My review on the STL's might be a little biased but yeah, they are a lot more lively then the Fujatives in my opinion. My buddy who rides 170 fujatives loves riding my STL's just because of how smooth they ride, and they're poopyness, which surprised me considering this kid was tiny. But the Fuji's i rode were like 179's i think, and they were just to soft considering the kid had just bought them. I figure they would be noodles in no time, yet something tells me since they are K2s this wont happen... but if you wanna be ballsey go with Ninthwards, I just went for STLs based on like 2 reviews and i was sooo happy, so if you go with Ninthwards you might ened up finding what you are looking for. If not just sell them here on newschoolers and buy a dif set of skis. Ninthwards will sell real fast on NS.