Snowboards for Women

This board rocks and that's the bottom line. I spent my first 3 seasons on a K2 Skyla and it was a great learning board but my skillz improved and I knew I needed a bigger board. I was all smiles down the first run in Jan on my new Duchess this past season and still smiling on the last day at Breck going over some monster jumps. It was amazing from dropping off cornices at Vail and A-basin to hitting rails at Kestone and Breck. I can't say enough about this board. It rides so smooth, carves incredibly, and allowed me to step it up a notch or probably two. GO FOR IT!

I think it’s a great board for everything, it’s so versatile. Soft enough for park, stiff enough for freeriding. I can butter this board fine, I especially love it on the boxes and rails, and the jumps! I love the harshmellow too, I ride a 144 and usually, smaller boards chatter when I go fast, but not this one. I would say that this is a perfect board for those who can’t afford to buy both a freeride and a park board, it excels at both. Oh yeah, I rode it in powder today and it floated great! So effortless!

Check out Shayboarder's review of the 2008 - 2009 K2 Duchess on her blog.

She's highly regarded in the women's snowboarding community as one of the foremost product test riders out there, we highly recommend her!