Atomic Bent 90 Skis 26/27
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PTO Verdict
“A light, quick ski for bumps, trees and side hits. Hard snow at speed is where it gives ground.”
Best for: Intermediate and advanced skiers whose day runs through bumps, tight trees and the edges of the groomer, popping off whatever they find along the way. It also fits a progressing skier who links turns and wants a ski to grow into, and a skier who mixes a few park laps into a resort day.
Not for: Skiers who want to carve hard and fast on ice or hardpack: grip there has divided testers since 22/23, and a heavier, metal-reinforced ski suits that job better. Skiers who wait for deep powder days need more width, and dedicated park skiers should look at a symmetrical park twin.
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Description
The Atomic Bent 90 is a light, directional freestyle ski. In Atomic's words, it is "at home ripping the whole mountain, or upside-down in the middle of a switch cork 10 in the park," and its catalog files it under Freeski in the Bent range. All three chips on Atomic's skill scale are lit: Beginner, Advanced and Expert.
The build is simple. Atomic's catalog lists a Light Woodcore, Resist Edge Park edges, Dura Cap Sidewall, a glossy topsheet and HRZN Tech for the tip and tail, and it names no metal or carbon layer. Ski tests since 23/24 describe a poplar core and little else, and read HRZN Tech as a boat-hull shape, there for float without extra width. The only weight in Atomic's datasheet is for the 175 cm: 1,600 g per ski.
The waist is 90 mm at every length. The tip is 118 mm on the 157 and 166 and 119 mm on the 175 and 184, the tail is 109 mm throughout, and the radius steps up 2 m per size, from 15 m to 21 m. The profile is Atomic's All Mountain Rocker 20/70/10, which 22/23 and 24/25 ski tests read as 20% tip rocker, 70% camber and 10% tail rocker, and the factory edge angles are 87° side and 1.3° base.
It makes most sense for skiers, intermediate or advanced, who spend the day off the side of the groomer, in the bumps and trees, looking for things to pop off. It is a poor match for skiers who want fast carves on ice, who save their days for deep powder, or who live in the terrain park; the review below names better fits for each.
It ships without a binding. We help you choose one and pick a length, and when both the skis and the binding come from our shop, our technicians mount it free.
Details
- Type
- SKI
- Vendor
- Atomic
- SKU
- AA0030956157
- UPC / GTIN
- 00887445516231
157 cm
Atomic Bent 90
By PTO Team, Based on the manufacturer’s published specs and published third-party testing
Spec analysis and published third-party testing · Analysis dated
These 10-point scores express PTO's editorial assessment of suitability for each use. They are not customer ratings or instrumented measurements; the analysis below explains the trade-offs.
Specs
- Waist
- 90 mm (all lengths)
- Dimensions
- 118-90-109 mm (157 and 166 cm) · 119-90-109 mm (175 and 184 cm)
- Turn radius
- 15 m (157 cm) · 17 m (166 cm) · 19 m (175 cm) · 21 m (184 cm)
- Profile
- All Mountain Rocker 20/70/10
- Shape
- Directional
- Core
- Light Woodcore (poplar, says a 26/27 ski test)
- Tip & tail
- HRZN Tech (tip and tail)
- Sidewall
- Dura Cap Sidewall
- Edges
- Resist Edge Park
- Edge angles
- Side 87° · base 1.3°
- Topsheet
- Glossy
- Weight
- 1,600 g per ski (175 cm only, per Atomic's datasheet)
- Skill level
- Beginner, Advanced, Expert (all three Atomic chips lit)
- Binding
- None included (flat ski)
- Lengths
- 157 / 166 / 175 / 184 cm
The take
“A light, quick ski for bumps, trees and side hits. Hard snow at speed is where it gives ground.”
This is a bump-and-tree ski first, happiest at a moderate pace. Testers have called it quick and easy to turn in moguls and tight trees since its 22/23 launch, 26/27 testing included. A ski test covering all five seasons reports nothing new but the graphics, so those earlier reports still apply. Atomic lists it at $725, without a binding.
Light is the trade, and it cuts both ways. A 175 weighs 1,600 g per ski by Atomic's figure, and the catalog names a Light Woodcore but no metal layer; that lightness is why the ski swings so easily through a mogul line, and why speed on hard snow divides testers. In 26/27 testing, a skier on frozen granular called it 'super stable on groomers,' while a self-described powerful, charging skier found it too light and soft to drive through lumpy groomers without deflecting. A retailer's 22/23 staff review named stability at high speed on really firm or choppy snow as its biggest downside. Since 22/23, most complaints come at speed, on ice or from skiers who push hard; at a moderate pace, it holds. If you want composure at full speed on firm snow, look to a stiffer, damper ski with metal in it.
