By: sha3229832 August 9, 2009

Megawhat VS Volkl Katana? I know this is an impossible question without some background, so here goes: I'm 53 years old, 5'11" 180lb, fairly advanced skier. Learned the oldschool (snowplow through parallel) way. Like to hard-charge it 70% of the time. Don't climb more than a a few hundred yards to get off piste. Don't do the park or huck cliffs. Ski mainly Mammoth CA (too often Sierra Cement). By neccessity, I ski mainly in the trees because this is the only place to get some depth since I am rarely lucky enough to be there on freshie days. Current ski is Volkl AC30 177mm, could, maybe should have gone a bit longer. I like the energy/dampness ratio of these and stability at speed. I was considering Katanas because A) they are wide enough to float these conditions whereas my AC30s have me on my heals all day - tiring! B) Katans are supposed to be manueverable (trees!) C) are reviewed as good through the crud and I see a lot of that. D) Also, they can edge enough get me back the the lift via the groomers. It seems the Megawatts have similar characteristics. I'll only own 2 paris of skis, these plus AC30s. Can anyone provide insight? Thanks. Oh - also please, what length with either?

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