K2 Va Va Voom

My boyfriend got a new board so I used the chance to ride his now old board, the K2 VVV with rocker, all day long. He got the VVV in a 143 and didn't know the WWW came in a 145, which he could had gotten, but oh well. Hahahaha. He ended up thinking that the VVV was too small and too narrow, so he picked up a Capita Horroscope FK 148, which I'll have to try out sometime.

K2 Va Va Voom
This was the only picture I could find on the internet. The base has a hand throwing the horns on it, and the topsheet says Rocker on the tail.

Before I go into this board, I want to mention something. Everyone has different riding styles and different preferences, so a board I might like might not be the board for you. I do a lot of park, but started to do more riding around the mountain since I've moved out here. I've actually started dropping some cliffs (they're small though, like 15 ft.. haha but it's a start!). So I would say my riding style is more park than mountain at the moment.

We rode today at Copper Mountain, and the snow was groomed with like 3 inches of fresh snow on top. It was a beautiful day, some clouds and sun and snowflakes.

The very first thing that I noticed when I was bombing down the mountain was that the Va Va Voom was surprisingly stable. Like, really really stable. No chatter or vibration. I wasn't expecting a board that was touted as a "rails only" board to be so smooth. It was also quick edge to edge, and the turning kinda feels different, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Probably the longer effective edge, apparently this board is supposed to ride like a 148 (K2 says you can drop the board down 5cm from what you normally ride)... it does feel like the turning point is further out than a normal board. Is that called the contact point? Hahaha.

The board was super easy to spin on boxes and quite fun. What I liked about the board is if I slid off a box or rail too early, it just buttered right off and buttered onto the ground. The VVV also has a lot of POP! I took it off some jumps, and wasn't really too impressed with it. I liked my Duchess better for jumps, probably because of the harshmallow hahaha. I love that stuff. The VVV did the jumps fine, but it didn't feel too impressive. Only the pop stood out. I'd say this board is better for the rails.

In all, this board is pretty fun but I'd probably suggest it for someone who were straight up rails only who hits small jumps occasionally. I'd totally rock this board if I still lived in the midwest, but I don't, soooo.... Duchess it is!!