K2 Excavator Snowboard 2027
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The K2 Excavator Snowboard 2027
In Search of Deep Carves & Deep Snow.
Named for its intended use, the K2 Excavator specializes in digging deep trenches on groomers and displacing powder after a storm cycle. Built around a wider perimeter, with a dual radius sidecut, the Excavator is unisex in approach. The Excavator’s wider profile allows riders to size down around 5cm from their usual length without sacrificing performance, and it’s extra width and 20mm taper benefits riders with larger feet, reducing toe drag on deep carves and long traverses.
Milosport Shop Take
The Excavator is a staff favorite here at Milo for those legendary Utah storm days and morning groomer burning sessions. Because of K2 Volume Shift design, you can downsize this board 4 to 10cm from your normal length, giving you a super agile, nimble ride in tight trees without losing an ounce of float. The combination of a 20mm taper and a wider waist completely eliminates toe and heel drag when laying it down sideways. Plus, the pre cambered Carbon Power Fork in the tail gives you an insane rocket boost out of your carves and lets you pop massive ollies off every side hit on the mountain.
Shred Metrics
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Terrain: Confident Carving & Powder: 10 | All Mountain: 8 | Trees: 9
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Flex: Smooth yet Responsive Mid Flex (6/10)
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Turning Style: Deep Trench Digging, Agile, and High Float
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Best For: Intermediate to expert riders looking for a wide, short, volume shifted directional machine that excels at carving groomers and floating effortlessly through deep powder.
Tech Specs
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Profile: Directional Camber (Traditional camber through the midbody for maximum edge hold, power, and turning control)
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Shape: Tapered Directional (20mm taper creates a naturally floating tail and massive nose lift in deep snow)
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Volume Shift™: Downsize 4 to 10cm from your standard board length by shifting surface area from the tips to the waist
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Core: S1 Core (A premium blend of Bamboo, Aspen, and Paulownia with underfoot wood placed at 30 degree angles to increase strength, supercharge edge to edge response, and provide ultimate dampening)
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Fiberglass Reinforcement: ICG™ 10 Biax Glass (Biaxial fiberglass integrated with 10 tip to tail carbon fiber stringers to increase snap and pop without adding harsh stiffness)
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Tail Tech: Carbon Power Fork™ (Pre cambered carbon inlays in the tail that snap you out of turns and add explosive pop for takeoffs)
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Base: Wax Infused Sintered 4001 Base (The absolute hardest and fastest base material from Crown, holding wax longer for a continuous high speed glide)
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AVAILABLE SIZES: 142 | 146 | 150 | 154 | 158 | 162
Milo Staff Setup Recommendation
To truly unlock the deep carving and slashing potential of the volume shifted Excavator, you need a binding that allows you to drive maximum leverage into your edges. We highly recommend pairing this snowboard with a set of Union Atlas bindings. The rigid Duraflex CB baseplate and responsive highback give you the precise heel to toe power transfer required to lock into deep carves on hardpack while providing the bulletproof support needed to navigate deep backcountry terrain.