Atomic’s Cloud Eleven XT was inspired by the Redster Doubledeck 3.0 XT, but it’s not a slavish copy or a softer replicate. Using the core of the Redster XT as its template, the Cloud 11 puffs up its dimensions to make a less tippy platform and further expands the width at tip and tail to augment its carving characteristics.  The result is a ski that cuts a tight corner under a light touch yet laughs at speeds that make other women’s skis tremble.

If we were into minimalist reviews, we’d distill the Cloud Eleven XT down to “Power. Steering.” It epitomizes what this genre is meant to deliver: accurate turns in endless supply.  It’s strong enough in a 162cm to not only support an expert male, but to thrill him with its security in turns both long and short, up and down the speed range (but mostly up).

Steph Humes of Jan’s, a solid skier of the sort everyone notices when she flashes by, put all she felt in the word centrifuge and compressed the Cloud 11 to 3 little words:
“Ripping ladies’ ski.”