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Six years without a single design change means you're doing something right. The K2 Pontoon is an ongoing tribute to Shane McConkey's game-changing genius, and this season sees its first modification since 2004: a blue topsheet. Built purely for powder with a super-fat and surfy rocker profile, the Pontoon makes experts out of intermediates, and turns earthbound experts into cliff-hucking heroes. Live the legend.
Powder Rocker offers ultimate float for soft-snow performance
Progressive sidecut provides turning capability for the groomers
Tough aspen/fir wood core and triaxial-braided fiberglass Torsion Box construction ensures a long lifetime
A percentage of each Pontoon sale goes to the McConkey family
Skied my Shanetoons today and have to say they were a nice treat in the deep pow. Found myself surfing the surface, but yet still able to sink in and get face shots when speed was dumped. Quote of the day from a friend on his Blue Pontoons was "I can stomp any landing on these", they are a game changer in the pow.
obviously there good in powder. in crud these work really well and also are great for cliffs. in powder you really can't sink the tips or really the tails either. I landed in the backseat once and got thrown back up. i went on a icy traverse, Real ice not icy hardpack and got a little scared. on groomers these work really well. no joke. the tips do flop around like crazy but they will work and well in other words they can hold an edge. they have a little bit of pop and aren't super damp which is nice. basically these skis wont sink at all and will handle the groomed. they are a great free-ride ski but i wish they were stiffer. the tips banged together a little bit but it was not a huge problem. these were awesome on bumps and cut up powder. they are a fairly soft ski so if you want a fast ski look elsewhere. they seemed sluggish in the pow at times but were very speedy on the groomed. on groomed snow any turn type was possible.
in case anyone was wondering they cant really ride switch at all. I tried it because the tails were fully rockered but it didn't work as well as i hoped. i didn't get them for riding switch but i couldn't help myself from trying.
I am 15 and 315 I am thinking about getting either the 189 hellbent
I am 15 and 315 I am thinking about getting either the 189 hellbent or the pontoons which ski would be better for me? I am a agressive skier and am currently riding 188 k2 coombas which I like but have too much tip dive in deep powder.
Did Shane know what he was doing in playing with a ski.Skied for the first time last sunday in a couple of feet of fresh pow. wow! These things kick,skied lots of fatys from alottas , katanas, but this skis are my new pow skis. love them
i think so, yes. i have been on the pontoons probably 80% of the times ive been up this year and weve had a really slow snow year here in PC. i can bomb groomers just as fast as my buddies and theres always some soft snow in the trees around here so im usually glad i brought out the 'toons. theyre pretty noodle-y so they cetrtainly cant carve into real icy hard pack... and with 130mm waist they take forever to roll edge to edge. def not a one-ski quiver or all-mountain, but they float like its their job and you can get down groomers
ehh these suck on groomers. Based on your earlier questions about this ski and what you want to use this ski for this wouldn't be the best ski for you. if you were only using it for soft snow they'd be awesome. the best ski for you would probably be the 169 Obsethed. the Obsethed will have good on piste maneuverability but is also one of the best powder skis as well as being good in the crud. some people might recommend the s7 or jj but to you but the float on them isn't nearly as good as the obsethed.the pontoon really is a powder only ski and powder only is what the pontoon is the best at (some people claim it is not but they are probably just haters and really don't know how well the pontoon floats.
I been into skiing powder for the last 35 years, including snowcats,helicopter and most often ski areas. Unfortunately, during those last 35 years I put on some pounds and my legs are not what they were in my 20's. I couls still ski powder well, it was becoming much more of a chore on my Recons, particularly with the snow was heavy as is often the case in the Sierra's. The Pontoons have literally taken 10 years and 15 pounds off of me! I'm back to blasting through the trees with little thought of "saving my legs". I weigh 190 and use the 189's; they turn plenty quick enough for me, even in the trees. Love these skiis!
Male or Female? Weight, too. I am a 5' 2" female, 115 pounds and I skied them. I found them phenomenal in the open powder but found that in narrow trees with ravines and deep pow you can have too much speed on them. I did okay but you better be an expert...or you come in hot! But that can be good on a powder day. People will stay out of your line! 165 would be ideal but the world is becoming a fatter and larger place so that's not likely to happen for us short people.
