Hawkshot99
Active member
I need a set of pow boards. Demoing pow skis in pow conditions is inconvenient. Consequently, I have no idea what to buy. I tried Soul 7s one day in great conditions at Saddleback but it wasn't powder. I liked them fine but there are so many choices.
Unless all you ski is bottomless powder then how the ski is in powder doesn't really matter from one powder ski to the next. When I am looking at a fatty, I choose a rough idea of how wide I want to go. My current pair is a Soul 7 and all the skis I tested were in the 105-110mm range. I did not demo any of the skis in any real powder.
To me I want to make sure the ski will still be ski-able when I am not in the powder. Whether that is on a run out from a great run, or when I choose to ski them on a non-powder day. All "powder skis" ski pretty darn well in soft deep powder.