Atomic Snoop Daddy Alpine Ski - 2006 BCS

I replaced my Atomic 9.22 skis last season 2006 with a new pair of 185cm Atomic Snoop Daddy's. I weigh 80kg and stand 186cm tall and wanted a ski to handle packed fields and for ski touring in the NZ mountains.They handle extremely well on packed snow and are out of this world in powder and crud.
Even touring with a pack on they float in the powder like skiing on a groomed slope. They are a fast pair of skis and easy to control.
I teamed them up with the latest Diamir Freeride Plus binding and have ended up with a super light weight, high performing touring combination.

These skis rock the pow like you wouldn't believe. I bought these skis for touring and pow days at Alta. Even on those light, dust on crust days, these provide excellent float, giving you that sweet weightless flying-like experience. Mine are mounted to the Naxo 21 AT Bindings. While the combo puts a lot of weight underneath your feet on the skin track, the downhill performance can't be matched. The only drawback to this setup is that on icy, east-coast conditions, I've gotten quite a bit of chatter. Still, I wouldn't trade these skis in for anything.

I just purchased the Snoop Daddy's and had my first chance to ride them today at Vail in over a foot of new powder. I bought the 185 Snoops knowing it would be a sturdy mid-fat ski that could replace my old 79cm carving skis and the Snoop did not disappoint. These are definitely hard charging skis that are a lot of fun and perform well in just about any snow condition. Floated easily on the pow pow in the China Bowl as the large sidecut made the turns smooth and easy. Powered right over any crud or tracked snow as the 126cm tip serves well here. One of the areas I was interested to see how the would perform was the bumps and reacted well. They definitely were not as peppy as my old carving skis but they handled the bumps well as the skis are pretty nimble and turn quickly when needed. And on the last run of the day headed down to the bar they bombed right down the groomers. The shovel was a bit fluttery but it really had no effect - these are fast skis that like to be run and react best to wider turns. Lastly, regardless of other others might say I like the graphics....yeeehaw.
The Snoop ended up being the perfect ski to ride Vail during a huge dumping. The stellar performance combined with a reasonable sale price I would highly recommend these skis.

Very satisfied with snoop daddy's. Got at the end of my season so just used 3 days at whistler but they loved the powder, crud, steeps, and felt reasonably stable at speed. I expect to get years of fun.

I just picked up a pair of Snoop Daddy
skis and tried them out in the 55o Utah
sun! It hadn't snowed for 2 days, after
a large Friday dump,so the mountain had both soft corn snow and some icy hard pack to deal with. These skis carved the hard pack very well considering their
88mm waist,but when I hit the corn or anything left of the powder dump these babys Rocked the Casbah! All in all these skis are very close to a one Quiver ski but will wear your quads out if you ski hard pack all day.

These skis are outstanding. There great in the powder, chop, crud, and hold a reliable edge on pack/icy surfaces.