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Atomic Automatic

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malibufishnsurf
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Anybody been on it? How's it ski?

Does it land switch?
Dec 23 2012 2:37PM
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MothaHucker
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Interested in the jib performance as well. Threads
Dec 23 2012 4:46PM
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LC.
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I've had about 10 days on mine. They're not as pivoty as I'd like in really tight spaces, and a little twitchy skiing flat-out in open powder, but as a single ski for all soft snow they're pretty awesome.

No spins or switch, yet.
Dec 23 2012 5:00PM
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50Kal
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Haven't ridden it but found this.

http://blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/2012-2013-atomic-automatic
Dec 23 2012 5:49PM
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Sparta
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yes it lands switch (sage and dana do that from time to time) but it is not as good at landing switch as the bentchetler. i tend to be more of a directional skier, and i find that the automatic suits my style better.
Dec 23 2012 6:01PM
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malibufishnsurf
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Can you elaborate?

I do a lot of switch landing, off jibby type stuff, not off cliffs,mostly like big slashes and carving 270 out. Can it do that?

I need something that I can push harder than the bentchetler after the first two perfect runs on pow days off the gondola at mammoth start to get tracked out. I don't want to make turns through other peoples lines, i want to blast through them.
Dec 24 2012 6:55PM
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Sparta
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from here it would depend on how much you weigh, how tall you are (to a lesser extent), and what skis you have used in the past.

the review in blister echos my own personal experiences- these skis seem flexible but when you ski them, they are totally fine. not a heavy, over damped ski but light and nimble and predictable, in a good way. when i ski them, i don't wish for more.
Dec 24 2012 7:20PM
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malibufishnsurf
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5'8 155 have the opus and bent chetler 180something in each - definitely would prefer the longest length.
Dec 24 2012 7:41PM
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Sparta
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for a guy your size you would normally take the 186 Automatic, but it does come in a 193 which is also a slightly stiffer construction
Dec 25 2012 4:20AM
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