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By Tom Meiners Ranked #551 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis February 13, 2009

I'm a 6'4" 160 x-racer and got the 189's looking for a big burly ski after having 183 gots that were just too soft/small. These things haul. Even on groomers. Hauling ass at alyeska in -10 making super g turns felt amazing. Took them home to Juneau AK where we had some awesome snow conditions in December. Ski them a couple days in 6-12". They performed pretty damn well. Only a few complaints. Maybe it's just getting used to the large amount of tail they have (got them mounted at suggested), but managed to flip over the handlebars twice on these when hitting into some deep pockets at high speeds. Also, didn't get much energy out of them when arcing in deep snow, although I didn't get a chance to ski them on anything super open. Mostly tree skiing. Speeking of trees, maybe it's just me, but I had a hard time swinging these bad boys around in tight spots. What normally would have been a cool 5 or 6 turn line ended up as a straightline through the middle of the chute I was looking at. But they had no problem with that. Super stable. Have yet to get any tip flail or chatter. So if your looking for something to haul serious ass on these are the ticket. Would have no qualms gettin out of a heli in AK with them. But do have some reservations dropping into really tight tree pillow lines. These skis will ride you if yor not careful.

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