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It seems like this trend of 110-115 waist width and 25+ m turn radius "freeride" ski is becoming more and more common. Armada, 4rnt, and elan have all gone to this. Most of them topping out their powder skis with these semi fat skis. There a still a lot of powder skis that I would say are skiable on groomers all day but more and more of them are vanishing. Maybe some pros and industry people have the answer. I just don't see the need in a ski that is barely wide enough for powder and lacks a lot of characteristics that make groomers fun.