K2 Hellbent

big wide floppy pow noodles. in my mind theyre kind of a thing of the past, and the industry has settled down with the super wide super soft trend and gone back more toward the middle of the range

that said, many people love the bents and the type of skiing they lend themselves to. maybe some of them will stop by this thread to preach!

Been skiing on Bents the past couple seasons every time I go west. Got a couple wack ass looks from people if it didn't just dump or hasn't dumped in some time but I rode those fuckers no matter what. Gotta love the fucking rocker on those things though, you can pop up and in and out of everything, but overall they are just fucking massive and heavier than dick. After riding those bad boys for 5 days straight I could barely feel my legs. overall I love them, wish they were a little lighter and not so wide. It takes a solid day just getting used to having shit that big on your feet. If they setup isn't too expensive and you catch a lot of pow days during the year i'd pull the trigger.

I'm skiing a pair of new 189 hellbents this season g they're sick and fucking massive

Grabbed a pair of '09 Hellbents, 122mm underfoot before they added another 10mm, for $50 (+$20 Griffons, also mounted dead centre) in a 179 a few years back. I normally ride a 186cm K108 or 184 ARV96, so they're a little short for me.

I love them though, got a wild ass top sheet, super floppy and wide and you gotta love the rocker. TBH if you can get a deal on them I would, I used to ski em in all sorts of conditions, they're great fun for charging on despite being soft, they're just a little heavy so not so quick at times but the 80% rocker means they pivot like nobody's business.

One of the instructors I used to work with once even told me he was surprised how well i could carve them /claim but honestly I would say if you're looking at a cheap set and aren't planning on using them as your daily driver I'd cop em, they're super fun, get some great looks and when you're bombing hills and they're just flapping like all hell they're so fun. I love em, but they're a bit fucking stupid.

Hope that's a balanced opinion.

MF-HARPGrabbed a pair of '09 Hellbents, 122mm underfoot before they added another 10mm, for $50 (+$20 Griffons, also mounted dead centre) in a 179 a few years back. I normally ride a 186cm K108 or 184 ARV96, so they're a little short for me.

I love them though, got a wild ass top sheet, super floppy and wide and you gotta love the rocker. TBH if you can get a deal on them I would, I used to ski em in all sorts of conditions, they're great fun for charging on despite being soft, they're just a little heavy so not so quick at times but the 80% rocker means they pivot like nobody's business.

One of the instructors I used to work with once even told me he was surprised how well i could carve them /claim but honestly I would say if you're looking at a cheap set and aren't planning on using them as your daily driver I'd cop em, they're super fun, get some great looks and when you're bombing hills and they're just flapping like all hell they're so fun. I love em, but they're a bit fucking stupid.

Hope that's a balanced opinion.

"I love em, but they're a bit fucking stupid."
- best description of owning hell bents i've ever seen.

Fitz11ww"I love em, but they're a bit fucking stupid."
- best description of owning hell bents i've ever seen.

Yeah that's sold them to me.

MF-HARPGrabbed a pair of '09 Hellbents, 122mm underfoot before they added another 10mm, for $50 (+$20 Griffons, also mounted dead centre) in a 179 a few years back. I normally ride a 186cm K108 or 184 ARV96, so they're a little short for me.

I love them though, got a wild ass top sheet, super floppy and wide and you gotta love the rocker. TBH if you can get a deal on them I would, I used to ski em in all sorts of conditions, they're great fun for charging on despite being soft, they're just a little heavy so not so quick at times but the 80% rocker means they pivot like nobody's business.

One of the instructors I used to work with once even told me he was surprised how well i could carve them /claim but honestly I would say if you're looking at a cheap set and aren't planning on using them as your daily driver I'd cop em, they're super fun, get some great looks and when you're bombing hills and they're just flapping like all hell they're so fun. I love em, but they're a bit fucking stupid.

Hope that's a balanced opinion.

Love em but they're fucking stupid

Lmaooo

I feel I know have my answer to anyone who ever questions the mystical canoes that are my Hellbents... thanks NS

Pick up that set man and let us know how you enjoy the sillyness

I learned to ski powder on Hellbents. Before I had them I hated powder.

Keep in mind I was living in the PNW and we only get heavy wet snow at my mountain. My mid 90 waist skis that were supposedly "pow skis" were not cutting it, I had to lean back so hard to stay floating. After being angry at my powder skis I spent a whole season demoing every super fat ski I could get ahold of, and one day found the K2 Hellbent. That ski was a dream come true. I was lucky enough to demo it on a day that was dumping wet 34 degree snow and they were floating like a dream, I no longer felt out of control trying to turn while flexing out my tails trying to keep my tips up. Instead I could effortlessly pivot turns through trees, slash the sloppy wet snow, and charge down slopes that would previously leave me exhausted. For once I didn't have to lean back. I was sailing by people on their skinny skis that were getting bogged down by the foot of wet snow. I will never forget that day and I bought a pair shortly after that.

I still have my K2 Hellbents and I don't think I can ever let go of them even though I've since moved on to other pow skis. They really are the best powder skis I've ever ridden for super waterlogged wet pow, they are also great for popping you over logs when tree skiing, the noses just flex you right over.

https://imgur.com/a/UGlzJeV


testing my new hellbents on some stairs