We tested the 178cm Scot Schmidt Stormriders in mixed conditions here in the East.  Normal Vermont stuff - heavy powder, chopped up wet snow, and skied off frozen granular ( ice ! ). 

• Well, they were simply the best skis that we skied on all day.
• Chris, a great freestyle and bump skier, says " they float and they carve".
• I thought that they turned easy and would blast through crud with great stability. 
• I always look for a high performance ski that anyone can have fun on-fast, hooks up, and turns.
• Travis, a Super-G winning speed skier, tested all the best skis that day.  I said, Travis, you have to try the Scot Schmid
• Travis waited for the one pair available to come back and we went back up to the top of the mountain.  We skied down about half a mile and stopped.  Travis looks at me with a big grin and says " Dad, I'm done testing skis.  I'm not giving these things back."
• He buys his own pair and sets them up with the World Cup Marker 18.0 bindings and W.C. Piston Plate, and takes them out west.  It's the " Super-G Powder Ski ". 
• We all loved this ski and want you to know that this is not a difficult ski to turn.  It has a supple tip, a round flexing mid body, and a powerful tail.  In the world of wide skis, this is the real deal. 
• Scot Schmidt put his name on this thing for a very good reason.  IT ROCKS !