K2 Merlin IV 188 cm

Advantages: Great design and build quality damping!
Disadvantages: non that l have found yet!

...Currently l am working with K2 on my uni dissertaion investigatingthe damping of snowboards and they kindly gave me one of these babies to test. Firstly l can say the from my testing there is definately evidence to back up the damping claims this is in the higher frequecny ranges which are to do with muscle fatigue, there is a really nice feel about the baord when you are riding it there is a nice degree of side-cut and this make it prefect for carving down the mountin. there are risers on the top to enable riders with large feet to use a narrower board and aviod heel or toe drag on the surface oft he snow. due tot he size of the board l found it very stable at pace and not at all twitchy.... Read review

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Advantages: light good looking
Disadvantages: scrath easily

...I am not doing the nike mercurials 2 i am doing the nke merurials iv . I had to do do it with this image as there was no other ones for the iv Introduction Nike mercurial vapour iv is the new boots made by nike released this year . It is endorsed by the very best players like ronaldo drogba and many others . The nike mercurial vapours iv are the lightest shoes made by nike or anyone yet . The look The nike mercurials look absaloutly stunning . They are availabble in two colours at the moment from the shop but for a lot more money you can now personalise them to any colour you want from nike id which is something that i would strongly as the shoes are new and not many people are wearing them so if you change the colours people might think that they are fake The nike mercurials are the best looking nike boots yet the colours... Read review

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Advantages: if your lost in the woods you can hold em up to light your way out
Disadvantages: they are yellow, they aren't compatible with any parts from other manufacturers

...errrrrrrrrr, K2 250cc are horrible, for a start they are yellow. Whats that about? The soul space is tiny and they are mad fast on royales. Thats ok if your good at skating but if you've just started then you don't want to be falling on your head every time you try and learn one of the most basic tricks in the sport. I do not think you could possibly call these skates comfortable. Razors are comfortable, thrones are comfortable, these are like special shoes, urgh just disgusting. Then theres the softboot aspect, what is the point of making aggresive skates out of flimsy cloth. Every pair of these skates I see have big holes in the side and it just doesn't look good. Get some proper hard boot skates because you don't see them with big holes in the side do you? And then you've got the wheels, K2 own brand because no real wheel... Read review

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