A few days in Interior British Columbia (Canada) riding deep snow, slapping high fives, and drinking coffees late into the night lead into conversation about working together. We wanted to work on the Instrument model in order to make this collection applicable to riders of all ages and abilities, and Peter had a concept up his sleeve. An ode to years past, a vibrant blast of color, and Peter’s own take on the classic K2 word mark rounded it all out.
When we saw the boards show up, we knew that we needed to ride these things. A quick trip to Brighton Resort just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah proved to be the perfect venue. We called up Peter, tapped in Caley Vanular, Parker Szumowski, and Caleb Flowers, and hit the resort. Three days of soft snow and some sunshine and we ended up with something a little special. Click play, and enjoy.
ABOUT THE GRAPHIC | “Our son Nima is 3 years old and I got really into making Play-Doh with him and he always requests for me to make things. He usually asks for a surfboard with fins, a man, or a monster truck. These ideas morphed into the van and the mushroom for the board graphics and a mash of several colors of Play-Doh rolled flat for the bases.” - Peter Sutherland
ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT | For some of us each run at the resort is like listening to a jazz band play a live show - it’s spontaneous, making decisions on the fly, where to carve, where to slash, and how fast to roll into that side hit. The easiest way to describe it is that you simply get into the groove, and like a musician riffs on their stand-up bass, the K2 Instrument is the snowboard that you need to navigate the contours of the terrain as they come.