so tue, skiing pow is a different skill set. Once you do get it, it's a very easy way to ski that can be used in chop, broken and other off-piste conditions. Rockered tip ski's, flat and reverse camber (also rockered-type) are definitely here to stay and they do work very well, for a ski like a 10mm rocker tip, they don't require any modification in technique obviously, they aren't used on a race ski or a hard snow carver. The width underfoot is really not an issue, if you haven't ski a wide board, you should really give them a try. In general, they have nothing to do with skill level, anyone who can normally ski soft snow or off-piste terrain will just find it easier; less fatigue, able to ski more difficult terrain with more precision. More runs, more smiles per mile. Another advantage of a ski like a Hellbent or similar is that you can low angle powder where you can't with traditional skis. An example of this is green and blue runs where there is untracked powder because there's not enough pitch to normally ski on. The combo of the rocker and width allow the ski to plane up and maintain enough speed for those areas.
here's a strange japanese video of some dude skiing Helbents in-bounds in about a foot of powder,
Here's a good example of someone skiing them on spring groomed snow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2CRUDGubwM&feature=related
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