I rode a 152 WWW last week. I'm 5'10 157lbs, 9.5 boot. While I did not take this board in the park (it was closed at the time), I spent the whole time on it hitting jumps and flat-land butter stuff down some greens and blues. The board was so much fun. It was REALLY felxible, and really easy to throw around for anything. In fact, it was so much fun I am considering getting one, or something comparable to it. From the time I did have on it, I know it would really good for park riding.
Today I poked around a local shop for a bit. The Artifact seems to be as close to the WWW as I could surmise (was also looking at the Burton Dom, Ride Kink, and Fourm Manual). I lean a little more towards the WWW becuse it has a longer effective edge than then Artifact, so your going to have a bit more stablity with it, and can thus drop down a bit on length. I was on the 152 WWW it really did feel more like a 155-157 than a 152. Good Stuff. The K2 decks also seem to have a broader weight range that is acceptible for their boards. According to the K2 web site, I could even get away with riding a 147! (147 is for 170lbs and under). When I was at the shop today, the flex between the WWW and the Artifact seemed about the same. Thus, all esle factored in, the WWW seems to be a little more versitile.
As for your other choices, I have not ridden them so I can't comment.
My 2-cents,
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