He's right, but It seemed to me the noses of my PEs were softer then Silencer noses but the PE was stiffer in the tail. That was when my PEs were broken in for like 1.5 years though. The Silencers are a decent ski for park, the stiffness is nice on landings, they do rails fine, like any ski, and they are ok on groomers and actually pretty good in bumps too, I find. They don't really have that much pop though.