Icelantic Gypsy Ski - 2011 BCS

I demoed these two weeks ago and they blew me away. CO hasn't had much snow, but on one of our first powder days I got to try them out and they handled every terrain withe ease. Very playful ski that made it too irresistible to poach an unopened bowl full of the fresh white stuff. On the groomers they turned on a dime, and let me bounce back and forth from mogul to mogul on another run. I just bought a pair of 189 Dynastar Sixth Sense Slicers last year, but tried out the Gypsy on 180s and had way too much fun. This is where my first paycheck is going. Can't wait for them to arrive on Monday - just in time for my friends to fly in to Vail next weekend. Pairing these beauties with Marker Duke bindings. Can't flippin' wait to get out on them... just wish they were here for tomorrow's first run. (I'm 6'3" 185 for anyone who's curious)

As a caveat, I have not used these on powder, only early season groom/ice/dust on crust. I just picked these up a few weeks ago and have gotten 3-4 days on them at a-baisin/loveland, 2 days with about 1-2" on softish snow over groom/ice. Even in these comparatively crappy conditions, I never wanted to take them off. Could not get them to even think about losing an edge while carving but the biggest thing to me was how playful they were. I was hopping everywhere, popping off everything and just having a blast on the whopping 3 open trails. I had the 195 super S7's last year and while they were a very good ski and performed in everything, they were no where near as fun. Slashing everything, hopping from one mogul and landing on another so smoothly it looked like I was way better than I am. I was skiing much better than I have any right to. Very happy and surprised as I bought these skis without ever having tried full rocker and I am sold.
I am 6'4" 180lbs. Skis mounted boot center with size 29.5 boots. I like being in the trees and on the steepest things i can find. I am not a fan of moguls if I can avoid them but I don't think most people are looking for stellar mogul perf out of a rockered pow ski. Once the weather co-operates I will update this review with how it does in soft snow/trees/tracked out crud.

I got to demo these this past week in the Wasatch and they were incredible on the groomers and fluffy stuff! It finally snowed at Snowbird yesterday and I was able to get a few fluffy turns in and they were awesome! I have got to say I've never skied something so playful, I had SO-MUCH-FUN. They absolutely haul on the groomers and float like a dream! I was hitting all kinds of stuff and having the time of my life! Also because of the rocker I plowed through the cruddy snow! However they are not the most nimble ski ever, requiring a wider turn which made moguls very un-enjoyable and they ARE on the heavier side.

I am 5'3 and 115lb and I rode the 170!

Such a killer ski! A reverse camber ski that can carve on hard pack. The biggest skeptics I know have deemed this the ski of choice over the Volkl Chopstick for their all-mountain, reverse camber ski.