2010 K2 Slayblade: The Toyota Camry of snowboards.. - Snowboarding Forum

SilverK20A3 · 02-01-2011, 11:54 PM

Board: 2010 K2 Slayblade 158
Bindings: 2007 Burton P1
Boots: 2011 Burton Imperial

My stats: 5'10", 17x? lbs

Conditions: Sunny, high 30's?, guns going all day
Surface: Fresh man made soft and pasty, slow

Board is extremely fast and very stable at high speeds and over chop. No chatter whatsoever. Harshmallow really seems to work. Board has a death grip on the snow-possibly the best edge hold I have ever experienced. Has a decent amount of pop, won't launch you to the moon but has enough for boosting off tables and kickers and stuff. Flex is stiff. I have no clue how it handles on jibs, mainly cuz I don't do jibs.

Now for the not so good stuff: Zero camber, as I observed it, makes the board really stable for speed, turns, and landings, but makes the ride absolutely boring for cruising groomers. As it has no camber, it doesn't have the vibrancy of a camber board. For a lack of a better word, you feel really desensitized riding it. It's a strange sensation I'm not accustomed to.

Overall, I'm satisfied with it. It does almost everything ask it to do really really well. Only gripe is that the ride quality is a bit boring.

Triple8Sol · 02-02-2011, 01:17 AM

Explain what you mean by vibrancy and boring in the context of your review.

SilverK20A3 · 02-02-2011, 03:05 AM

Maybe I'm reading into it to much, maybe it's because the board hasn't broken in yet, I dunno.

I'll use a car analogy. It handles like an Evo, and rides like a Camry. Maybe it's all in my head but I've only ridden cambered boards until now, and they seemed more "lively" than this one when cruising. They had kind of a satisfying suspended "bounciness" to them. Objectively, the Slayblade is the best board I've ridden from a sheer performance standpoint. It handles like it's on rails and is extremely stable when charging, and it's got excellent edgehold. Point 'n' shoot. Everything one could want in a high end all-mountain board, right?

Maybe it's the zero camber, maybe it's just the flex pattern, but it feels kinda... dead. Like it's only designed to be ridden extremely aggresively and nothing less.

I'll get a better idea when I'm in SLC this weekend on decent snow for a change. I think the fresh man made snow might have had somethign to do with it. I mean who blows snow when it's nearly 40 degress outside?

Cavman · 02-02-2011, 05:42 AM

I have the Ride's version of the Slayblade, the HighLife. Same set up, flat camber, low rise nose. Lots of pop in the back end. Stable, sick fast and carves seriously well.

Last year I was swapping between two boards, this one and an traditional camber board. I noticed the difference in handling and a few times come unstuck on the Ride as I was not used to it.

Ride your Slayblade a few days and enjoy the fresh nature made stuff and tell me then the board is boring.

Enjoy

ek3 · 02-02-2011, 08:47 AM

i hope you don't mean the brakes fail on you

JRZBoarder · 02-03-2011, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ek3

i hope you don't mean the brakes fail on you

lol that would suck

hnz · 02-03-2011, 01:25 PM

What I understood from it is that it doesn't snap back at you when you load a little power through turns or throw the board from edge to edge. (Bounce bounce bounce)

Triple8Sol · 02-03-2011, 06:19 PM

The car analogies aren't really working, but I think I kinda get what you're trying to explain. So are you saying it lacks pop and/or is too stiff?

jjermzz · 02-03-2011, 08:58 PM

TS do you own an EP3, if so noiiice.

Triple8Sol · 02-04-2011, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjermzz

TS do you own an EP3, if so noiiice.

You talking to me? No, I don't like Hondas, except their bikes and lawnmowers lol.

