Board: K2 Party Platter
Size: 143
Camber Option: Directional Rocker Baseline. A flat middle section with a mellow rocker in the tips.
Bindings: K2 Lien AT
Stance: 21.5 Wide 18 Negative 15 Goofy
Boots: K2 Thraxis Size 10
My Weight: 177lbs
Resort: Arapahoe Basin
Conditions: Overcast skies with a bit of sun poking through, mild wind, firm to chundery snow, and every now and then it would drop some dipping-dot-like snow.
Flex: This board is very playful and loose. With the rocker profile and core profiling you get a lot of play in the tips, a bit more stable underfoot, and then an abundance of torsional flex.
Stability: The wider frame of this board is where its stability derives from. When charging around the moguls, variable terrain, dropping a few small cliffs, and playing in the park this board only bucked me once and that was more a result of riding in flat light and not seeing a little rut than the board itself.
Ollies: This board had some serious spring to it when popping off rollers, side hits, cliffs, and everything else I could find. Load it up and boost, be skatey and boost.
Pop On Jumps: While I normally wouldn’t recommend a 143 at my weight for hitting jumps, this thing made it seem like I was launching a Mega Ramp on a skateboard. I wouldn’t go hit a 70 foot booter of death, but I think you could probably do it if you really wanted to.
Butterability: The rockered tips are super playful and really let you get over them and press into the snow. Lets face it the damn things called a Party Platter, it’s designed to butter your muffing all over.
Jibbing: This board is playful yet snappy on jibs and that’s nice for when you really press into a rail or box. The loose feel of it aids with not hanging up.
Carving: The sidecut on this lets you drive hard while it also rails through aggressive Euro-carves. I could really get low and lock this board in while leaving a trench in my wake. Over all whether it’s short quick turns or deep aggressive ones this board does not disappoint.
Rider in Mind: The guy that’s going to downsize his deck, ride the mountain like a skatepark, and not give a fuck that his girlfriend rides a bigger board.
Personal Thoughts: Owning a Cool Bean I kind of regret not holding out for this board. It’s a blast if you want to surf the mountain or get really intense on some butters or making the hill into a skatepark. It’s one of those boards that came out at the right time, because a few years ago this would have been dismissed as being a Nug knockoff.
Comparable Boards: Yes Optimistic, Ride Warpig, Venture Euphoria
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This board was loaned to us for review from K2 Snowboards marketing department.
*Disclaimer this board did not change for 2018 so we carried the 2017 review over.*
8 Comments
I tried it today and had fun with this short board, but I also tried a salmon super 8 which I enjoyed as well.
Any opinion on what to get off those two boards, I mainly do grooming but love those times I get to go of piste with loose snow. The sales guy said both are good for groomers and of piste.
I’m 5’11 , 170 lbs, way too old, I’ve had an Extrem eline board (camden, swedish manuf) that have served me for a long time. I don’t do jib or is a park guy, but I enjoy jumps sometimes. It seems that the salmon is most similar to my old board, which has felt like an extension of my body….
Salomon for sure.
Would you take this over the warpig?
In what regards?
As a 2nd board, up and coming rad dad. All mtn cruiser.
Warpig.
Looking for a fun resort board to replace a slash brainstorm that I don’t like. I have a hovercraft and an amplid creamer split. Something for farting around a resort, a Lil switch, lots of side hits, variable conditions, sliding with my kids. Never tried an asym twin? Any thoughts…party platter, yes greats?
Gnu Spam.