I was recommended this ski by a Salomon subrep, and it was the best ski purchase I've made in a while.

I'm 5'10" 185-190 and pack a little junk in the trunk. I like to think I can ski to the level of my iPod soundtrack, which sometimes leaves me re-enacting "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"-style headspins. Fortunately, these girls can channel what I'm dishing out and put it to the mountain. The rocker tip charges through chop and crud, like a Miami Goldigger at the Versace store. There is enough float in the shovel and waist to get through a secret powder stash without jeopardizing your return trip to the front side of the mountain.

I use this as my everyday/it snowed a few days ago ski (I-70 resorts in CO) with a thick-in-the-hips Gotamas for the Dumpzilla sessions.

They ski fast, hold an edge when carving, and suck up the mountain like Courtney Love on Day 3 of partying with the Medellin Cartel. Sizing up is OK, as the camber/rocker set up, and the twin tip will give more than enough stability and a little bigger length.

My suggestion is get 'em, load up your iPod with the soundtrack from TGR's Re:Session, and pack an extra pair of Pampers, 'cause you might just find yourself hucking someplace that you have never hucked before. Necessitating the need of the later.

the Lord comes back this year with cooler graphics. the other change is that its made in Austria now, which gives it a slightly different feel, i think it stiffer torsionally.

These skis do anything you want, just watch out for the soft top sheet. I'm 5'10'' 165lbs and ski the east coast, sticking mainly to the trees where these things dominate. On the groomers they take off too. They love the bumps too, I can't say enough good about how these things handle. My gripe is the soft top sheet that's already been torn into hardly in the first season with them.

I'm on the 2009s, 177, and I'm 6', 210 lbs.

These things pop back and forth like it's going out of style. The swing weight is practically non-existant in trees and bumps. On hardpack I feel like I'm on a dedicated carver, and in the poweder I feel (_almost_) like I'm on a big mountain ski. If you're on the east coast you really can't go wrong here, and they're damned good in almost everything out west too.

It's tough to say anything bad about these things. I suppose that the rocker probably isn't exaggerated enough for really, really deep stuff, but they're really not intended for that anyway. You'll have no trouble powering through mere mortal powder runs (and crud) though.

On a more depressing note, I think that the 2' rock divot I put in my right plank last week has become self-aware. It appears to be growing. Crap.

I got the last years style Lords. love the ski's, sharpening the edges makes for a stronger cut through hardpack, and doesnt affect powder skiing much at all. i mounted them with marker griffon bindings and i have no complaints. great all around ski, especially for crudy days. On a perfect powder day i would recomend a fatter ski, don't use the lords, they are just too skinny for actual powder. but as i said..great over all ski!

I got the last years style Lords. love the ski's, sharpening the edges makes for a stronger cut through hardpack, and doesnt affect powder skiing much at all. i mounted them with marker griffon bindings and i have no complaints. great all around ski, especially for crudy days. On a perfect powder day i would recomend a fatter ski, don't use the lords, they are just too skinny for actual powder. but as i said..great over all ski!

I have last year's (2008-09) model, skied on them all winter and cannot find one thing to complain about. Stable on groomers (minimal chattering), able to dig your tips in the bumps, floats well enough for my needs on powder with the 87mm underfoot waist, and the raised tail tip makes riding and landing switch in the park a piece of cake, and it also has more all-mountain and all-condition control than a regular twin-tip ski. I paired my 177cm Lords with the Marker Griffon Binding, and I have never skied a better setup in my life. If you are looking for a ski that can do everything, this is the best you will find.