| i personally really disliked the bandit B2. if you're doing powder, cool. but if you want something that can handle variable conditions, i don't think the B2 or the B3 is the ticket. i tried the head monster and found it fairly unresponsive, but ymmv and i'd recommend a demo on that one as it fits the bill description wise and some people love it.
two boards i would add to your list would be the volkl 724 pro and the dynastar legend 8000 (which i loved so much i bought earlier this year and love it). both handle everything with the 724 preferring hard pack whereas the legend loves natural snow. if you want something with more float than the 8000 (i am guessing you want a big board with that explosiv and B3 in there), try the 8800 instead of the 8000, but you'll lose some performance on the hard pack. elan 666m is a rad ski that would fit the bill too. |