Tough but fair ✌️

Heehee. It's all good E! Keep it standing up

U will love them been my daily for 2 years from east coast to west it's been a ball

oh awesome, hope you love them!

That makes total sense

Woah, that's awesome! Congrats on the new skis, I hope you love them

@@RicketySkiReviews I enjoy the reviews on the various skis. I'm in the mid atlantic and ski a couple of weeks in the west each year. These should be better for what I do than the 85 width carving skis that I have been using.

My brother has that vantage 184. I understand that it's the predecessor to maverick. One thing that atomic has always done right is edge grip, and springiness when unloaded. That's a wicked ride on Eastern "groomed ice"

@mrremke the 184cm wasn't too hefty for me. I'm 175lbs n 5'11" but I felt that the extra length took away some of that little playfulness. Compared to a Volkl Mantra it was comparatively playful. I found with the Atomics they didn't release the tails as easily as ghe QST92...through the trees and bumps. But with playfulness comes less precision. I was willing to live with that because..Japan conditions suit this type of ski. I might got the QST98 next time though even though the floatation in knee/thigh deep pow was the best in the sub 95mm category.

nice combo

Yeah totally, I think if you wait until July/ August you will see prices go down slightly, but you run the risk of them selling out your exact size, and then if you're buying 2025's instead you're paying top price. For instance Evo has already sold all of their 2024's and is now selling 2025's the final pair I found was here: www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=pl&ti=7417&pw=372417&mi=19201&pt=3&pri=13636 at Utah skis

@@RicketySkiReviews I will keep checking them then and wont hurry. If you got a skiessentials avant link I would buy it through that! Thanks for advice

Good point

Have yet to ski a rustler 9 yet, only reviewed the rustler 10

Hey there, no, I haven't been able to get my hands on them unfortunately.

@@RicketySkiReviews seems they are a less rough version or the Enforcers.. and right now they are also at nice price too. (hope they deliver)

lol, yeah no shop locally demos them, and Salomon has been dodging my outreach attempts pretty hard. It never hurts if you reach out to Salomon Directly, they take prospective buyers more seriously in my experience.

@@RicketySkiReviews Ski Essentials has reviewed them but there's little else review online which offers more perspective that I actually find articulate, professional, and accurate enough to get relevant detail out of. I don't change skis often so there's a bigger delta between what I own, and what's current, and I try to find how to relate. I'm highly contemplative, analytical, and perceptive to product details and functions, but there's so much watered down generalization and corporate sales baloney that getting what I need is hard.

I've got the 22/23 Stance 96 luv it! My daily driver winter thru most of spring. 182 length. The Camber is crazy on these things!

@@anthonyalpha4118 I'm running older Volkl Unlimited AC40 and the full length camber is like a woman's foot arch... more radical than any skis I see today. That said, it's not really suited for powder. Runs 82 waist and single-radius at 17.9m. Holds edge like crazy but takes a powerful skier.

@@exothermal.sprocket Indeed I've got an old pair of Volkl G2 skis they were my ice cutters but they're now finally retired.

Hmm not sure, I'll look into that, I know I've been trying to cutback, but I was up late the night before and it got to me.

Skiblades

Be specific. On trail, off trail, groomer hardpack boiler plate, ability level? I’ve skied Sugarloaf since the 70’s and 95% of the time ski’s in the mid 70’s to mid 80’s underfoot that are stiff work the best overall. Most of the time edge control is a priority. With that said, I see a lot of ‘24 Blizzard Rustler 9’s on the mountain as an all mountain ski. I use an Atomic 95 Ti as my all mountain ski. Head Supershape E Rally as everyday drivers. These work well for me.

It just depends on what you want the ski to do, there are so many good skis out there these days, personally I would like something a bit damp for the more chattery days (I grew up at Burke Mountain) so maybe like a Stockli Stormrider 88 or a Volkl Kendo 88, or overall I would probably bring the new Black Crows Octo for it's versatility honestly.

@@Ceemysix Elliot forgot to mention the Enforcer 88, one of his favorite line of skis 😁 Honestly though, it is also a great East coast ski for that waist width. I love 82mm waist width skis for the ice coast, but maybe not if you only have a 1 ski quiver.

I consider myself an expert skier. I have been skiing for 45yrs and Ski patrolled professionally for 10yrs. I currently have a Volkl Deacon V Werks for the boiler plate and a Black Crows Mirus Core that I haven’t mounted yet. Still in the box unfortunately, I wish I would have seen your review on the Octo sooner but now I can’t seem to find one in the 184. I have been skiing a Line Super Natural quite a bit but that one is going to be retired. I had just asked because I like to hear other people’s opinions on boiler plate skies because it seem I ski that quite a bit and I think that is the hardest condition to ski. I’m thinking about tying a Atomic Maverick 95Ti but maybe a Shaggy ski because they are made in Michigan. The Shaggy skis have really cool graphics btw. Thanks for your responses. Cheers, W