K2 Fastplant - 2011

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Bamboo is the future! Once again K2 have taken a technology that’s been around for years, made it better and then put tons of money behind marketing. The Fastplant’s new Bambooyah core helps to create a snowboard that is easy to ride, full of energy and pop and most importantly, more fun than Disneyland to ride. The Bambooyah core is no gimmick it’s the future of freestyle snowboarding.

Manufacturer's Description:

Park, Pipe, Street and Destroy.

Whatever you thought about snowboards, hit reset. The NEW 2010-11 Fastplant™ signals yet another first for K2 and for snowboarding: the INDESTRUCTIBLE* core. You read that right! Skate-inspired and eco-friendly, Fastplant’s new Bambooyah™ core – pioneered by K2 mad scientists – signals the arrival of a game-changing breed of park tool. All jacked-up on JIB ROCKER, the Fastplant delivers unequalled pop, strength and durability. Combined with signature graphics, the ultimate park board is born!

Recommended for park riding.

Recommended for halfpipe riding.

Recommended for rail riding.

High cost $

Available in Wide.

Rocker Construction.

Twin Shape.

Green or Eco Friendly Construction.

Year: 2011

Available Lengths (cm):
151, 154, 157, 160, 156W, 159W, 162W

Riding Style: Freestyle/Park

Specifications:

Jib Rocker™ profile
Hybritaper construction
Twin Tip shape
Hyper Progressive sidecut
BamBooyah™ Core
Triax/Biax/ICG 20
Carbon Matrix II torsion forks
4000 grade sintered base

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Snowboard Review:

Watch the 2011 K2 Fastplant Video Snowboard Review

2011 K2 Fastplant Video Snowboard Review

There is a lot of hype around the Fastplant, for once you can believe it! I‘ve been looking for a snowboard that deals with park and pistes with equal finesse for years and the Fastplant fits the bill and smashes it, I really believe K2 have raised the bar with the Fastplant.

So what’s the different about the Fastplant. Well if you haven’t heard, K2 have introduced their all new Bambooyah core into the Fastplant’s construction. Unlike pretty much every other core on the market, the Bambooyah core has laminates of wood much like the ply construction used on skateboards. By layering bamboo plies this way, the core acquires this unbelievable energy and according to K2 also becomes almost indestructible, which would probably explain why K2 have put a 5 year guarantee against core damage. Adding the Carbon torsion forks into the core means that the Fastplant punches you out of carves even with the Jib Rocker profile, it defies logic but it’s incredible. Oh and don’t worry about tail heavy landings, the Fastplant is the first park focused rocker that deals with off centre landings like a cambered board. The crew at Snowboard-Review all agree that Bamboo is the future of cores in freestyle snowboards, it’s sustainable, cheap and boy-oh-boy it turns snowboard performance on its head.

The rest of the Fastplant is pretty familiar if you’ve ridden the K2 Parkstar. The shape is clean, the stance wide and the progressive sidecut makes turn initiation easy and super predictable. Riding bigger jumps, the Fastplant benefits from the torsion forks, these remove any chatter, make sure that aggressive carves into kickers hold true and that off centre landings can be ridden out. The flex is fairly forgiving, maybe a 4.5 out of ten longitudinally and perhaps a little firmer torsionally, buttering is easy and the board works well on jibs, rails and boxes; to be honest this is where the Jib Rocker comes into it’s own.

Snowboarders of every level are going to enjoy the Fastplant. Performance is on tap for advanced freestyle snowboarders, but the board is easy to turn and incredibly forgiving, making it suitable for riders of every level. K2 was at the forefront of the reverse camber revolution, expect other manufacturers to be taking notes on the Fastplant’s Bambooyah, it’s certainly no gimmick, it makes snowboarding even more fun than before. Buy this board!

Posted by Rich Ewbank in • K2

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What colour is powder?

DDR on August 22, 2010 at 01:48 PM

Keep reading glowing reviews of both the Fastplant and Never Summer Evo, but nothing comparing the two.  As far as I can tell they’re both similarly priced top-end park boards that can handle the mountain, but how would you compare one to the other?  which would you get?

Rich Ewbank on August 22, 2010 at 04:18 PM

Hi DDR. I’m afraid I didn’t get to test the EVO this year, and although I rode it last year the size I rode was a 158 which was a little bit big for the board. I’m a huge fan of the Fastplant as you can probably tell from the video review. If you intend to ride mostly Park then I would go for the Fastplant. If you need a bit more of an all mountain board I’d go for the EVO… although saying that the EVO won our King of Jib competition this year beating off 12 other boards. Essentially they are both great boards so it’s more of case of which graphics you like the most. Sorry probably not very helpful.

Leo on September 02, 2010 at 04:37 AM

Hey have you guys tested the DH2 for this year yet? I’ve read a lot of good reviews on the fastplant but was curious how it matched up on the DH2 at a similar price point and target rider (me! haha)

Thanks!

-Leo

Rich Ewbank on September 08, 2010 at 01:51 PM

Hi Leo,

I’m sure they’re very similar, also because Ride and K2 are essentially the same company and built in the same factories. However, I will say, there’s something special about the Fastplant!

andy on November 29, 2010 at 11:22 PM

2nd day of riding the board delaminated between my legs from buttering and left a nice huge chip,  Lets see how good their warranty really is on this “unbreakable board”

Jake on November 30, 2010 at 04:12 PM

Hey Andy I was wandering if the warranty did cover that delamination between the bindings if you’ve found that out yet.  Also I was wandering If this was a board worth its price I’m 16 and dont have a lot of money this would for shure wipe my bank acount out.  I curently ride a beat up 07 152cm Anagram and am looking for a new freestyle/allmountain board.  Last season I got a grade 4 out of 5 cuncussion and I was told by a doctor that if I wasn’t wering a helmat I would have for shure died.  So I wanted an honest opinoin if I could use this board on an allmountain terain because there is a good chance I wont be alowed to ride in the terain park again. So just in case i cant ride in the terain park i was wandering if this was a good board to choose anyway.

Rich Ewbank on November 30, 2010 at 04:21 PM

HI Jake.Sorry to hear about your concusion… that sounds pretty bad.Regarding the fastplant, its definitely a board that is fun to use around the pistes hitting natural jumps and dicving into the powder now and again, for that there probably aren’t many boards that are as good. If you want a board that charges hard too you might find the Turbo Dream is a better choice, not quite as good in the park but brilliant fun for all mountain riding, particularly with this years Harshmellow dampeners.

Andy- Be sure to let us know if K2 warranty that for you. You shouldn’t be getting delams 2 days in, if at all. Users on the site will definitely want to know if K2 are good for their money as far as customer service goes.

Jake on December 02, 2010 at 05:04 AM

Ya now I’m just kinda wandering if this board is going to break because if it does I don’t want to have to go back to my Anagram wile i wait for the repair/warranty.  I have a little less than two weeks before my local mountain opens up and I’m pretty pumped but I also need to get a new board soon so any other sugestions would be nice. My price range is about 500 max. P.S. Thanks Rich

andy on December 03, 2010 at 11:00 PM

K2 told me to keep riding it, and that most boards have more damage within a few weeks.  Either way the board had a year warranty so I am going to wait untill the end of the season to send it back because it is still rideable.  Other than that the board is sick, and rides long.

john on January 24, 2011 at 05:32 PM

how does it carve?

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