightly longer tip and tail and Twin-tip Hyper Progressive sidecut combined with the Hybritaper Construction instills confidence that every spin will maintain stability and control while the WH3 Core takes lightweight strength and lively flex to new levels.

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Year: 2010

Available Lengths (cm):
151, 154, 157, 159, 161

Riding Style:
All Mountain

Specifications:

Hybitaper (tapered cap/sidewall hybrid) construction
Twin Tip Hyper Progressive shape
Centered stance
WH3 core (wood/honeycomb)
Triax glass with ICG10 carbon reinforcement
Carbon Matrix I torsion forks
4000 grade sintered base
1 degree edge bevel
Flatline zero camber profile

SB-RV Review

There are great boards then there’s the Believer! A true all-mountain freestyle board that really can do everything, and do it very very well. Firstly, the Believer is great for carving and although it’s softer between the feet than I’m used to it holds an edge very well because of good torsional rigiditiy. Coincidentally because it is softer between the feet it’s great for short/tight controlled carves on steeper terrain but the torsional rigidity and dampening underfoot mean that you can still straigh-line icy and crusty slopes. In powder it floats like a dream and the pop in the tail is so lively that you literally bounce everywhere in snow deeper than 20cm. Unsuprisingly the Believer excells on jumps; it’s rediculously light, stable and very forgiving on the sketchiest of landings.

Perhaps the most impressive thing is the ridiculously fast base; because I’m so light and wear very big board clothing I’ve always had problems with keeping my speed on flat slopes. Not on the Believer; I’m now the fastest rider on the mountain. What can I say?....I’m a believer.

Posted by Rich Ewbank in • K2

User Reviews

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Marcus on January 12, 2011 at 02:37 AM

Hi Rich I just have a quick question for you, is this board a twin tip or is it a directional twin?

Rich Ewbank on January 12, 2011 at 07:21 AM

Apologies Marcus, you are right the Believer is a true twin. Changing it as I write this.

Marcus on January 14, 2011 at 06:07 AM

Thanks Rich! Just got this board in the mail yesterday and took it out for a quick session and it was great! It performed very well on groomers all day and the pop is just amazing on hitting the jumps. Got it for a great deal too on sun and ski sports if anyone else is interested. Believer FTW!