As a matter of fact, the skis had me wanting to jump off anything and everything on the hill, stumps, bumps, wind lips, you name it. I ran into a few park rat friends midday and was totally comfortable hitting 20ft+ park jumps. To the point of playfulness, the C98s were easy to whip around in all situations, and felt surprisingly balanced in the air. Again, I found their speed limit a few times blasting through crud, but I really think that I just need to be on the next size up since I like to open my skis up, even though I don't always have the skills to back said speed up. Super easy to make quick turns in bumps and crud, fun and well balanced in the air(especially for a ski with a -10 mount), and very predictable. Skiing off trail on heavily skied snow, they felt quick, nimble, and strong. That said, I expect the 188cms to be a bit more confidence inspiring going fast on chewed up snow, but they also won't be the ski of choice for radar speed gun day either. They don't freight train through irregularities like the M98s, they launch off them. Not holy shit I'm going to die when I eventually catch an edge nervous, but also nowhere near as unshakable as Monster 98s when going warp speed. I opened them up to very high speeds a few times, and they were very confident on smooth snow at speed, but did get a bit nervous above 45-50mph when things got roughed up. Edge grip was good enough at the factory 1* bevel that I don't see any reason to run a 2* or 3* unless you're skiing blue ice. They don't pull you into a turn or explode you out the end like a true groomer zoomer, but they have plenty of energy to be a lot of fun on ze piste. They're very easy to bend/pivot/skid into tight radius turns, and they only get better as you increase the radius. First run was down a groomer, where they did not disappoint. This seems like the conditions these skis are absolutely ideal for. There was virtually no untracked snow left, but things were still soft, and getting a bit bumped out. Today, I got up to the hill several hours into the day. I spent most of the day lapping soft snow in very tight trees, and was impressed with their float, and ability to cut loose and skid and drift in deeper snow, especially given their nearly flat tail. The front end has a fairly deep rocker line with a good amount of splay and taper, and with the -10 mount ,while tip dive was possible, it was easily avoidable. Definitely not conditions this ski is optimized for, but still very enjoyable. At 6'0" & 160lbs, I thought the 182cms to ski a bit short at times, and will be buying the 188s.įirst day out was 6-12" of light and dry powder over firm but not rock solid chop. I skied the previous versions of both the C98 and C108, and never really clicked with the shape, but the new ones felt easy, intuitive and confidence inspiring from my first turns onward. I finally got a chance to take my shop's 182cm Commander 98 demos out these past few days, and I am super stoked with what they've done to the ski for the 20/21 season.
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