All of Head’s new Monster models are allegedly built with the same construction and materials (they share a mutual price tag of $800 MSRP), but they don’t ski that way.  The narrowest of the lot, the Monster 83, gets lost in fat ski limbo: it’s built on an off-trail chassis but with an on-trail shape.  The net result is a ski that isn’t as capable as a carver on groomers or as adept in 3-D snow as a wider ski would be.

Since I have your attention and don’t have much to add re the Monster 83, allow me to proffer an obliquely related anecdote to compensate you for your time.  The renowned English playwright and wit, George Bernard Shaw, was accosted by a stunning young socialite who hoped to charm him by cooing, “With your brains and my beauty, just imagine the children we would have!”  To which GBS replied, “Ah, but what if they should have your brains and my beauty?”