Lucky me

By Ben Lyman Ranked #12 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis August 13, 2009

I skied the 184s and the 173s for a day each last season in wet, heavy Pacific Northwest powder, and as a 175 lb, 6'2" expert skier, I found the 173s to be unacceptably squirrelly (I actually described it as "standing on two squirrells" to a friend), but the 184s were so solid that I found myself skiing lines I had never even imagined possible previously. As on the Black Diamond Megawatts, you don't have to worry about what the landing is like on these boards, because you're bringing it with you. Ever since then, I've been waiting to see what Icelantic came out with for the '09/'10 season...but today I noticed that Backcountry.com only had one more pair of the '08/'09 model, which happened to be in the 184cm length, and that at the lowest price on the web. Suffice it to say that I'm no longer waiting, and I am now the proud owner of the last pair of these boards that Backcountry had. If you are interested in getting a ski that will power through crud, squiggle through trees at speed, rail on the groomers, stomp landings so easily you'll think you're just out for a walk in the park, and climb like you're on an escalator (as long as you get skins wide enough for the 160mm tip), these are the boards. Get 'em wherever you can, at whatever price.

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