i love my pistols, those skis make any amount of powder their bitch, its great. groomers are pretty nice with the pistols, they ski better than you would guess. yeah they're soft, but you cant really tell it on the groomers. they ski rather similar to the pocket rocket. one thing with mine is that the topsheets right next to the sidewalls have chipped off in some places, exposing parts of the core...anyone else have this problem? i dont care abotu it, it just needs epoxy, but thats the only drawback i can see so far. get the pistols though, its about time a ski like this came along.