I held off writing this review until I had a chance to ski these bad boys in an honest to goodness power snorkelfest like we finally had last week in Vail. 20 something inches of fresh or more is were these skis really come into their own. They ride well over light powder obviously, but also drive effortlessly through wind deposit and deep crud. They like to run, and can handle the speed; in other words they are extremely stable when going fast. I noticed a definite sweet spot for getting out of the big ripping GS turns that come so naturally to these skis, and was impressed to find that they could actually be pretty fast edge to edge in tight trees. I ended up buying them in 179 cm am still on the fence about weather I should have gone for the 183 cm. I am six foot and weigh 187 lbs. Many of my friends are old school and have strong opinions (mostly negative) about super wide boards. My feeling for what its worth is as follows. On those epic big snow days when accumulations are measured in feet and not inches. Floating above the snow rather then in it will save a huge amount of energy and wear and tear on your bod. While others may say the point of powder is to be in it, and not on it they will have to admit that by day two of a big storm cycle with lactic acid filling their quads and knee joints straining; they look enviously at those Pontoons and wonder if there isn't room in the garage for one more pair of skis.
I am thinking of getting a pair of these as a backcountry/sidecountry
I am thinking of getting a pair of these as a backcountry/sidecountry ski or for really deep days when I want to charge. I have a pair of EPs I use a lot, but want something I can skin with, no long trips though. I am about 5'10" 150ish, I am leaning towards the 179s but I skied my friends 189 hellbents and had no problems with them, any thoughts?
If you liked the hellbents and they work well for what you want to do, the pontoon would work well. These are super floaty I have never been able to sink the tips on mine and they turn really easily. i don't know how well these will skin but since they have so much rocker there may be some complications. but on short tours you should be fine.
These are almost like cheating. They float on the pow, ride over the chop and ski like a much shorter ski on the packed powder because of the full rocker. A great ski!
Does anyone know a shop in the SoCal area where I can mount Fritschi
Does anyone know a shop in the SoCal area where I can mount Fritschi Diamir Freeride bindings to Pontoon skis? My local Sports Chalet will not touch it because their template is not wide enough for Pontoons.
Mammoth Mountaineering in Mammoth Lakes worked for this...lucky I found these guys, did a great job for $40!
This is definitely a great pow ski, but if you telemark on it, it becomes somewhat hard to use. This ski has huge rocker in both the tip and tail, which can lead to the wheelie effect. Since the telemark stance isn't balanced the same as the alpine stance, the tail rocker will cause you to "wheelie", and lift the tips up high in the air. I had an opportunity to try these with hammerheads a while ago, and I constantly felt like I was going to fall backwards. I recently bought the Icelantic Shaman instead of the pontoons, and they are great. They float awesome in pow (the shovel is the same width as the pontoon), and still carve well on groomers because of huge sidecut. And they also have no wheelie effect. Hope this helps.
i'm not a telemarker but these are probably the floatiest ski out there. i know the jj works well for telemark, but if you want something super floaty for nothing but bottomless powder get the pontoon. other good options, bentchetler, kuro, jj, s7, bibby pro.
I'm not sure about the mounting position, but if you search, you'll find some folks mount them a cm or two in front of center. Mine are mounted on the center, and though I do fine with them, i think I can feel that they might be a little better mounted forward a bit.
I ski Mt Baker and we get tons of pow, most of the time very
I ski Mt Baker and we get tons of pow, most of the time very heavy. Lots of heavy crud as it gets tracked out quick. Wanting to get into some slack country and even back country. 5'8'' 165 lbs. Would this be a great Mt.Baker ski? What size? Was thinking maybe 179.
I ski these in Tahoe and they are great in Crud. If it is really wet crud nothing is good in that but these keep you on top of the chop and are super agile in it. I like them better than my Gotamas in chops snow.
These are truly a powder specific ski and are still the best powder skis. As long as you don't take them on groomers and hardpack for to long you should be fine. haven't tried these on crud so can't give my opinion on that. I think going with something slightly skinnier may be better these are truly meant for the deepest of the deep and hucking huge cliffs. I think the bentchetler might be better for you since it is more versitile and can ski more than powder while being one of the floatiest powder skis around. Pontoons might work out better if all you're skiing is freshies, crud and whatever other soft snow
2 Comments Last Comment: February 9, 2011 by: Will Guru
By: Will Guru
February 9, 2011
are you on the pontoon or the pon2n currently?
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By: Will Guru
January 5, 2011
shantoons, i like that. Maybe k2 should name em that.
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