Bought Christmas ’03 new. Times skied:3 Rating on scale of 1-10: 8. I went short for this ski (170) and so far I like it a lot. It is versatile and stable, as long as I don’t try to straight-line at high speeds. Handles varying turn shapes well, with good edge hold on the groomers. Haven’t had the chance to try the powder yet due to a warming trend, but it seemed to handle crud in the trees nicely. This is a good intermediate-advancing all-mountain ski and I am very happy with it, after skiing a 188 Rossignol 9s racing ski. - reviewed by riparian