I have the 05 first edition Elizabeths and bought them for powder skiing 4 years ago for a ski season I spent at snowbird. When I got them they were marketed as a freestyle powder ski. Now i've heard people say Elizabeths are not powder skis for the last year or two. I understand Line now markets them as Pollards park ski but, when they first came out and were developed they were a freestyle powder ski that was supposed to ride like a snowboard. EP pros didn't exist, bacons didn't exit, so this was the freestyle powder ski. I have tried to find the line catalog from that year to prove it but it's no where to be found, but I did find Line Uk's webpage for the 05 Elizabeths where they are clearly said to be a freestyle powder skis and no where is it said to be a park ski. This is an official Line site.
http://www.lineskis.co.uk/h/n/BUY/hardware/ALL/256
I bring this up because every other day someone tells some kid interested in Elizabeths that they are not powder skis. Maybe they are not marketed that way now and there are better options, but if you are a smaller guy they will kill it in powder, which is what they originally were released for. I do agree that they're amazing in the park and most people buy them for that reason now, but realize ski marketing will change and how some people use skis will change. Hellbents are not park skis, but a lot of pros use them in the park, should they be called park skis? Elizabeths work everywhere, don't label them as just park skis because Pollard does now. I love Line skis, that's all I buy, and I love my elizabeths, but realize they are just changing the marketing of them.
