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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Powder, All-Mountain Freestyle). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Lotus 112 — deep days you ride a lift to.. 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 | Lotus 112 | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 3 | 6🏆 |
| Park | 3 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 8 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 7 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 5🏆 | 5🏆 |
| Powder | 9🏆 | 6 |
Deep days you ride a lift to. The Lotus 112 is shaped to come around fast in soft snow — a short sidecut under a wide platform, with deep tip rocker and taper doing the float work. It also answers a specific question well: you liked the 112 shape but found the Kaizen version had drifted too far toward all-mountain duty. That is the exact change DPS says it made.
Skinning. This is a resort build whose construction list names neither flax nor paulownia, and DPS sells the Pagoda Tour CFL 112 at the same width and radius for people who climb. It is also not a firm-snow ski: the construction list DPS publishes has no metal layer in it, 112mm is a lot of ski to tip over, and neither official source claims on-piste ability. Skip it if you want to point it down open terrain at speed — 15m is a short sidecut, and the 21m Lotus 117 is built for that instead. And skip it if you are buying specifically because DPS says the tip shape and flex are new: our own 25/26 record holds just one tip width to compare, 141mm at 189cm, and it is unchanged, while neither official source publishes a flex figure.
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.
Lotus 112 is best for deep days you ride a lift to. 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.
DPS Lotus 112 has the highest Stability score in this comparison at 5/10. That score compares composure; it does not by itself mean the product is the most versatile choice.
Atomic Bent 100 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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