Ski Reviews
2020-2021 K2 Mindbender 108 Ti, 179 cm
Reviewer Username: Joe Humphries
Reviewer Height: 5’9″
Reviewer Weight: 160 lbs
Reviewer Experience Level: Expert
DAYS USED: 8 days
TEST LOCATIONS: Whistler BC
TEST TERRAIN: Softer groomers | Firm moguls | Softer moguls | Low-angle, off-piste terrain | Fairly steep off-piste terrain | Very steep off-piste terrain | Trees
TEST CONDITIONS: Pretty firm snow | Softer, but not deep snow | Untracked powder (shallow) | Untracked powder (deep) | Soft chop / pretty forgiving cut-up snow | Firm, off-piste chop or crud
PERFORMANCE RATINGS
(0 = Terrible, 5 = Okay, 10 = Outstanding)
OVERALL IMPRESSION: 5/10
FORGIVENESS: 5/10
MANEUVERABILITY (How Loose / Easy to Pivot & Smear?): 5/10
MANEUVERABILITY (How Quick / Low is the Swing Weight?): 2/10
STABILITY: 5/10
SUSPENSION: 7/10
EDGE HOLD: 6/10
PLAYFULNESS: 3/10
SKI LENGTH: It felt just right (179 cm length tested)
THIS SKI’S IDEAL TERRAIN: Low-angle, off-piste terrain | Fairly steep off-piste terrain
THIS SKI’S IDEAL SNOW CONDITIONS: Untracked powder (shallow) | Untracked powder (deep)
WHAT TYPE(S) OF SKIER DO YOU IMAGINE WILL GET ALONG BEST WITH THIS SKI?
ARE THERE SIMILAR PRODUCTS YOU’VE SKIED THAT YOU CLEARLY PREFER? IF SO, WHY?
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This ski felt oddly hooky in the shovels where the metal laminate was over the edge, but the tail felt pretty loose. This made it feel like it wanted to come across the fall line more than I would have liked. Felt fine in softer snow when the edges weren’t as engaged. Hopefully the tweaks they made to the construction in the more recent version corrected some of this feeling. As for this version though, I thought it was fine in most terrain but nothing special.