Need Deep Dive between this, the new Monster 88, and the new Rossi Experience 92 (er, 94 I guess).
I will be very interested in its performance in moguls.
yet another very interesting ski. looking forward to the review…
man, if you guys do a deep dive comparing the master blaster, 18-19 qst 99, 17-18 AND 18-19 origin 96, 18-19 wrangler 96(?), mantra M5, 18-19 vantage 97ti, and citadel all in a 185ish length… i will buy a subscription. i know, i know, you would have to ski them all. work work work…
Skiied the 2019s today and I own the 2018 version in 176. They have stiffened it up a bit and now it has more edge feel and tail feels more on piste orientated. I have 2017 Monster 88s too and the Atomic now feels more like those which I would say slightly better hard snow performance but slightly less versitility overall especially if you slow down. It has more power this year for sure.
Really looking forward to how you think this ski will perform in icy condition
Hi, I got a new pair last year direct from the factory via old contacts from when I was in the business. You mention twice about the camber being good, but there is barely any camber to show on mine and they skied poorly with negligible bounce compared to the 2018 version which I loved for their lively versatility. I wanted to buy the 2018 version, but because it was late in the season there were none left so I got the 2019 model which I imagined would be even better but was frankly disappointing. Should the camber more pronounced than the 0.7cm I see holding them together? Have I got a dud pair?
My wife skied 65 days on the woman’s 2018 vantage 90 CTI @161 last year and loved the ski. This year she wanted to go for the 169ski so she got the 2019 version and hated it. She skied it for 3 days in all conditions and thought the ski was dead and boring. No playfulness, no stability in powder, rubbish on the piste. It gets thrown around and visibly suffers from lack of weight. She has ditched the ski and gone and bought the 2018 version @ 169 and raves about it.
I’m not sure what the target audience is for the new vantage but it seems to have lost it’s all-mountain heritage and changed into a light weight, under performing piste ski
Need Deep Dive between this, the new Monster 88, and the new Rossi Experience 92 (er, 94 I guess).
I will be very interested in its performance in moguls.
yet another very interesting ski. looking forward to the review…
man, if you guys do a deep dive comparing the master blaster, 18-19 qst 99, 17-18 AND 18-19 origin 96, 18-19 wrangler 96(?), mantra M5, 18-19 vantage 97ti, and citadel all in a 185ish length… i will buy a subscription. i know, i know, you would have to ski them all. work work work…
Skiied the 2019s today and I own the 2018 version in 176. They have stiffened it up a bit and now it has more edge feel and tail feels more on piste orientated. I have 2017 Monster 88s too and the Atomic now feels more like those which I would say slightly better hard snow performance but slightly less versitility overall especially if you slow down. It has more power this year for sure.
Really looking forward to how you think this ski will perform in icy condition
Hi, I got a new pair last year direct from the factory via old contacts from when I was in the business. You mention twice about the camber being good, but there is barely any camber to show on mine and they skied poorly with negligible bounce compared to the 2018 version which I loved for their lively versatility. I wanted to buy the 2018 version, but because it was late in the season there were none left so I got the 2019 model which I imagined would be even better but was frankly disappointing. Should the camber more pronounced than the 0.7cm I see holding them together? Have I got a dud pair?
My wife skied 65 days on the woman’s 2018 vantage 90 CTI @161 last year and loved the ski. This year she wanted to go for the 169ski so she got the 2019 version and hated it. She skied it for 3 days in all conditions and thought the ski was dead and boring. No playfulness, no stability in powder, rubbish on the piste. It gets thrown around and visibly suffers from lack of weight. She has ditched the ski and gone and bought the 2018 version @ 169 and raves about it.
I’m not sure what the target audience is for the new vantage but it seems to have lost it’s all-mountain heritage and changed into a light weight, under performing piste ski