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Vimana Astro review

At the heart of Vimana's powder-specific Heka line, the Astro adds a freestyle spin to the traditional powder board. What do you get when a Scandinavian core freestyle brand makes a powder board? Read on for the full #powdertested review...
K2 Special Effects powder board review

K2 Special Effects review

The K2 Special Effects is a volume-shifted ultra-wide powder board with K2's new 3D Contour tech in the nose, designed for maximum float on the deepest days. One glance at the outline screams "POWDER!" but as with all the boards we put through the Japan Grabs #powdertested review wringer, I wanted to know how well this could handle the rest of the mountain too...
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K2 Niseko Pleasures Review

Niseko-based K2 global team rider Yo Amagai has taken the hugely popular K2 Simple Pleasures and tweaked it to his refined tastes to create the K2 Niseko Pleasures. K2 call the result of this teamwork the "the best possible tool for riding in Niseko - debatably the Holy Gail of terrain and snowfall." but we put it to the test in the steep and deep of Hakuba...