Moment Night Train Ski

These skis want to go fast. They are super sick and you need to try them. Slaying through a foot of fresh powder or hot-lapping groomers, they do it all! I'm a 5'5" 140lb woman (probably just joining the "advanced" skiing demographic) and I rocked the 186cm Night Trains. The bigger size gave me tons of stability in powder and crub.

Absolutely blown away with its performance in the powder. 178 with a Tele setup, Hammerheads (boot center -2cm). Its a point and shoot type ski in the powder, but also amazingly fun and playful in the trees. Zero tip or tail hook like I've read in some other reviews. It does fairly well on the groomers, but wouldn't use it on a groomer day, maybe its me but I can't hold a rail like I can with my Moment Ruby's. The rocker makes skiing variable conditions so easy its not even funny, and the no camber under foot helps hold an edge in the hard stuff. A lot of powder skis have more of a continuous rocker with maybe 10"-15" of contact when held together. These seem to have a bit more flat than others, closer to 30", which may help with its performance on hard pack snow. And probably why people have said its now their DD.

I absolutely love this ski and it is amazing. Works the best in the DEEP powder! got 24 inches in 24 hours at Whitefish Mountain Resort on Big Mountain and o my gosh they were amazing!

26 Feb, 2012.

Last night it snow 17'' here in Whitefish Montana (Big Mountain).. This skiis are the BOMB! BOMB there goes the dynamite and here come the train!!! It floates like non other, handled the groomes (or what you could call them groomers on this day. I had no problem at all on theses skiis! I am big boy, 6'2, 250... and these skiis were a blast rode the 186's. Go forwards, smear them to go backwards with no problem! These skiis are awesome! LOVED EVERY MINUTES ON THEM!! 5 stars!!!

While shopping for a fatski, I rode a few different types of skis. Here are a few that came to mind: the K2 Hellbent, the Moment Comi, and the Moment Ruby. I liked them all in their own way. The Hellbents were super playful and great for chop. The Comi's were also great fun and incredibly stable at high speeds. Finally, the ruby's were a solid mid-fat ski, but not what I was looking for. I wanted something in between the super playful Hellbent and amazingly solid Comi. The Night train fit the bill. With a flat camber and slight rocker of the tip and tail they seem like they'll hold up just fine at high speeds on the hard stuff. But plenty soft and wide enough to play around when mother nature decides to give out free refills. The best part, they're super light! I can't wait to use them.

This is the ultimate ski when the conditions are anything close to pow or crud. There are a lot of fat, early taper skis out there and a lot of camber/rocker designs to pick from. The keys to the Night Train are: it's super light, and it's 100% FLAT underfoot. No camber. So it NEVER hooks up, never feels sluggish, never dumps you on your ass when that fluffy pillow turns out to be a mogul. Throw it sideways going like a bat out of hell, and it just surfs along with you. Point it through a crud field, and it just floats over all the ruts. Then get out on a nice groomer, and even with a half-ass tune you're putting down trenches like a race coach...and that makes it pretty much a no-brainer.