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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.
KS-UP (with PRD12GW binding) — technical, form-focused piste skiers — anyone skiing a certification or a prize test, whose default turn is mid or long but who refuses to give up short ones.. 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 | KS-UP (with PRD12GW binding) | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 8🏆 | 6 |
| Park | 1 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 5 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 7 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 7🏆 | 5 |
| Powder | 2 | 6🏆 |
Technical, form-focused piste skiers — anyone skiing a certification or a prize test, whose default turn is mid or long but who refuses to give up short ones. One card on this exact binding build read its supple underfoot feel as suiting advanced skiers who are short on leg strength.
Short-turn specialists. Inside the same KEO'S series the KS-AP2 is drawn roughly a meter shorter in the arc at every length, on the same construction, for the same $1,250 flat, and the KS-CV and KS-CX are tighter still. Skiers who want the most grip and rebound underfoot: two of the four staff cards on this binding build called its grip thinner than the plate versions, and PTO stocks neither the FM585 nor the SRED plate build. Competition-level long turns are out — an instructor said plainly it will not generate the vertical drop that needs. At 69 mm it is not a powder ski and not an off-piste ski; OGASAKA's width lives in the E-TURN line. Beginners should be looking at the KS-CX, which OGASAKA describes as helping beginners and skiers with less leg strength build speed from low speeds, at $820 flat.
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.
KS-UP (with PRD12GW binding) is best for technical, form-focused piste skiers — anyone skiing a certification or a prize test, whose default turn is mid or long but who refuses to give up short ones. 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.
OGASAKA KS-UP (with PRD12GW binding) 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.
OGASAKA KS-UP (with PRD12GW binding) leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 8/10.
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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