realskiers

That makes a lot of sense but I just don't see myself getting that much use out of the 82's, I do prefer a vertical side wall however. I'm really leaning toward the Stockli Stormrider XL's, I've only skied them on hard pack and they were great, I'm not sure how effective they are in powder and crud? My previous "wide" ski was 70mm underfoot and they were ok (not great), I'm thinking 75mm should be a step up for me! I prefer a less shapely longer radius ski when I do go out west, the Stockli in 174cm is 18.5 radius verse 12.1 on the 170cm Supershape.