Volkl AC40 Carbon Alpine Ski w/ Motion iPT R 14.0 Piston Binding - 2007 BCS

Stable and super quick getting into carved turns. It felt like skiing with a tuned-up sports car. I had more edge and turn than I needed. Doing super fast GS turns the AC40s felt like I was sitting in my living room. An incredible stable feeling. On groomed trails, bumps, not so deep powder or the spring crud they felt the best. In the deep stuff tho find another arrow for your quiver - the Volkls will not float and they lose the quickness. If I were Bob Dylan I'd write a song about them.

Billed as the market leader for all mountain skis, I've found the AC 40s very good. Best edge control of any ski I have tried. They are a very stiff ski - not very responsive for short turns or in tight places (I used to ski the K2 Recon and preferred them for ease of short radius turn initiation). Get spanked if you drop into the back seat. Still pretty good in alta powder. Quite a heavy ski when combined with the piston bindings. I got them for $699 from backcountry.com end of year sale and at that price they are a bargain given their versatility in almost any conditions fromm pow, to crud to ice.

I ski these long in the 184cm and love them, I am 220 lb's, 6' and these things go anywhere. Great transition ski from Crud to Groomers, if you want more of a powder specific ski go with the Gotama or Katana but for a ski that excels on the corduroy as well as crud, powder or anything in between you can't beat these bad boys.

Used a pair of these for 2 days at Alta. They have a quick response time from edge to edge and will do everything you tell them to do. Theycut the crud, float in the powder and cruise the groomed very well.

Extremely Impressed!!!