K2 Marauder Splitboard

“Take it anywhere and be prepared to be satisfied, but not ecstatic.”

The Tech: $900 for a split, pucks, skins and hardware? Bob Barker might as well be whispering seductively in your ear. The Marauder follows a simple, proven formula: a blunt, elongated nose tapering to a squat, square tail, plus a camber-dominant profile and tip-to-tail carbon.

The Talk: “You can rail this board harder than Amtrak,” one veteran tester commented. The stiff Marauder lacked the buttery flex he’s come to expect from K2, and he noted, “It’s basically a boardercross board.” Tester consensus agreed that this affordable option is a jack of all trades, master of none, with one claiming, “Take it anywhere and be prepared to be satisfied, but not ecstatic.”

$900 (w/ skins, pucks, hardware)
K2Snow.com
7.4 lbs. (162)
Lengths: 147, 151, 156, 159, 162, 158W, 163W, 166W

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