They have a few videos where they talk about what's in each of their ski quivers, what each are for, etc. I found them really interesting! It shows what they bought with their own money, which speaks more to what they truly like for themselves.
Nice review and loads of fun watching this😀 I’m riding Salomon 98 when there is not much soft snow, really like them, now want to try beefier skis when there is opportunity. I’m kinda chasing forecast for soft snow in the Alps but we are not getting a lot generally, and something like 105-110 is max you want here. Cheers
Very Cool! Thanks for sharing. I skied the Alps this past spring for the first time in March and while it was kind of the off season I found it to be so beautiful! Skied Mont Blanc and Argentierre (sorry for any misspellings). Cheers from Western US and thanks for watching!
@@RicketySkiReviews Wow, nice, thats Chamonix it seems, great scenery, just returned from walk around Mont Blanc TMB, it was super nice. I ski more in Austria, we had very poor season in terms of amount of fresh snow, and as far I heard you had absolutely epic season this year. Not sure about US, but we have free ski tests in the Alps organized by different companies, like 'freeride testifal', so If you are planning going into the Alps coming season, may be good idea to plan around that time/place. Cannot wait for new season to start.
Oh that's very cool! It was a big dream of mine to see the Alpes and France in General and I was in awe of just the Alps and the Glacier and Chamonix! But maybe I can make it back there again during that Testifal. Thanks for the tip!
Interesting you liked the Vantage bc Blister dumped on that ski about as hard as I’ve ever read them crap on a ski. (Ellsworth generally hates the combo of both light & very stiff.) Is that due to you having a racing background?
This is 129/95/113 mm at 180 cm length, and looking at Mindbender 89Ti, it's at 130/89/114 mm at 182 centimeters. Would K2 would be better at east coast such as Okemo, Sunday River or Sunapee?
I haven't skied the mindbender 89ti only the 99ti, so take that into account. I think either the maverick 88ti or the k2 mindbender 89 would be great in the east coast. I prefer the Maverick over the Mindbender a bit when it comes to carving. But overall they're both tremendous skis.
You are a breath of fresh air and crack me up Jeff always compares within brand…I think they don’t want you to think about another brand so you are more likely to pull the trigger Keep up the great, honest, and funny work
The maverick is not a carving ski it's an all mountain ski. I like your channel. But saying that it's the best carving ski on the market shows that you haven't been on all that many skis lately. Kastle mx anything.. Fischer GT series Almost any stockli Probably kendo 88 also. All better all mountain carvers (to name a few ) And I ski stowe. And I literally had to switch from regular baskets to powder on my trip. Woods can get deep. They get 300" per year. Enjoyed the content
Hey Carter, Thanks for watching and for your insightful comment! The Maverick may be an all mountain ski, but I still think it's one of the best skis you can buy right now for carving. Not only do you get versatility, but you also get one of the best Arcs of any ski I've demoed in the last 5 years. To be fair though this may just be a difference of opinion or ski styles, but I owned a pair of Stockli Stormrider 88's and reviewed a Stockli Laser's and I agree that the Laser's probably used to beat the Atomic Vantages 5 years ago by a small margin, but I think the Atomic Mavericks margin of improvement since the Vantage probably pulls it ahead of the Lasers. But to be totally fair the Lasers may have changed over the years, so I will try and review them this coming season so I can give them a more fair comparison (stocklis have become so hard to find demos lately!). But every other carving ski I wrote a review on in 2018 fell very short compared to the Stocklis and Atomics. That being said the other carving skis I've tried this season left alot to be desired, the Volkl Deacon's not only weren't versatile, they had half the carving ability of most top end all mountain skis. I also have spent 20+ years on race skis Rossignol, Volkl, Blizzard, Dynastar, Head, and I still really prefer the Mavericks and Mindbenders to any of those race skis. But I think the best solution is just trying more skis, so I'll take all your suggestions in to consideration going into the winter! As always thanks for watching and thanks for your insight!
