If this category could be said to have a defining purpose, it would be to give skiers the confidence to ski better than they thought they could.  Atomic’s Cloud Nine is well equipped for this assignment, for it’s made of equal parts of comfort and control.

Its unusual agility – no other ski in the category could touch its score for short-turn facility – is attributable to three main factors: a tiny waist, a nearly full-length camber line and a Densolite core that weighs a lot less than wood.  The Cloud Nine gets its determination to grip hard snow from a sheet of Titanium, a performance boost that most models in the Women’s All-Mountain East genre aren’t armed with.

One of the disarming Divas who provide feedback for Willi’s described the women who would be the best fit for the Cloud Nine as “those who wish to build on their skill set and push into terrain that’s a bit past their comfort zone.”  Another extolled the Cloud Nine as “everything the manufacturer says.  It carves well, has good response and performs well at speed.”