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By Frank Ranked #80 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis February 2, 2009

I own a pair of Chetlers. Got 'em at Jibij in Boulder, haven't seen em anywhere else. The prior review is right on; these are fantastic tree skis. Super quick, super precise. You can ski the trees longer 'cause you can get into smaller spaces and ski next to lines that have already been skied. Know those 4 ft wide swaths cut by snowboarders through the trees? The BCs just carve across and back into the pow. I've skied everything from 4 inches of carpet to 12 inches of mush, to 20 inches of perfect pow. They were fantastic in all.

The surprising thing is the performance on hardpack. I've skied hard snow pretty fast (40?) on them and they grip really well. The make long arcs, maybe like a 26 radius, and are surprisingly stable. Guess it's that Atomic racing pedigree. They were even fun in the bumps (rounded powder bumps so I suppose that's not much of a test). They'd probably be too nervous for long, fast, powder lines, e.g. AK but for tree skiing they can't be beat. For getting around the mountain to the trees they're surprisingly fun.

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