02-01-2011, 11:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
SilverK20A3 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 123	2010 K2 Slayblade: The Toyota Camry of snowboards.. Board: 2010 K2 Slayblade 158 Bindings: 2007 Burton P1 Boots: 2011 Burton Imperial My stats: 5'10", 17x? lbs Conditions: Sunny, high 30's?, guns going all day Surface: Fresh man made soft and pasty, slow Board is extremely fast and very stable at high speeds and over chop. No chatter whatsoever. Harshmallow really seems to work. Board has a death grip on the snow-possibly the best edge hold I have ever experienced. Has a decent amount of pop, won't launch you to the moon but has enough for boosting off tables and kickers and stuff. Flex is stiff. I have no clue how it handles on jibs, mainly cuz I don't do jibs. Now for the not so good stuff: Zero camber, as I observed it, makes the board really stable for speed, turns, and landings, but makes the ride absolutely boring for cruising groomers. As it has no camber, it doesn't have the vibrancy of a camber board. For a lack of a better word, you feel really desensitized riding it. It's a strange sensation I'm not accustomed to. Overall, I'm satisfied with it. It does almost everything ask it to do really really well. Only gripe is that the ride quality is a bit boring.

02-02-2011, 01:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Triple8Sol Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 3,686 Blog Entries: 1	Explain what you mean by vibrancy and boring in the context of your review. __________________ 14 NeverSummer Proto HD . 13 Never Summer Cobra . 12 Gnu Rider's Choice C2PTX 13 Now IPO . 12 K2 Formula . 11 K2 Formula 13 NB x 686 580

02-02-2011, 05:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Cavman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 281	I have the Ride's version of the Slayblade, the HighLife. Same set up, flat camber, low rise nose. Lots of pop in the back end. Stable, sick fast and carves seriously well. Last year I was swapping between two boards, this one and an traditional camber board. I noticed the difference in handling and a few times come unstuck on the Ride as I was not used to it. Ride your Slayblade a few days and enjoy the fresh nature made stuff and tell me then the board is boring. Enjoy __________________ Ride Highlife 168 2011 \| K2 CTX 2010 Hammer Broadline 163W 2008 \| SP Fastec Trooper 2010 Hammer PCM C+ 161 2011 \| SP Fastec Brotherhood 2011 http://www.myfastec.com/videos/fastec-setup/ http://www.sp-united.com/bindings/

02-03-2011, 06:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Triple8Sol Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 3,686 Blog Entries: 1	The car analogies aren't really working, but I think I kinda get what you're trying to explain. So are you saying it lacks pop and/or is too stiff? __________________ 14 NeverSummer Proto HD . 13 Never Summer Cobra . 12 Gnu Rider's Choice C2PTX 13 Now IPO . 12 K2 Formula . 11 K2 Formula 13 NB x 686 580

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02-02-2011, 03:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
SilverK20A3 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 123	Maybe I'm reading into it to much, maybe it's because the board hasn't broken in yet, I dunno. I'll use a car analogy. It handles like an Evo, and rides like a Camry. Maybe it's all in my head but I've only ridden cambered boards until now, and they seemed more "lively" than this one when cruising. They had kind of a satisfying suspended "bounciness" to them. Objectively, the Slayblade is the best board I've ridden from a sheer performance standpoint. It handles like it's on rails and is extremely stable when charging, and it's got excellent edgehold. Point 'n' shoot. Everything one could want in a high end all-mountain board, right? Maybe it's the zero camber, maybe it's just the flex pattern, but it feels kinda... dead. Like it's only designed to be ridden extremely aggresively and nothing less. I'll get a better idea when I'm in SLC this weekend on decent snow for a change. I think the fresh man made snow might have had somethign to do with it. I mean who blows snow when it's nearly 40 degress outside?

02-02-2011, 08:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
ek3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: nyc Posts: 163	i hope you don't mean the brakes fail on you

02-03-2011, 01:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
hnz Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 28	What I understood from it is that it doesn't snap back at you when you load a little power through turns or throw the board from edge to edge. (Bounce bounce bounce)

02-03-2011, 08:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
jjermzz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 21	TS do you own an EP3, if so noiiice.