Its hard to convince someone of the benefits of a reverse camber reverse side cut ski without just trying them yourself. However, do not try these skis without being prepared to buy. Because once you switch back to your regular skis, every powder run is spent dreaming about how sweet it would be on something rev/rev. Yes. The difference is that noticeable. These skis give you access to a whole new style of skiing. You start looking at the mountain in a different way. Basically, you start skiing like a snowboarder, and its damn fun. You can throw huge powder slashes with the best of them, easily dump speed after rocketing through a straightline, make turns in the tightest of trees with ease, stomp airs, and ski through chopped up pow like its untracked. On groomers they are very manageable, with the right tune these skis can carve(sort of) they do have sidecut underfoot, and traverse and ski groomers fine. These only get 4 of 5 stars because for a big guy like me(6'2" and 225) they are just not stiff enough to truly just charge down the hill and unleash terror. But after skiing these skis I had to get something similar, and when the dust settled from my spending fury, I had a pair of DPS Lotus 138s, now THOSE skis get 6 stars out of 5, but thats for a different review. Happy Shredding!

I picked this helmet up last year and at first I did not like it at all. it looks great, very unique style that I liked, but I could not dial the fit. I ended up switching back to my Giro and chucking this in the closet. Skip to this year, and I was going through my ski stuff, I found that with this helmet, when I wore it over a nice warm thick wool hat my mom made me for xmas (thanks mom!) the helmet fits perfect! I took out all the padding on the inside so there is just hard foam with some velcro tabs on it. These stick to my hat perfectly keeping the helmet in place. Much improved fit, the helmet doesnt bounce around, its great. I do leave it at home on powder days. Riding at Snowbird especially, it is a pain in the ass to have to take off your helmet to take your goggles off, and when you are going from outside to inside, it can be fog city. Other than that, I wear this helmet all the time.

For me these skis were not all that great. I have skied them in all conditions, ranging from powder to ice and wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be. The only place these skis really excelled was in tight trees. They are super fun and you can make the tightest turns possible. This is probably due to their super short running length, its like skiing snowblades without the chairlift ridicule. In powder the float was not that great, the skis just felt really short and wimpy. Performance in choppy cruddy snow was good, as long as you stay balanced you can carve through some pretty junky snow. They were stable landing airs, and pretty decent in moguls as well. I am not sure if it was the tune (or lack thereof) but I had to almost lean back into the backseat to get the sidecut to hook up and get the skis to carve on hard snow. Eventually I got used to it, but I would rather be able to drive my skis from a more athletic stance. The truth with these, is that if you are a smaller dude (or dudette) these skis probably rip like none other, but for bigger dudes look elsewhere.