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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These skis span 2 categories (Carving, All-Mountain Freestyle). Scores reflect each ski's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Pisteworks 89 — resort skiers whose week is mostly firm snow but not only groomed snow.. 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 | Pisteworks 89 | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 9🏆 | 6 |
| Park | 1 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 7 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 6 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 7🏆 | 5 |
| Powder | 2 | 6🏆 |
Resort skiers whose week is mostly firm snow but not only groomed snow. This is the frontside ski whose own maker names chopped-up groomers and terrain that pulls you off the fall line, and 89 mm on 27% rocker is the shape that buys that. It also suits a buyer who wants the length question kept separate from the turn-shape question, because the 16 m figure is printed against every tabled size rather than climbing with it. And it suits anyone who specifically wants the carbon build, since only two of the five 26/27 DPS construction lists carry a Carbon Power Plate and this is one of them.
Deep snow. The page reaches for words like slash and slarve, but it never once claims float, powder or soft snow, and 89 mm on a 73% effective edge is a firm-snow shape whatever the vocabulary suggests. It is also the wrong buy if you want the sharpest turn DPS draws, because five of its 26/27 models publish a shorter radius and the Pisteworks 79 does it at 13.5 m for identical money. Skip it if you need the maker's numbers to be complete, because one official source publishes four weights and the other leaves the row empty, and a 158 cm sits in the size selector with nothing published about it at all. And skip the US$2,095 Satin Carbon Red if you expect it to ride differently, because DPS only ever describes a topsheet.
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.
Pisteworks 89 is best for resort skiers whose week is mostly firm snow but not only groomed snow. 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 Pisteworks 89 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.
DPS Pisteworks 89 leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 9/10.
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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