Board: Bataleon Party Wave
Size: 154
Camber Option: Mellow camber with Freeride 3BT and Sidekick
Bindings: K2 Indy
Stance: 21.5 15 negative 12 goofy
Boots: K2 Thraxis Size 10
My Weight: 195lbs
Resort: Copper Mountain
Conditions: A few fresh inches of snow that was heavy and wetter than normal, warmer temps, overcast skies, and fog.
Flex: This board has a fully playful middle of the road directional flex. Softer nose going into a stiffer tail. There’s an abundance of torsional flex which makes this board playful yet precise when you need it.
Stability: This board got knocked around a bit in the rutted out mid day snow pack but it never buckled. You’ll feel every vibration with it as you charge around the mountain. It’s a very lively board.
Ollies/Pop: This board has ample snap for what it is meaning you can send it off side hits, rollers, and poppers in the trees. You don’t have to aggressively load up the camber section to get a reaction out of it.
Butterability: That nose is a giant scoop, it just wants to roll over and butter with ease. The flex is easy to engage on the nose and you don’t have to worry about it rebounding on you. What’s nice about the tail is that it’s so stubby you can manipulate it how you see fit.
Carving: The sidecut on this deck is perfect for getting it on edge and driving with it through a carve. You don’t have to worry about it not engaging unless you’re on ice, then you’re probably fucked. This board is really at home when you’re railing from one side of the run to the other chasing after fresh snow.
Rider in Mind: Someone that wants to ride the party wave and go party boarding.
Personal Thoughts: The best way to sum up this board was like someone combined the Slush Slasher and the Party Platter but made it a bit bigger. This is 100% a board for spraying, slaying, and slashing. Railing through tight trees on this board turned everything into a giant slalom course. Can’t praise this deck enough.
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6 Comments
Hey Angry,
Big fan of your reviews!
I’m planning to add a second board to my quiver for Pow / Party Boarding and I’m stuck between the Party Wave, Slush Slasher, and Party Platter. My daily driver is a Gnu Headspace which I enjoy a bunch. Only consideration is I have size 12 feet so width is always a concern. I mostly fuck around in the park and on the groomers and I’m an intermediate rider. Tryna get the most smiles per dollar out of my next board.
Thanks man!
Get the Party Platter then. Party Wave is a sick board but it sounds like you want something for real party boarding. Slush Slasher isn’t what you want.
Thanks for the advice! I appreciate it a ton.
At the moment I’m definitely learning to the K2, especially after seeing your review. The only hesitation I had about the party platter was it’s pow capabilities. This being said, I’m realistically gonna get 5 pow days or less this season so I’m sure its less of a big deal than I think it is. I was also wondering how different it would feel compared to the Headspace, I was worried that they might overlap a bunch. Never ridden anything besides twins so have no clue what to expect but definitely eager to mix it up.
thanks a ton, man!
It’s going to have more float than your Headspace, feel weird because it’s short but wide, and grip differently on snow as well as carve completely different.
This or the warpig for a volume shifted fun board
Warpig is more well rounded.