“Super quick, almost too quick!” exclaimed Pat from Powder House, indicating that what the Hero Elite ST wants to do it does very, very well. The question is, are you up to it?

For the wheelhouse of this slalom are turns that dive in and out of every arc with the staccato speed a ZZ Top guitar solo. “This ski lives up to its name: SHORT TURN,” opined Zac Larsen. “Your legs run out of turns before you run out of mountain.” Brother Luke Larsen was on the same page, advising prospective ST skiers to “buckle up – it’s got a lot of rebound.”

Indeed, the ST’s only real demerits are that it sticks to what it’s best at. It doesn’t care to smudge a turn, preferring to release the edge with sufficient enthusiasm to send the pilot whistling across the fall line. It takes two active feet to keep up with this energetic tango with gravity, but if you have the dancing gene you’ll love having the Elite ST as your new partner.