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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 105 — touring days where the descent is long and open rather than tight.. 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 105 | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 5 | 6🏆 |
| Park | 1 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 5 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 5 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 7🏆 | 5 |
| Powder | 7🏆 | 6 |
Touring days where the descent is long and open rather than tight. Inside its own family it is drawn for a longer arc than the other two wide models: 18 m at every length on a 40 percent rocker share, where the 112 and the 100 are both listed at 15 m and 45 percent. It suits a skier who carries speed through variable snow and wants a platform that stays put underfoot, and who is doing the climbing — 1,367 to 1,643 grams per ski is what makes 105 mm of width bearable on a long ascent. It also answers one question cleanly. If you like how the all-mountain 105 turns and your objection is the mass, DPS prints you the same spec table with 196 to 338 grams per ski taken out.
Firm snow. A paulownia core with no metal laminate, 105 mm of width and 1,531 grams per ski at 171 is a light, wide platform, and DPS declines to make any edge-hold claim for this model. Skip it if you want short, quick turns out of a touring ski: 18 m is long for a touring ski — the 94 crosses it at 17 to 19.5 m, and its two 15 m siblings are the quick answers on the identical layup. Skip it if your touring days are genuinely deep, because 105 mm sits in the middle of DPS's touring widths and the 112 mm and 117 mm models are drawn for that snow.
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 105 is best for touring days where the descent is long and open rather than tight. 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 105 has the highest Stability score in this comparison at 7/10. 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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