Found the Mavericks to carve very naturally... almost similarly to how the QST 92s did for me. My Kendos also carve naturally but in a much different way. It depends how you prefer to ski. With the Mavericks it all comes from pressuring the skis and you make very natural carves from that. With something like the Kendos you're not just moving the skis but also your mid-section to compliment the carves (as well as the turns when using the 3D radius). It’s 2 different types of skiing, or you could think of it as a tradeoff.
i didnt watch the full video but i was almost conviced to get maverick 95s last season after their review, ended up getting unleashed 98 just for a little bit more fun. i think SE has the best reviews on the market and it allowed me to put skis on a spectrum
@@RicketySkiReviews I think ski manufacturers are focusing on playful skis with metal additives, like fischer rangers, which is a cool medium for most skiers who are not the best carvers, as the twin tip like shape makes it easier to flick around without losing too much dampness thanks to the thin sheet of metal, like mavericks, but imho mavericks are more carvy than unleashed per my demo testing. maybe if it was a spectrum from playful to carvy i'd put blizzard rustler 10, unleashed 98, maverick 95. didnt test rangers or rossi black ops as well but they can go into this segment too
First of all, have you ever seen this guy ski ? He skis park and everything on the mountain and carves like a champ. And not many people liked the Vantage series, by the way. That isn't him skiing in those demo shots. He is way better than that guy. Ski Essentials has praised the Atomic Maverick 95 ti in every review l have seen them do.
Totally, I have seen them ski, and they do totally shred. Nothing but love here for SE. I do think the Vantages were more popular in the west than the east, because I still see them circulating in the west, but not nearly as much when I go visit family back east.
Yeah-- SE has some pretty good reviews overall. I could be mistaken, but I thought the Mantra was full rocker with 0 camber. No way I'd buy a ski w/o camber. Not sure what the industry standard is but my Factions have 2mm and they've got a ton of pop. Fortunately when they were made in 2016, they still had beech to stiffen the poplar. Now I fear they might be like noodles. As for EC weather... yeah, not too much difference between ME, NH, VT. They're all a Maritime-- not Continental climate. And short of some tectonic shift raising the plates and changing the ocean to desert, I don't see much changing. I know the Loaf, Wildcat Saddleback, Cannon, and Jay have argueably the fiecest winds and coldest temps.
The M5 was an 18/19 model, it's had camber for 5 years now. On full rocker skis, just ordered Saba Pro 107 for their carving performance (as well as easy tree skiing). No pop out of the turn but they are unbelievably smooth and the reflective rocker makes them lock into perfectly round turns, super satisfying to carve in a way I haven't felt on any other ski
I can assure you ½ of your critiques will evaporate when you find their long-form reviews of a ski. COVID made made them get comfortable with shorter videos like this. They are attempting to cater to those with tiktok short attention spans.
Following your your format I will mention that I worked in ski shops for 40 years. I still work part time fitting boots and as a certified binding technician. I get to demo lots of new skis at dealer demos so I have sampled most of the major brands. The guys at Skiessentials give as professional a description of skis as the manufacturer’s sales representatives. Bye the way many sales representatives are former ski racers. Watching your channel I noticed that your ski testing is very limited to several brands like Atomic, Salomon, Fischer and one K2 model. You should broaden your personal testing and video your test. You have not said anything about the new Blizzard Rustler series that were redesigned for this season. Jeff and Bob reviewed them and we skied them at our February on snow dealer demo. Also you use the term “carving” in describing the Maverick because you make that type of a turn on that ski.However the Maverick is not technically designed as a carving ski. When a customer asks me for a “ Carving ski I think something like Red Star, Firebird, Thunderbird, Deacon 72, 76, Deacon 72,76 Master ( World Cup Race Plate), or Fischer RC 4 skis.
Thanks! The plan is to get on a wider swath of skis this season, the channel was still new last winter. As someone who comes from racing, I would say a carving ski for the west is different in the east. Out here in Idaho with the softness of the snow, the maverick 88ti is a better suited carving ski for the majority of the mountains. It also allows the ski to still be skiable during big storms and go off trail when needed. If I wanted a carving ski on the east? sure, like a 76 and under would probably be great, but all mountain skis are still designed to carve and are well suited for Idaho/ Utah imo.
They have a few videos where they talk about what's in each of their ski quivers, what each are for, etc. I found them really interesting! It shows what they bought with their own money, which speaks more to what they truly like for themselves.
Cool I will have to check that out! I saw they had their skis of the year, but picked like 5+skis lol
Just ordered this ski! Super pumped to get on them once we get snow here in toronto 😅
Awesome Congrats! Hope you love them.
Nice review and loads of fun watching this😀 I’m riding Salomon 98 when there is not much soft snow, really like them, now want to try beefier skis when there is opportunity. I’m kinda chasing forecast for soft snow in the Alps but we are not getting a lot generally, and something like 105-110 is max you want here. Cheers
Very Cool! Thanks for sharing. I skied the Alps this past spring for the first time in March and while it was kind of the off season I found it to be so beautiful! Skied Mont Blanc and Argentierre (sorry for any misspellings). Cheers from Western US and thanks for watching!
