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Editorial 29

2018 K2 Party Platter Snowboard Review

By Angrysnowboarder @angrysnowboard · On January 20, 2018

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.*

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29 Comments

  • Erik says: February 11, 2018 at 3:27 pm

    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….

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: February 11, 2018 at 3:35 pm

      Salomon for sure.

      Reply
  • Charles says: May 17, 2018 at 12:24 pm

    Would you take this over the warpig?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: May 17, 2018 at 1:44 pm

      In what regards?

      Reply
  • Charles says: May 17, 2018 at 2:35 pm

    As a 2nd board, up and coming rad dad. All mtn cruiser.

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: May 18, 2018 at 8:34 am

      Warpig.

      Reply
  • Jamie says: September 29, 2018 at 9:13 am

    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?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: September 29, 2018 at 11:11 am

      Gnu Spam.

      Reply
  • Grayson says: December 25, 2018 at 4:18 am

    Which bindings do you recommend for this board? I saw you were using the K2 Lien ats, but aren’t those a stiffer style for the type of flex this board gives? What do you think about the k2 lineups? I plan on using this mainly in powder

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: December 25, 2018 at 7:59 am

      Rip the heel block out of the Lien AT’s and it gets a whole lot more surfy.

      Reply
  • Chris says: January 4, 2019 at 1:28 am

    Thraxis? Why?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: January 4, 2019 at 9:00 am

      Because I can.

      Reply
  • Chris says: January 4, 2019 at 1:36 am

    Less than 180 lbs in that boot and the Rossi Krypto is too stiff for you? You must have busted your ankles at some point and have range of motion issues…or you’re just fucking with your audience in the hopes that no one would notice that you’re reviewing a “volume shift” pudding pop with a foot vice. Love your stuff though.

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: January 4, 2019 at 9:00 am

      Or I know how to ride a stiff ass boot and you don’t know your ass from a hole in the ground.

      Reply
  • Chris says: January 4, 2019 at 9:28 am

    Or I know how to ride a stiff ass board and you don’t know your mouth from a sewer pipe….someone used the ass from a hole in the ground expression on me the other day. Love those old timey slanders. Seriously though, why such a stiff boot?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: January 4, 2019 at 9:56 am

      I bet you know how to ride a stiff ass board. Boots not stiff enough.

      Reply
  • Jonas says: January 6, 2019 at 12:29 am

    I‘m 5“8, 165lbs and have shoe size US11, would you recommend the 143 or the 150 to me?
    When you should downsize this board about 7-10cm the 143 probably fits better. BUT I think that it probably is not wide enough for my feet and I also don’t know if it’s a little bit too small in general.. Already rode the 150 in pow and had a good time, can‘t really imagine the difference.

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: January 6, 2019 at 9:07 am

      It’ll fit an 11 no problem.

      Reply
  • Ryan Stimac says: February 2, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    Mind expander VS This

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: February 2, 2019 at 2:29 pm

      They’re two different boards.

      Reply
  • Ryan Stimac says: February 13, 2019 at 8:38 am

    what category would you put them in?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: February 13, 2019 at 9:27 am

      Well ones a full blown pow board the other is a short fat fuck around stick that you can ride pow in.

      Reply
  • Brian McCauley says: February 27, 2019 at 11:47 am

    I’m on an old jibby forum manual 152 and looking for something additional to hit the steep groomers, tree runs, and some pow here and there. I’m 6’1″ 165. You recommend this? Anything else?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: February 27, 2019 at 12:08 pm

      I’d look for something else honestly. Are you trying to go short and fat?

      Reply
  • Brian McCauley says: February 27, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    Yeah, I’d prefer to have something shorter for quick cuts in the trees and still having enough float for pow

    Reply
  • nick says: April 21, 2019 at 10:43 pm

    Im 5’10 185lbs, found a great deal on a 150 party platter ($220)

    It would be a second board just to mess around on, but Im on the east coast, dont really see any powder, do you think it will still be a fun board to have on hand even tho I mainly see harder snow?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: April 22, 2019 at 12:02 am

      Get it.

      Reply
  • nick says: April 22, 2019 at 9:08 pm

    done!

    I just noticed you rode the 43, is 150 the right size or should i have went with the 43?

    Reply
    • Angrysnowboarder says: April 22, 2019 at 10:05 pm

      I have no say in the sizes that are given for review. I just ride what they send me.

      Reply

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