If there was ever an argument for adding even more buckles to your boots, this would be it! There is absolutely nothing PC or fun-loving about this ski. If you are planning a trip out-west, and/or want a BIG pair of boards to excentuate your manhood, these are your boys. K-2 owns the market on womens’ specific skis, and we feel this is a pretty good effort at making a MAN ski! You can’t drive ‘em too fast or hard. You can go off an Olympic 40 meter jump and land like a float plane! They re-define the word ‘stable’, and are built with the kind of construction methods you would expect to find in a modern naval destroyer! Not a versatile ski, and that is the only thing working against ‘em.