Skier: Advanced-to-expert who likes the challenge of variable terrain and conditions and who likes carving as well as playing in powder.
Terrain: Mostly black, with occasional off-piste exploration. Snow conditions ranging from rock-hard to knee-deep powder.
Turn: Turning radiuses vary. Enough sidecut to carve on groomed snow but also enough width to float and steer on soft snow.

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Skier: Typically an all-day, every-day Westerner who encounters a lot of soft snow, powder and crud.
Terrain: Best when conditions are soft, but still able to handle occasional hard stuff.
Turn: The 80 mm to 90 mm waist allows good flotation in deeper stuff. Getting the skis on edge for carving is challenging but possible.

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Skier: Pure powder pigs who never sharpen their edges. If there aren’t at least a few fresh inches, they’re staying home.
Terrain: Steep and deep, especially O/B. But inbounds powder and crud isn’t out of the question.
Turn: With more than 90 mm underfoot, flotation is the thing, sometimes turning around to go switch.

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Skier: Someone with a big thirst for backcountry adventure. Big mountains, big snow, big kahunas are all part of the big picture.
Terrain: Steep and deep, mostly off-piste. Inbounds is possible, but when the snow gets hard, the going gets harder.
Turn: The word phat was coined for skis like these. Big, fast, phat turns rule, along with plenty of airtime.

Skier: People who’ve already got an all-mountain ski, but who also want a pair of big boys for those big-mountain, bottomless days.
Terrain: Mostly off-piste, in ski-movie-like terrain, everything from Alaska heli-skiing to the Whistler backcountry.
Turn: It’s all about surfing, riding the powder wave. For big turns in big, open spaces.

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