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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Touring, All-Mountain Freestyle). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Pagoda Tour CFL 100 — skiers who do their own climbing on a mid-width ski.. 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 | Pagoda Tour CFL 100 | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 5 | 6🏆 |
| Park | 1 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 7 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 7 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 5🏆 | 5🏆 |
| Powder | 7🏆 | 6 |
Skiers who do their own climbing on a mid-width ski. This is a touring platform first: wide enough to be pleasant when the surface goes soft, narrow enough to stay quick between trees and in a couloir, and light enough that the width is not what you notice on the climb. It answers one other question cleanly. If you already know you like how a 100mm all-mountain ski turns and your objection is the mass, DPS has drawn you the identical shape with the mass taken out.
Refrozen debris at speed. A paulownia core with no metal in the laminate does not have the mass to settle down when the surface gets ugly, and no amount of flax fixes that at 1,523 g in the 171. Skip it if your deep days are genuinely deep — 100mm with a 15m radius is the narrow, quick end of the touring range, and DPS builds a 112mm and a 117mm for that snow. Skip it if you want a long, fast arc: a short radius carried with 45% rocker leaves little edge on the snow, and DPS's own 18m answer sits one model over.
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.
Pagoda Tour CFL 100 is best for skiers who do their own climbing on a mid-width ski. 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 Pagoda Tour CFL 100 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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