@@RicketySkiReviews Wow, nice, thats Chamonix it seems, great scenery, just returned from walk around Mont Blanc TMB, it was super nice. I ski more in Austria, we had very poor season in terms of amount of fresh snow, and as far I heard you had absolutely epic season this year. Not sure about US, but we have free ski tests in the Alps organized by different companies, like 'freeride testifal', so If you are planning going into the Alps coming season, may be good idea to plan around that time/place. Cannot wait for new season to start.
Oh that's very cool! It was a big dream of mine to see the Alpes and France in General and I was in awe of just the Alps and the Glacier and Chamonix! But maybe I can make it back there again during that Testifal. Thanks for the tip!
Elliott I enjoy your analysis of the reviewers skiing styles, seeing that hop between turns is subtle but so obvious now.
Thanks!
The Maine rant was awesome.
Haha thanks
Interesting you liked the Vantage bc Blister dumped on that ski about as hard as I’ve ever read them crap on a ski. (Ellsworth generally hates the combo of both light & very stiff.) Is that due to you having a racing background?
Oh man, I need to look this up, that's insane.
This is 129/95/113 mm at 180 cm length, and looking at Mindbender 89Ti, it's at 130/89/114 mm at 182 centimeters. Would K2 would be better at east coast such as Okemo, Sunday River or Sunapee?
I haven't skied the mindbender 89ti only the 99ti, so take that into account. I think either the maverick 88ti or the k2 mindbender 89 would be great in the east coast. I prefer the Maverick over the Mindbender a bit when it comes to carving. But overall they're both tremendous skis.
Thanks and I just saw this video of yours regarding Maverick 88Ti th-cam.com/video/C13j-CmrbWI/w-d-xo.html
I love to launch into the air after the turn. not hop to turn, but launch out of the turn!
Nice!
You are a breath of fresh air and crack me up
Jeff always compares within brand…I think they don’t want you to think about another brand so you are more likely to pull the trigger
Keep up the great, honest, and funny work
Thanks so much! appreciate you watching!
The maverick is not a carving ski it's an all mountain ski. I like your channel. But saying that it's the best carving ski on the market shows that you haven't been on all that many skis lately.
Kastle mx anything..
Fischer GT series
Almost any stockli
Probably kendo 88 also. All better all mountain carvers (to name a few )
And I ski stowe. And I literally had to switch from regular baskets to powder on my trip. Woods can get deep. They get 300" per year.
Enjoyed the content
Hey Carter, Thanks for watching and for your insightful comment!
The Maverick may be an all mountain ski, but I still think it's one of the best skis you can buy right now for carving. Not only do you get versatility, but you also get one of the best Arcs of any ski I've demoed in the last 5 years.
To be fair though this may just be a difference of opinion or ski styles, but I owned a pair of Stockli Stormrider 88's and reviewed a Stockli Laser's and I agree that the Laser's probably used to beat the Atomic Vantages 5 years ago by a small margin, but I think the Atomic Mavericks margin of improvement since the Vantage probably pulls it ahead of the Lasers. But to be totally fair the Lasers may have changed over the years, so I will try and review them this coming season so I can give them a more fair comparison (stocklis have become so hard to find demos lately!). But every other carving ski I wrote a review on in 2018 fell very short compared to the Stocklis and Atomics.
That being said the other carving skis I've tried this season left alot to be desired, the Volkl Deacon's not only weren't versatile, they had half the carving ability of most top end all mountain skis. I also have spent 20+ years on race skis Rossignol, Volkl, Blizzard, Dynastar, Head, and I still really prefer the Mavericks and Mindbenders to any of those race skis.
But I think the best solution is just trying more skis, so I'll take all your suggestions in to consideration going into the winter! As always thanks for watching and thanks for your insight!
Found the Mavericks to carve very naturally... almost similarly to how the QST 92s did for me. My Kendos also carve naturally but in a much different way. It depends how you prefer to ski. With the Mavericks it all comes from pressuring the skis and you make very natural carves from that. With something like the Kendos you're not just moving the skis but also your mid-section to compliment the carves (as well as the turns when using the 3D radius). It’s 2 different types of skiing, or you could think of it as a tradeoff.
i didnt watch the full video but i was almost conviced to get maverick 95s last season after their review, ended up getting unleashed 98 just for a little bit more fun. i think SE has the best reviews on the market and it allowed me to put skis on a spectrum
Oh cool! What was the deciding factor for you? I will put those on my list of skis to try this winter. Thanks for watching!
