Line Prophet 130 Ski - 2009 BCS

Wow. These are big. And bad. And fast. These have a pretty traditional shape - none of that elf-shoe looking rocker going on here. If you know how to drive a big ski and appreciate the elegance and control of putting a ski up on edge and laying down rails wherever you are (no schmearing this one), you'll love this ski. It's wide, so not super fast edge to edge (be patient!), but it floats like nothing else and it is really responsive. And if you are part of the Air Force hucking off whatever - forget about scoping out your landing. You're bringing many square feet of landing pad with you, so you can land anything.

I have these skis mounted hammerheads and they are straight-lining, cliff-dropping, chop-busting skis. The huge size takes a little getting used to and I ended up crossing them a few times at high speeds until I got used to them, but the early rise and wide tip gives them incredible float and the ability to stomp through chop exceptionally well. Even though they are so big they do well on-piste as long as your willing to give them the speed they deserve. As a backcountry setup they aren't super light, but aren't super heavy either (they are lighter than my 168 Nomads). Definately need a super stiff binding to be able to control them, hammerheads are a must.

The 130's were a fun ski to ride on. The are big and want to charge down the mountain with or without powder. They aren't chatty on the groomers and they float like no other in the pow. This ski was difficult to turn on the groomers, so if you want a pow ski this is it and if you want more of a one quiver ski you might look else were. These shred pow like no other. Can't wait to take them out on a day with 36 fresh lake effect pow.

I am 6'2", 165lbs, and ski the 186cm mounted telemark with Hammerheads. When these hit the deep stuff, ooohwee! they are really really fun. Skiing these tele made me feel invincible, never even a thought of tip dive, control with power at high speeds, slashed turns on a dime. Also, incredibly stable on straightlines and runouts, more so than any other ski I've skied tele. When the snow gets chopped, they still perform really well, but I found that they are so wide that my tips would bash into each other on tighter turns, had to adjust my skiing style to accommodate for the width, but i feel like I'll get the hang of that pretty quick. On groomers and harder snow, watch out, they are a little dangerous and hard to control. Weren't awful, but definitely had some moments where I got squirrely...Not a one ski quiver, but don't claim to be. For pow days, really psyched that these are in my repertoire.