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Wayback 80 2023
60 days to change your mindThe Wayback 80 are a touring skis for men from K2.
The Wayback range offers excellent downhill performance, great grip and impressive stability in all snow conditions. This range has also been fitted with Snowphobic hydrophobic topsheets. These prevent snow from sticking to the top of your skis, which would weigh your skis down. Ingenious! The Skin Grommets attachment system is very easy to use and very reliable.
Indeed, the Titanal Touring Technology, a construction combining a Paulownia Tour Lite wood core, chosen for its lightweight properties and lively performance, and two layers of carbon fibre and fibreglass reinforcements. To top it all off, the Titanal plate, mainly placed around the centre of the ski, offers exceptional stability without weighing the ski down.
With its 80mm waist, the Wayback is the widest in the range. With 968g on the scales, the ski is a real machine capable of climbing indefinitely. It loves the climb and your legs will thank it during your very long day trips or your excursions over several days.
In terms of construction, this Wayback 80 differs slightly from the rest of the range, with a hybrid Paulownia / Balsa core, offering a perfect combination of maximum lightness and responsiveness. Despite the narrow sidecuts, the Wayback 80 does surprisingly well on the downhill, thanks to a construction that offers incredible stability, even in difficult conditions.
Simply put, the Wayback 80 is a touring ski for experienced to expert skiers. Ultra-light with only 1936g per pair, it will accompany you on your wildest adventures, from the deepest valleys to the highest peaks. No matter what elevation you wish to achieve, this Wayback 80 is a means of transport to move quickly and for a long time in the mountains.
Sidecuts : 113-80-100
Weight of the pair: 1936g for the 163cm model
Shape:
Backside Touring:
Shape specially designed for ski touring and backcountry touring.
All-Terrain Rocker:
Strong tip rocker for more versatility in all conditions.
Tapered Tip/Tail:
A tapered design on the tips, which brings the contact points with the snow towards the middle of the ski and facilitates turns.
Paulownia Tour Lite / Balsa
Paulownia wood core selected for its lightness and liveliness, mixed with balsa, an ultra-light wood offering maximum reactivity
Carbon Overdrive :
A top secret construction reinforced with carbon fibre, which makes the ski more rigid during torsion for optimal performance
Ti-Spyne Ti-Spyne: the ski is reinforced by a titanal plate: considerably increases power, grip and vibration absorption, without weighing down the ski
Sintered base:
Denser ski sole which will allow a better glide and also a better resistance.
Snowphobic Topsheet:
Hydrophobic coating on the ski: prevents snow from sticking to the ski, which weighs down the ski.
Specifications:
Skin Grommets:
Removable components to fasten the K2 skins thanks to the Z-Clip system.
Z-Clip Attachment:
A quick, lightweight, safe and automatically centered fastening system to attach your skins with surprising ease.
Cette version à 80 mm au patin passe sous la barre du kilogramme par ski, ce qui est déjà une prouesse. Ce qui nous encore plus impressionné est la sérénité qu'il dégage lorsqu'on enclenche le mode ski. Nous avons chargé fort dans des conditions compliquées et le ski a tenu sans sourciller. Le noyau paulownia / balsa et les nouveaux renforts titanal font apparemment très bien leur travail au vu de ce que le ski est capable d'accomplir. Alors certes en poudreuse, la portance ne sera pas incroyable et le ski n'est pas très joueur, mais si vous voulez un ski pour évoluer rapidement en montagne, et avaler de très gros dénivelés, alors ce Wayback 80 sera votre arme.
Les plus : Poids, stabilité, performances pures
Les moins : Portance en neige profonde
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