Lib Technologies NAS Freeride Recurve Ski - 2009 BCS

You won't find any, and you will be very lucky if you do. It is a brand new ski for this year. And lib tech isn't very big on giving skis to magazine ski testers. Something to keep in mind is that the lib tech nas freeride recurve is really just a narrower version in every aspect of its big brother the nas pow recurve. So if you find some reviews on that ski, it should be pretty accurate as to how the freerides will ski, with the exception of being lighter and more nimble. I think this ski is going to be amazing, and one of the best ski out there. Magne-traction provides the most ridiculously good edge hold you've ever seen. I was amazed the first time i used them. The carve up hardpack like a samurai sword. The recruve helps keep the tips from digging in deep pow, make the ski more nimble, while still providing snappiness in the turn due to the small amount of camber underfoot.

I haven't skied this particular model, only the bigger brother the nas pow recurve, but like I said, they are fairly identical, just narrower. Here is my review of the nas pow recurve, the fatter version. On the nas pow, the recurve is fairly subtle. It really aids in the maneuverability of the ski, and makes it more nimble. I'm 5'8", 160 and the ski was 191, so for me to say that really is a credit to the skis design, i think anyway. The subtle recurve teamed with the magne traction allows the ski to initiate easily and rail on the hard stuff, while still being able to pivot and smear in the soft snow. The ski didn't exactly float in pow. It sunk and was kind of like a shark cutting through water, it never hooked or dug, just plowed through everything. The only time I really noticed the recurve paying dividends was when hucking stuff. The tip kind of just hung up there as I was skiing away, until I started driving the ski, and went back to shark mode. It wasn't soft or stiff, but a good medium flex great for use all over the mountain and all conditions. I was even able to take a lap in the park and do some spinny stuff with them off some bc booters. They do ski a bit shorter than the 191 length on them. I felt like it was a lot of ski on hard snow, but they still railed it. It felt like I was back on gs skis again, albeit really wide ones.

I really wouldn't hesitate about getting this ski.

YES, we've got some on order expected to arrive in the warehouse on 11/13. Hang tight, these skis are worth it.