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So how do you choose an all-mountain ski?
Well, use your common sense for one thing.
If you ski a lot of fresh snow and powder, a wider daily driver is going to suit.
Do you have other skis in your quiver?
If you have a pow ski, the float won’t matter so much.
It isn’t rocket science.
How heavy are you and how hard do you ski?
Weight and strength, along with technique matter way more for ski choice than height.
Heavier skiers will generally want wider skis to help them float in pow.
We’d recommend ski school.
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Atomic Bent 100
Put simply we didn’t really like the old Bent 100.
It behaved nothing like the Bent 110 and Bent Chetler, which was also a strange clash.
Some small changes have really elevated this ski.
The whole ski is a bit stiffer and the flex is much more consistent through the ski.
Salmon Depart 1.0:
The elephant in the room.
Is it a park ski, is it an all-mountain ski, is it a BBR in disguise?
Yes, yes, and definitely not.
So they might actually you know… sell.
They carve well, have enough power for most conditions and the shape is ultra surfy in 3-dimensional snow.
Daily driver just about anywhere?
Don’t mind if we do.Read more.
Very good in pow, very loose and drifty in all conditions, and generally very very approachable.
Luckily, that’s a good thing.
Crank on groomers, float pretty well, charge pretty hard and we like them for stunting too.Read more.
It’s very good.
These are more of a freeride-focused ski than the others here but they are still happy throwing tricks.
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