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Riding Style All Mountain
Riding Level Intermediate - Expert
Fits Boot size (US) 8-10, 10-12, > 12
Manufactured in China
Shape Directional Twin
Camber Profile Hybrid Camber
Stance Setback -20mm
Approx. Weight Feels Normal
Split No
Powder Average
Base Glide
Carving Good
Speed Good
Uneven Terrain Good
Switch Good
Jumps Average
Jibbing Average
Pipe Good
On Snow Feel

Stable

Turn Initiation

Medium

Skidded Turns

Moderate

Flex

Medium

Buttering

Semi-Easy

Edge Hold

Medium Snow

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K2 Subculture 2015 - 2014 Review by The Good Ride

The K2 Subculture offers up K2’s newer micro camber or hybrid camber tech that felt a little like a softer much more mellow Slayblade. So the hybrid camber gives the board a much more balanced springy all park to all mountain freestyle ride. We liked this board but it was missing some of the magic that the K2 Happy Hour had. The 2015 is pretty much the same ride as the 2014.\

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Size: 156
Days:  1
Conditions: Really good groomed sierra snow that’s just fun to ride in.
Riders: James, Peter, Jimbo
Boots: Burton SLXBurton ImperialNike Kaiju
Bindings: K2 Hurrithane
Set Up:  Centered 23″ wide

On Snow Feel: Stable fun, pretty poppy and playful and a pretty good changeup to the flat to rocker profile boards in K2’s line. It didn’t feel catchy at all and felt closer to the flat to rocker shapes instead of camber.

Powder: We had now powder but it didn’t really feel like a good pow board. It would probably be a little better than camber but not as good as some of their flat to rocker profiles when centered but when set back it won’t be bad. The float from the Turbo Dream or Raygun is easier but this could work if you like more of a camber feel because there is more pop.

Turn Initiation and Carving: so this had mixed reviews with turn initiation and carving.  Jimbo and I liked it a lot on a carve for a twin but felt it was a little off when it came to quick edge to edge turns. Medium radius turns were pretty fun.  Peter just wasn’t liking any of it really. I think for most it will be a nice improvement over the flat to rocker shapes and it did have some nice spring out of the turn.

Speed: Pretty stable at speed but no bomber either.  It’s good enough to keep some speed in the flats and it’s not bad for big steep wide open Mammoth runs we tried the board on.

Uneven Terrain: Not bad in what little bumpy terrain that we could find.

Edge Hold: Just middle ground edge hold and even in the small patches of harder snow at the top we could feel the grip isn’t bottomless.

Flex: Pretty middle ground all mountain-ish flex.

Switch: With the centered stance it was pretty easy switch.

Jibbing: Jimbo and Peter had fun with some mellow obstacles in the jib park but it’s not really a dedicated jib board.  You can for sure stop in there though.

Pipe: It felt ok in the pipe but I personally thought it would be better than it was. It just felt the middle ground and didn’t impress. Maybe with a little more edge hold I would of felt secure.

Jumps: Pretty good spring here and it was fun to ollie off natural terrain around the mountain.  Centered up it’s pretty fun hitting kickers too and it will hold pretty well.

All in all, we felt the K2 Subculture was close to being a really fun board but instead just landed at fun. I think with a few tweaks this could be a more mellow but equal alternative to the K2 Happy Hour.

 
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K2 Subculture Review And Buying Advice SKU UPC Model

2018 - Upgrade- K2 Subculture

Aug 27, 2019 by Armin
Ability Level: Intermediate - Advanced • 
Riding Style: All mountain • 
Days You Ride A Year: 10-15 • 
Height, Weight And Boot Size (for Boards, Boots & Bindings): 6,15' / 200 lbs / 10.5 US boot 

This board has changed a little over the years and last year was finally hit its mark. First of all, I have to say reading thegoodride's review after buy it, I'm affraid of this board. After, I saw the year of that review. That board completely changed:

Lifted Camber Baseline. A lifted flat camber with rocker in the tip and tail. This board is very hoppy, and the ollie bar only makes it that much more springy. You’ll spend all day looking for anything you could turn into a jump.

This version is really a twin, but the front foot position more delayed and have the nose slightly higher than the tail. However, you have the possibility to center your stance and get it to behave almost like a Real twin

But the board in also very stable at higher speeds, and is great for carving. Overall this board lives up to its hype, and is a great all mountain board, for intermediate riders looking to have fun. Not sure you could get a better all mountain board at this price, nor a better built board.If you find it on sale, no doubt, buy it!


2015 K2 Subculture

Dec 03, 2016 by J.C. Thompson
Ability Level: Intermediate • 
Riding Style: Freeride • 
Days You Ride A Year: 10-15 • 
Height, Weight And Boot Size (for Boards, Boots & Bindings): 6', 245 lb, size 12 boot 

I bought this board after having a K2 Wisdom Wide for over ten years. The camber profile (lifted flat between the feet) seemed like it would be the most similar to a traditional camber, which is what I was used to. The board rode decent, but not great in harder conditions. I had a better time with it out west than here in the southeast. The edge old would probably be on the bottom side of average for me. West coast park rats would probably like this board a whole lot better than I did. I would not recommend this board for the east coast harder conditions.


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