your new deep powder guns

By David Wernet March 20, 2008

When you have the pontoons in their element (untracked bottomless pow) I don't think there is a better ski made. The combination of the fat rockered tip and the turned up tapered tale is just perfect. You find yourself taking each powder turn a little fast, then a little fast, then a little faster, until you are screaming down the run. Once you get these skis off the groomed and into the pow, they do anything, pivot, smear, carve (yes carve powder) I found myself seeking out little spines and rollovers and throwing up huge snowboarder style slashed. They also save your legs since you can stand centered on these skis. Once the powder gets tracked up the skis still handle fine, but riding through heavy chop, is exactly like water skiing through rough water, not all that enjoyable for me. The skis are soft and I felt like I was overpowering them in crud. They are more than manageable on groomers, and can even carve. If you are a charger and already savy to the rockered revolution I would look elsewhere(ARG, Lotus, Rocker), but if you are still rocking tradition shaped skis these would be a great introduction to the new style of skiing. You really can't go wrong. Get them. You know you want to.

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