K2 Apache Stryker M1 12.0 Ski System (Discontinued)
The best balance of ease, forgiveness and performance comes together in this all mountain ski. The Stryker gains these characteristics by incorporating K2`s versatile MOD and MOD Monic technologies. Combine its 74mm waist width and moderate sidecut with torsion box construction, a triaxially braided core and the M1 integrated system and you have a truly versatile ski for effortlessly carving groomers or skiing softer snow and cutting through crud.
FEATURES:
- K2 / Marker M1 12.0 Ski and Binding Combo
- Titan Metal Laminate Technology
- MOD Technology
- MOD Monic
- Torsion Box Construction
- Fir and Aspen Core
- Triaxial Braided
K2/M1 Binding SYSTEM
A high performance K2 Ski/Marker binding system.
A proven binding system developed with Marker incorporating a floating toe, fixed heel, the M1 integrated binding system provides women unparalleled quickness, precision, and the ultimate in all-mountain performance. The footprint of the K2/M1 ski/binding system is roughly 30% wider than a traditional binding or binding system. With a standard binding, when energy is applied to turn the ski, the pressure is applied closer to the middle of the ski, making it more difficult to transfer the energy to the edges of the ski. With the M1 system being wider, it is much easier and quicker to get a wider ski up on edge, and makes a wider waisted ski feel more nimble and agile.
Titan Metal Laminate Technology
Titan Metal Laminate is a visible extension of the standard metal laminate. As skis get wider, especially in the shovel, a metal laminate can begin to feel overwhelming. Titan Technology achieves overall swing weight reduction by removing material from the top layer of titinal in the tip and tail. Reduced swing weight offers a skier more control with less fatigue.
MOD Technology
Praised by magazine tests and validated by skiers around the world, MOD Technology has proven to be the ultimate in ski design today. MOD combines an elastometric secondary core that works as a high performance suspension system and mass damper to provide the highest degree of ease, power, forgiveness and performance available in skis today. The amount, application and distribution of mass are the keys to the success of MOD Technology. At K2, unlike any other manufacturer, our application of mass via the MOD structure does not affect flex, allowing the ski to perform freely while MOD absorbs unwanted vibrations independently.
MOD Monic
Fully integrated within the MOD structure, MOD Monic is an extension of MOD technology, focusing the benefits of mass dampening into a concentrated area. The entire surface of a ski benefits from the MOD structure, but some areas need it more than others. Independent studies at Boeing Laboratories determined precisely where to place the Monic by finding the area of the ski that would benefit the most from additional mass. By targeting a specific area, we aren`t needlessly adding weight. Monic allows for the majority of the MOD structure to be lightened, and have the extra mass focused precisely where it increase performance.
Torsion Box Construction
Torsion Box construction is K2`s most widely used, yet simplest lay-up. This construction is a Triaxially braided wood core ski. Braided torsion Box skis tend to have lively and energetic characteristics that provided a high degree of rebound and performance. A Triaxially Braided wood core ski is still the bench mark and they continue to use it so widely because of it`s versatility and the ability to create so many different kinds of skis depending on the amount of flex and torsion designed into the construction.
Triaxial Braided
Developed by K2 in 1988, Triaxial Braiding is still the best known process of applying fiberglass to a wood core. This process consists of sending a milled wood core through the patented Triaxial Braiding machine, where the core is wrapped by interlocking strands of fiberglass. This unique method produces skis that have a great deal of torsional rigidity and strength, while maintaining all the lively characterisitics of a wood core ski.
K2 Apache Stryker Geometry
| Length (cm)
| Sidecut (mm)
(Tip/Waist/Tail)
| Turn Radius (m)
| 167
| 118/74/103
| 17
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SPECIFICATIONS:
| System: | K2 Apache Stryker and Marker M1 12.0 Ski and Binding |
| Core: | Fir and Aspen |
| Construction: | Torsion Box Cap with Titan Metal Laminate |
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