Atomic Bent 100 2025 Review

The Atomic Bent 100 has to be one of, if not the best-selling freestyle skis of the past few years, and with good reason. The outgoing version (up to ‘23-24) is a fixture on the feet of skiers from the West Coast to New Zealand and everywhere in between. Now Atomic has decided to tweak the ski, adding more tail rocker, stiffening up the tail a bit to compensate, and tweaking a few other details here and there. Why change a winning formula? Well it worked for us, we like the new ski a lot more.

Groomers & Resort Skiing:
The best aspect of the old Bent 100 model was how well it performed on in the resort. Adding more tail rise was a risk because typically that would make a ski perform less well on edge, but by stiffening the ski overall, Atomic has found a balance that retains the impressive turning performance of the old model something our testers loved:

“They hold an edge and turn really well on groomers and have a nice grabby camber underfoot that pops you in and out of your turns” - Bur

The added tail rise also makes the new ski a little more maneuverable in tight spaces and tracks a little better riding switch. Simply put, they have taken a good resort ski and made it better.

Skier: Peter Matleshewski. P: Hanne Lundin Wallengren

Powder & Mixed Conditions:
The added tail rise loosens up the Bent 100 in soft snow too. It has always had plenty of tip rocker, which makes it float nicely, but the new version goes sideways a lot more willingly too, which hugely improves the soft snow feel of the ski. It certainly isn’t a full-on powder ski but at 100mm underfoot, it has enough width for many powder days, even out west and the shaping of the ski helps maximize what this ski can do on soft snow days. The stiffer flex has improved the performance of the ski in crud and heavy snow somewhat, but that is still a weak point for the Bent 100. The whole Bent series is very light, and lightweight skis tend to get deflected more in mixed snow and lack power. That remains true but Atomic has improved the Bent 100 here nonetheless.

Skier: Brock Marzolf. P: Hanne Lundin Wallengren

Park & Jibbing:
The low weight of the Bent 100, particularly in the tips and tails, is pretty dreamy in the park. The swingweight of these is super low and with the mount bumped forward to around -3cm we found these a blast as a park ski. They aren’t the most energetic or poppy ski we tried, but the turn radius feels very smooth carving off takeoffs and the profile of the ski works nicely for buttering and playing around a bit. These certainly aren’t a super flexy ski, but if you throw enough weight at them they still butter well enough. The low weight makes spinning on and off rails/small features fun, and they actually feel narrower than their width in the park overall. We suspect most of the Atomic team will make these their park sticks.

"Super fun ski to rip in the park. Nimble on rails and floaty on jumps. This ski has a light swing weight making it easy to swap and spin onto/out of rails. They have a fun profile for pressing and nollies, even if they aren’t the softest." - Jordan Condon

Skier: Bailey Lahure. P: Hanne Lundin Wallengren

Who's it for?
These skis took home an All-Mountain Best of Test award for a reason. You could argue these are THE most accessible, versatile freestyle skis on the market right now. There are more exciting, energetic skis out there but you could ski this ski more or less anywhere on the planet and in almost any condition and be very happy with them. For the most aggressive skiers, they could be a touch underpowered, and there will be jibby skiers who want a softer ski. But for 90% of skiers, these are a ski you could certainly pick up and have a great day on, no matter where you are.

Check out our Best Of Test | All-Mountain Video for more on the Bent 100:

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1096985/--YouTube

HRZN 3D Bent, Directional
Shape, Light Woodcore,
Dura Cap Sidewall, Glossy
Topsheet, Side Edge Angle:
87°, Base Edge Angle: 1.0°,
Resist Edge Park