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PTO Review
We skied them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Freeride, Carving). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Corvus — advanced and expert freeride skiers who ski fast, committed lines in big open terrain: bowls, exposed faces, couloirs. Laser SX — piste skiers who want one comfortable, wide-range carver and prefer all-day ease to race-build effort. Check the radar chart below to see where each one wins.
Each row compares all skis on one dimension. 🏆 marks the highest score.
| Dimension | Corvus | Laser SX |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 6 | 8🏆 |
| Park | 1🏆 | 1🏆 |
| Playfulness | 3 | 5🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 2 | 6🏆 |
| Stability | 9🏆 | 7 |
| Powder | 7🏆 | 2 |
Advanced and expert freeride skiers who ski fast, committed lines in big open terrain: bowls, exposed faces, couloirs. It rewards a directional pilot who wants long, drawn-out arcs at speed, calm in variable and refrozen snow, and a ski that still pivots when the line gets steep and tight.
Intermediates and cautious skiers: independent reviews are blunt that it demands speed and strong technique, and one warns that lazy skiers will struggle. Anyone shopping for a playful, poppy, surfy ski should pass - it is planted, with minimal pop. Piste-day and short-turn skiers are fighting the same 25m radius everywhere in the run. Touring buyers should look at Black Crows' Freebird range instead; at 1750-2200g per ski the Corvus has no uphill ambitions. Deep-powder specialists have the wider Anima and Nocta above it in the line - at 110mm it floats well, just less surfy than wider skis.
Piste skiers who want one comfortable, wide-range carver and prefer all-day ease to race-build effort. It suits medium-to-long-turn skiers at moderate-to-fast speed — the Laser SX runs the longest radius in the line — who value low-input, forgiving manners on groomed and variable hard snow over maximum edge bite. Stöckli's own brief calls it a genuine all-rounder among piste skis.
Powder and off-piste skiers: at 74 mm on a pure on-piste geometry the Laser SX has no float, and the wider range Stöckli talks about is range within the groomers, not off them. Short-turn and slalom-rhythm skiers: the radius bottoms out at 13.1 m, and quick edge-to-edge belongs to the Laser CX or the shorter Laser SL. Skiers chasing race-level grip and power: there is no Race Core, no carbon, and no racing sidewall here, and the 1.5° comfort base bevel is not the 1.0° race tune of the SC and WRT — that bite lives on those skis, not this one. Anyone who needs a published on-snow test before buying should wait: this generation is completely redesigned and no independent review of it exists yet — every existing Laser SX review is of the older, narrower ski and does not apply. And Stöckli lists no skier level of its own; read this as an intermediate-to-advanced piste ski, inferred from its mechanics rather than measured on snow.
The Corvus is best for advanced and expert freeride skiers who ski fast, committed lines in big open terrain: bowls, exposed faces, couloirs. The Laser SX is best for piste skiers who want one comfortable, wide-range carver and prefer all-day ease to race-build effort. The right choice depends on your primary terrain, ability level, and riding style.
The Black Crows Corvus scores highest in Stability at 9/10, making it the strongest all-mountain option. It handles groomers, chop, and variable conditions without losing composure, so it's the best single-ski choice for skiers who want one pair for the whole mountain.
The Stöckli Laser SX leads in Carving with a PTO score of 8/10. Its edge grip on hard snow and groomed runs is the strongest in this comparison.
The Stöckli Laser SX is the most forgiving option with a Forgiveness score of 6/10. It doesn't punish imperfect technique, making it the easiest ski to progress on among these.
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