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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Freeride, All-Mountain Freestyle). 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.. Bent 100 — intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle.. 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 | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 6🏆 | 6🏆 |
| Park | 1 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 3 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 2 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 9🏆 | 5 |
| Powder | 7🏆 | 6 |
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.
Intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle. It rewards people who like to press, slash and ride switch, plus lighter or less aggressive skiers who do not want to fight a heavy ski, and anyone after one do-it-all ski that still floats on a soft day. It also makes a light resort-to-sidecountry option.
Skiers who want a metal ski's hard-snow bite and race-like precision: with a light woodcore and no metal laminate, the Bent 100 handles a groomer but will not match a metal ski's edge hold on firm snow or feel as locked-in on ice. Heavier, aggressive skiers who charge through cut-up crud will feel the light build deflect - a metal all-mountain ski like the Nordica Enforcer 100 tracks that line better. True beginners should skip it too; independent reviews place it at intermediate and up. And if deep powder is the priority, the wider Bent 110 or Chetler 120 is the better tool.
Corvus is best for advanced and expert freeride skiers who ski fast, committed lines in big open terrain: bowls, exposed faces, couloirs. Bent 100 is best for intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle. The right choice depends on your terrain, ability, and riding style.
Black Crows Corvus has the highest Stability score in this comparison at 9/10. That score compares composure; it does not by itself mean the product is the most versatile choice.
Black Crows Corvus leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 6/10.
Atomic Bent 100 has the highest Forgiveness score here at 8/10. Forgiveness is one factor in progression, not a claim that every beginner should choose it.
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