Black Diamond Carbon Megawatt

DREAM TRIP: Japanese Pillow Fight. With the Rossignol Squad and Super 7 and Black Diamond AMPerage all off the board, I went with a multi-purpose tool that is light enough to use on the uphill and fat enough to float while going down, even in Japan. The new Carbon Megawatt has the 125mm waist (in the 188cm) and rocker tip/semi-rocker tail of the traditional Megawatt, but carbon fiber reinforcements, in addition to a lightweight paulownia wood construction, that make it about a pound lighter than its counterpart. Now, if only they’d change those graphics.-John Clary Davies