Deep snow is the other limit. A 24/25 tester found it a step behind the wider Bent skis in soft snow, though it can hang in a bit of fresh, and a retailer's staff test of the 23/24 ski points skiers whose time is mostly in fresh snow toward the wider models. A few inches of new snow is fine; a real powder day wants a wider ski.
Park works as part of the day rather than the point of it. A retailer's 23/24 staff test lists 'not a true twin park ski' among its cons, and a dedicated park skier will be better served by a park-specific twin. Still, a 24/25 tester suggests moving the binding toward center for park skiing, and a staff tester in that retailer's 24/25 test called it a solid option for a park rat who sends big jumps, so a park session now and then is well within its range.
The sweet spot is the intermediate-to-advanced skier, and a progressing skier can grow into it. Atomic lights all three of its skill chips: Beginner, Advanced and Expert. Most testing since 24/25 puts intermediates in its range, and one 26/27 tester finds it an easy ski for learning bumps, trees and basic tricks, while another thinks its shape could make it hard going for a beginner. A newer skier gets the most from it once linked turns come easily.
Plan on a binding: Atomic ships the ski flat. Pick one with us, and if you buy it here along with the skis, a technician mounts it free, adjusted to your boots. We can help settle the length, too.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Not given in Atomic's datasheet or catalog list. When you buy this ski and a binding here, we mount the binding free, settling the position with you before drilling: the factory line for everyday skiing, or forward of it for park. Our pick: An all-mountain alpine binding (shop suggestion).
- All-mountain alpine bindingMost days: groomers, bumps and trees
Our default for this ski. We match a model to your boots and weight, with a brake to suit the 90 mm waist.
- Lower-range alpine bindingLighter skiers and newer intermediates
Its release range starts lower, which suits a lighter skier; the actual value is a technician's call.
Atomic's datasheet and catalog list name no binding for this flat ski, so the two options above come from us, not from Atomic. Alpine, GripWalk and touring boot soles each fit only certain bindings, so we check your soles against the one you choose. If the ski and that binding both come from us, the mount is free, with a technician setting its release value.
Common Questions
- Did the Bent 90 change for 26/27?
- Only the graphics, going by one ski test that has reviewed it every winter since the 22/23 launch: it calls the 26/27 ski structurally unchanged, shape included. Atomic's 26/27 datasheet matches the launch-season figures we found: the four lengths, 119/90/109 mm and 19 m at 175 cm, the 20/70/10 profile, and 1,600 g per ski on the 175.
- How does it compare with the Bent 100?
- Atomic's figures put the Bent 100 at 100 mm underfoot on Powder Rocker 20/65/15, with HRZN 3D Bent at both ends; the 90 has 10 mm less waist, more camber (70% to 65%) and HRZN Tech. A 24/25 ski test notes that the 100 was updated that season and the 90 was not. Choose the 90 for seasons of bumps and packed snow, and the 100 if fresh snow comes often.
- Should a park skier pick this or the Bent Decode?
- The Bent Decode is the park-focused Bent: Park Rocker 20/60/20, an HRZN 3D Park tip, an ABS CoreGuard layer, and a 75% park, 25% all-mountain split that a 26/27 review attributes to Atomic. That review finds the Decode much more symmetrical than the directional Bent 90 and sums the 90 up as 'a ripping bump ski that can handle park.' Mostly park points to the Decode; a few park laps between bump runs point here.
- Where should the binding be mounted?
- Neither Atomic's datasheet nor its catalog list gives a mount-point figure. A 22/23 review that Atomic helped set up mounted one 184 cm pair on the factory line and another 6 cm forward, which that review calls as far forward as Atomic recommends, still about 1.5 cm short of true center; the forward pair gave up some carving. Skis and bindings bought from us are mounted free: on the factory line for bumps and all-mountain skiing, or at a forward position set with you if park matters.
- Which length fits me?
- It comes in 157, 166, 175 and 184 cm. Heavier testers since 22/23 mostly ended up on the 184, and some still found it short; in 26/27, a 140 lb tester found the 175 just right and a 145 lb tester found it a little long. Share your height, weight and favorite terrain, and we'll work out the length together.
