If you can’t change direction without suffering a minor panic attack, take 2 Shreditor 92’s and call us in the morning. Firm enough underfoot to inspire trust, the blunt, tapered tip and tail sections offer no interference with a swiveled turn, so even if technique is not your forte, you’ll still be able to get out of your own way.

Absurdly facile even in conditions like chalky crud that can make a more traditional baseline balk, the new Shreditor 92 will open up terrain vistas for skiers who have spent too much of their lives on manicured slopes.  Descended from a line that goes up to the 136mm-waisted Powabunga, the 92 retains the distillate of a Big Mountain ski in its bones, with a surfy personality that’s in no great rush to get to the edge but calm enough once it gets there.

Realskiers’ test methodology puts an emphasis on precision, so we don’t normally award high scores to skis with this surfy an attitude.   The Shreditor 92 overcomes this handicap by being so easy to ski off-piste that it just can’t be ignored.  If moguls are a regular part of your daily diet, the Shreditor 92 is as easy to steer through the rubble of a bump field as any ski this wide.