Blow it up!

By skidawg Ranked #128 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis March 2, 2011

If you can't have fun on these you don't have a pulse!
That said I was staring down at my +6 mount on these 179's
thinking wow these buggers seem short, too short. Not so ... I'm about 5'11 165 lbs in my boxers. Could I go longer sure, oh hell yeh but...this is alot of ski. I had an incredible first run experience through the 'doors' at Crystal yesterday. These were quick and the right medicine for weaving through trees and technical steep gullies etc. They charged. The ability to change direction and scrub speed was amazing. In wide open bowls longer would be nicer sure and in reality I would not need this much
width. But man these are fun. If you are on the fence with the length issue, both lengths 79/89 have their place. If I were going longer and wanted just a one ski quiver, I would go to a 189 oBsethed, Lib Tech NAS Pow 191, or a Chetler in a 192. These Hellbents have their place in a 79 though. p.s. hiked into the Southback today with nothing but a super smooth windbuff layer over pow and these just slayed in the 179 length.

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