Finally......found my length at a great price! I demo'd the Phat Luv last year on a big 15 + inch day in Vail's legendary back bowls and I was hooked. Tried to get them several more times but they were always rented. I'm an ex pro (taught, coached, patrolled) have been skiing the Lotta Luv for years and didn't think I needed a fat ski.....now I don't know if I will ski anything else. Run after run no matter what I threw at this ski ROCKS! Stable at speed, floated in the deep stuff, quick in the trees, you name it, this ski does it and has me keeping up with the kids!

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So there we were, Solitude, Utah and a big storm hammering the mountain. My wife, however was low on confidence on her 154cm Rossi Attraxion VI Skis. She took a fall in low light and we sat in the lodge feeling down. I managed to convince her to try some longer, fatter skis and these are what she ended up with. The change was amazing - these were the first fats she had ever skied and she wondered whether she could handle them - I think they were 167s and had been skiing short carvers for the past couple of years. By the time the lifts stopped running we'd had a terrific day and these skis were largely responsible. They are heavy - I carried them to the car ! - but this helped her(she usually hates heavy skis) and power through just about everything - it was mostly 12" of powder/chowder. When she hit the groomers they seemed to hold an edge perfectly well also. If she could've found them at a better price then I reckon she'd have bought them....

i am 5'4", 128 lbs, and i ski the 153 cm size. i have dynafits on them, and mostly take them out into bc powder and trees. i agree with the Q&A comment - they are "turny", in a GREAT way. really easy to control in powder.

watch out for those iced-over groomers on your way back to the base after enjoying sidecountry though - you'll have to crank down on that edge to keep this fairly soft ski in control (speaking from personal experience).

bought these 2 seasons ago,due to injury unable to ski them til this season,well,Vermont got 3 feet of snow this past weeknd,light and fluffy...finally skied on them,great in trees,powder and the hard pack that is inevitable with the wind...I'm 5'8",have the length that's in the 160's,found these skis to be very light compared to my apache recons...

I absolutely love these skis. Not only have I turned them into my backcountry skis but I think they are great for all resort conditions as well. Obviously, they do fantastic in the powder (I'm still beaming smiles in the pow 2 years later!) but I think they are my favorite all-mountain ski too. But I do agree with others, they are heavier so make sure you have the leg power to maneuver them. If you have that covered, get these skis and you won't need another pair of skis!

stable, great for smearing and all terrain. I'm on the 2009's and they've definitely bumped my skills. Their maiden voyage was a powder day, so it was love right from the start... but I'm smiling even on frozen days, which is saying something.

These skis are amazing... the "phatness" really performs excellently in deep powder. It's like floating on a cloud - I mostly ride with boarders... we just got 3 feet of powder and while they struggle up to their knees, I'm floating by! The Marker Baron bindings have been holding up well, skinning has never been easier! Ice and groomers aren't so enjoyable, but that's why I kept my old skis! Thanks so much for all your help, Backcountry phone staff, you guys are awesome!

I borrowed these for a weekend to let my friend from Chicago ski in Utah. She absolutely loved them for the two hours she was able to ski before he legs quit on her. I have had other friend ski this ski and rave about them. Personally I can only tell you that I have never heard a bad word, but did not ski them myself.

These skis are great for crud and off-piste skiing. A good amount of side-cut helps the ski to carve while the stiffness keeps the ski stable at higher speeds. Would recommend to skiers who spend their time all over the mountain and just want one ski to do the job.

These skis are great, but not my favorite ski. I found them to be super easy to ski on the groomers...effortless to turn and like Andrew said, no chatter. They were fun in the powder too, but I still like my Karhu Bertha's better by far when it comes to the deep, fluffy stuff.

length: 170

These skis were great in a foot of powder and turned effortlessly in it. By mid-day when the powder was fluffy in some spots and thicker in others, the skis would transition very well, making it very easy to ski, the skis them self did all of the work. On groomers these skis require a little wider more aggressive stance and you have to really use your muscle to make the skis carve. They weren't the best for carving but at the same time there was no chatter under foot on groomers or hard-pack snow.