Game Changers

By floormat Ranked #1062 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis January 11, 2010

I've been at this sport since I was 2, 27 years later the biggest improvement in fun-factor came along. These skis will change your life! For some its Buddha for others Swiss chocolate, if you ski - its these boards. These will be your juju, your Oprah, your new "second best feeling in the world!"

As to the skiing: in powder words escape me, the rocker is more than enough to keep them springy and fun, imagine the pop you get from a race board while you doing 40 through the pow - like I said FUN! They are so much more than "survivable" outside of the powder, thanks to the "normal" sidecut you can literally carve a soft groomer to get to the lift. They turn a 6" day into serious fun instead of dust on crust.

I skied the 185cm last season and put more days on them than any other ski, they really do work well in a lot of snow conditions. I've upgraded to a 195cm this year because I'm 6'4" 210 - really looking forward to a little more float for my weight and smother landings.

Make sure you ski 'em like other volkl's - fast, fast, faster and maybe even a little more than that, not a finesse piece unless you've got some weight to throw around and then - is finesse really part of your vocabulary anyhow???Grab some Toblerone, rub a Buddha belly, throw some jesters on these skis and enjoy your new world order. It's gonna be fun!

(photo is a little La Grave drop on these big 'uns)

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