K2 Sports, earlier K2 Corporation was founded in 1961. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company with global operations designs, produces and markets a range of sports products. These include snowboards, ski equipment, snowshoes, ski boots and the range of in-line skates like K2 Soul, K2 Power XP, K2 Xcellerate, K2 Mod GT, K2 Catalyst and K2 Cirrus models.
The K2 VO2 Max remains a very popular model for the simple reason that it is very comfortable. Being a soft boot for recreational fitness skating it has shock-absorbing abilities with large 90mm wheels that make them perfect for skating on rough roads. The skate is exceptionally good for cruising at speed and gliding smoothly out on to rough pavements.
They are comfortable yet firm allowing you to retain absolute skate control with your foot movements. The frame is fairly stiff in construction, nice and short at about 276mm axle to axle. K2 also have a women's version of the VO2 Max with a narrower forefoot with heel area, higher instep and lower cuffs.
This super comfortable model is great especially as trainers having both a soft boot and a rigid skeleton providing the necessary support. It fastens with laces, a Velcro strap at the ankle joint and buckles at the top of the ankle cuff. Installed with great bearings it’s a good choice for fitness as well as general purpose roller blades.
