I've just completed my full upgrade and gone out for my first week and it is awesome. The burly, beefy Dukes on the ObSethed made skiing easy and all smile enducing. The Ski feels like it rides shorter on the groomers. The rocker means you're actually riding on less ski at any time and was able to throw down soem nice big carving lines on groomers, but also make quick turns on some skiied out steep Double Black bumps. In the powder it is great. I'm on the 179, 6'1", 185lbs, and maybe I should have gone to the 189's, but they are a load of fun at this length. My old skiis are the B2's which I thought about keeping around for those spring days where there's no pow, but these far out perform those, even on the pack, so who wants to buy a pair of used B2's? Great ski. Will do it all, just need a bit more snow here in BC for the back country and will really know.

Haven't done any touring with these boots yet, just alpine skiing, but they are awesome. Read some reviews that said they don't work well with Alpine bindings. They dropped into my rossignol bindings with no problem, and so far have released twice, exactly when they shoudl have, and have stayed in tight when they should too.

I am a very agressive skiier, used to super stiff boots, and these have been excellent. I do have a very long skinny foot though, and they do fit me well, so if you have a high volume boot, try it out first. As always, it takes a bit to break in, but they are definitley getting there. Skiing has improved drastically with these boots. Great fit for me.

Biggest complaint is that the power strap does not come all the way out so you can strap teh boots together to throw it over your shoulder for carrying, but is that realy a complaint?

Awesome boot, super light, super stiff, great comfort. Ride hard.