@@RicketySkiReviews I think ski manufacturers are focusing on playful skis with metal additives, like fischer rangers, which is a cool medium for most skiers who are not the best carvers, as the twin tip like shape makes it easier to flick around without losing too much dampness thanks to the thin sheet of metal, like mavericks, but imho mavericks are more carvy than unleashed per my demo testing. maybe if it was a spectrum from playful to carvy i'd put
blizzard rustler 10, unleashed 98, maverick 95. didnt test rangers or rossi black ops as well but they can go into this segment too
Great! thanks so much for the info, I'm planning on testing those this coming winter so this is super helpful!
Jeff is a park skier by trade 🙂 His skiing style shows it.
I've watched alot of his content and he has improved his carving a ton over the years.
First of all, have you ever seen this guy ski ? He skis park and everything on the mountain and carves like a champ. And not many people liked the Vantage series, by the way. That isn't him skiing in those demo shots. He is way better than that guy. Ski Essentials has praised the Atomic Maverick 95 ti in every review l have seen them do.
Totally, I have seen them ski, and they do totally shred. Nothing but love here for SE.
I do think the Vantages were more popular in the west than the east, because I still see them circulating in the west, but not nearly as much when I go visit family back east.
You can see my review of the 2024 Atomic Maverick 95Ti for comparison here: th-cam.com/video/JjtSLtniAbA/w-d-xo.html
Yeah-- SE has some pretty good reviews overall. I could be mistaken, but I thought the Mantra was full rocker with 0 camber. No way I'd buy a ski w/o camber. Not sure what the industry standard is but my Factions have 2mm and they've got a ton of pop. Fortunately when they were made in 2016, they still had beech to stiffen the poplar. Now I fear they might be like noodles. As for EC weather... yeah, not too much difference between ME, NH, VT. They're all a Maritime-- not Continental climate. And short of some tectonic shift raising the plates and changing the ocean to desert, I don't see much changing. I know the Loaf, Wildcat Saddleback, Cannon, and Jay have argueably the fiecest winds and coldest temps.
They changed the camber profile a couple of years ago on the mantra.
The M5 was an 18/19 model, it's had camber for 5 years now. On full rocker skis, just ordered Saba Pro 107 for their carving performance (as well as easy tree skiing). No pop out of the turn but they are unbelievably smooth and the reflective rocker makes them lock into perfectly round turns, super satisfying to carve in a way I haven't felt on any other ski
I forgot about Cannon, the wind that comes through the Notch in January is brutal!
Yeah, I really liked standing on their platform at the apex of the turn.
I can assure you ½ of your critiques will evaporate when you find their long-form reviews of a ski. COVID made made them get comfortable with shorter videos like this. They are attempting to cater to those with tiktok short attention spans.
Totally Fair! Overall I feel like I was pretty positive on their review and enjoy the content of theirs that I have seen
He said Coastal ME. Lol.
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TY!
A Far Cry from the Curated Reviews!
Hilarious!
Thanks So much for watching!
Following your your format I will mention that I worked in ski shops for 40 years. I still work part time fitting boots and as a certified binding technician. I get to demo lots of new skis at dealer demos so I have sampled most of the major brands. The guys at Skiessentials give as professional a description of skis as the manufacturer’s sales representatives. Bye the way many sales representatives are former ski racers. Watching your channel I noticed that your ski testing is very limited to several brands like Atomic, Salomon, Fischer and one K2 model. You should broaden your personal testing and video your test. You have not said anything about the new Blizzard Rustler series that were redesigned for this season. Jeff and Bob reviewed them and we skied them at our February on snow dealer demo. Also you use the term “carving” in describing the Maverick because you make that type of a turn on that ski.However the Maverick is not technically designed as a carving ski. When a customer asks me for a “ Carving ski I think something like Red Star, Firebird, Thunderbird, Deacon 72, 76, Deacon 72,76 Master ( World Cup Race Plate), or Fischer RC 4 skis.
Thanks! The plan is to get on a wider swath of skis this season, the channel was still new last winter.
As someone who comes from racing, I would say a carving ski for the west is different in the east. Out here in Idaho with the softness of the snow, the maverick 88ti is a better suited carving ski for the majority of the mountains. It also allows the ski to still be skiable during big storms and go off trail when needed. If I wanted a carving ski on the east? sure, like a 76 and under would probably be great, but all mountain skis are still designed to carve and are well suited for Idaho/ Utah imo.