K2: Apache Explorer Ski w/ MX 12.0 Binding

Rip powder and crud with precision and pleasure with this new Apache Explorer Ski from K2. It offers a balance of performance for those who ski 50% groomed/50% ungroomed, but the progressive 17/16 sidecut fulfills your need for speed on both soft and hard snow conditions. The waist is wider than the Apache Recon, giving this ski a bit more float potential in deep snow. The Apache Explorer has a responsive fir/aspen core wrapped in a Titan Metal (perforated titanium) laminate with a light and low swing weight. There's also a vibration dampening Mod Monic to minimize chatter and improve the Apache Explorer's contact with the snow, so you're more apt to initiate turns exactly where you want to. Coupled with K2's Mod Technology, the Explorer is amazingly smooth and easy to control, despite being an advanced ski. Mod Technology is a secondary elastomeric core that's independent of the wood core that dampens vibrations without taking anything away from the overall ski flex. That's why K2 compares Mod Technology to shock absorbers in an off-road car--Mod Technology keeps the Explorer lively without the same unforgiving qualities that sometimes deter new expert skiers from becoming "highly-experienced" expert skiers. This season K2 integrated the Explorer with the Marker MX 12.0 Binding. It's an entirely new binding system for unsurpassed power transmission between your boots and these skis. K2 and Marker accomplished this by creating a wider contact area across the binding interface, so you enjoy more response with less effort. These new refinements include Marker's Inter-Pivot Heel technology that extends the wider, 50-mm. footprint toward the ski edges. Marker also established tighter tolerances in all of their MX bindings, so you can feel more of the snow surface much like a high-end sports car lets you feel every undulation in a track surface. Marker's MX systems incorporate their Biometric toes and Inter Pivot Heels to help protect you in a backward release during a fall. The Biometric Toe has Marker's proven stainless steel AFD plates and their standard four-linkage design for improved safety. If performance and versatility matter, the K2 Apache Explorer Ski takes you more places with power and precision than most all-mountain skis on the market today.

• Created for advanced and expert skiers seeking a high performance all-mountain ski
• Dimensions (tip/waist/tail): 128 /84/112 mm. in 177 cm. length
• Radius: 17 m. in 177-cm. length
• Intended for skiers who balance their ski time between groomed and untracked terrain
• Titan Metal Laminate Cap construction features a titanium perforated laminate with a fir/aspen wood core
• Mod Monic technology with Mod Tech for stability
• Integrated Marker MX 12.0 performance binding specifically made for K2 skis
• Marker MX Binding DIN setting range: 3 to 12 recommended for skiers weighing 65 to 250 lbs.
• Recommended for skiers weighing between 65 and 250 lbs.