Great Ski!

By TheNextBigStorm Ranked #231 - All Mountain Skis April 12, 2011

So I have the 2008 addition, and it seems like the new model took what the 2008 model has and improved it (94 is the new 88), and added the twin tip.

Background Information:
I've only used these skis on the east coast. Hunter is my primary mountain, aka a lot of hard pack, and an occasional snow day.

Groomers/Hard Pack
Go Big or Go Home: To really find these ski's sweet spot you have to be aggressive. On the hard pack pin your ears back and let them rip. The ski really explodes under your foot coming out of hard aggressive turns, and smoothly enters the next turn. It took me a season to adjust to the aggressive nature of this ski, but once you figure it out, you'll feel extremely confident.

The Bumps:
Once your leg strength is up to par these skis really perform well in the bumps. The ski is light and reacts quickly, because of this you have to have excellent form in the moguls or you'll pay the price. I've had a few instances of bad form with a responsive ski, leading of course to a fall.

Powder:
Like I said, I ski a lot at hunter so my "powder" experience with these skis is minimal. Having said that, the one day i really did get to use them in a heavy powder (The epic 5 day 7 foot dump) they worked really nicely.

Tracked Out/Crud
When it does snow at hunter, you usually get a lot of tracked out snow. This ski was born for these conditions and spring (see below). The build of these ski allow you to keep the hammer down. The build of the ski allows you to cut clean turns through anything, and is very forgiving when you move from a clean patch of snow, to tracked out, to hardback, back to a clean patch.

Spring
Hunter may not get a low of powder days, but because of all the man made snow it has phenomenal spring conditions. The Snoops flat out shine in spring conditions. It plows through the corn snow, yet you'll feel like your floating. Its quick and responsive even though the conditions are heavy. With these skis I have come to love a bluebird, Bangers and Mash day of skiing.

I am seriously considering buying this years model since i believe they will no longer be available :(

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