Solid Ski for a Solid Skier

By pball19ac2409133 Ranked #1392 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis January 23, 2010

I rode the 08' version of these puppies at Squaw this year for a few days and I kind of had mixed thoughts. They are super solid in big wide open powder fields and they are kind of fun on Groomers too. They also charged through crud and small moguls when you opened them up. I did find them to be a bit much for me in tight areas. Being 5'7 and 135lbs and use to skiing the Bridges, I felt like these skis kind of made me work a bit more that normal in tight chutes and bumps. I also felt like I was backseat a lot upon landing drops. I was riding POS demo bindings but I still felt like this ski was too much for me at times. They float awesome in pow and allow you to make nice big GS style turns but I think I would be more comfortable on some Gotamas.

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