Atomic M:11 Puls Ti

Review Date
May 17, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: STW ,  Skier

Price Paid:  $600.00 at local retailer

Summary:
Extremely turny. That's the overwhelming impression from these skis. They want to turn! Short and medium turns especially. These things just rip off short turn after short turn with incredible confidence in any conditions. Turn them over just the slightest bit and they hook up and go.

These are slalom skis. They are not that great for lazy, long GS turns. They hold a great edge on hardpack and ice. Yet, I could also keep up with my buddies in knee-deep powder.

Like all of the Atomic Metron skis, these pups are heavy. My skis are the 2005 model year. I bought the newer 2006 model year NEOX 412 binding to mount on these because the 2006 bindings are reportedly 1 pound lighter than the 2005 models (they require Atomic NEOX bindings - no other options). Even with that weight savings, these skis are wicked heavy. You notice it most when you are carrying them from the car. Once you're skiing, you don't notice it so much. The swing weight is actually quite low. Most of the weight is in the middle of the ski. The extra weight actually helps these bad boys blast through slop, crud and cement.

They are designed to be skied short. They have a lot of sidecut. The tips are super wide and that helps them float a bit in deep snow, but they're pretty narrow under foot. Apparently the Metron 11's are similar in sidecut to the Metron B5's, but are a little bit softer. They're still a pretty stiff ski though. The fact that ther're a little less stiff than the B5's made them more fun to ski in moguls, trees and steeps; although perhaps they did slip a tiny bit more on ice.

Overall, I loved these skis for skiing all over the mountain except deeper powder and GS runs.

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