I worked at a shop, and had the opportunity to take these skis out quite a few times. In all honesty, they were my absolute favorite ski of the season.
Im 5'11' weigh 145 pounds how would these skis work for me and what size should i look into?
Well, you're profile says you're an East Coaster. I'm not sure if you take any trips out west. So I'm guessing you're you're not going to be riding a ton of deep pow days, and more typically hard pack and chop. I'm 6' 175, and rode the 179 most of the season. But we got a lot more snow than east coast. And you're kind of a light dude, I really think you could get away with the 169's.
How does this handle in soft snow, groomers, deep snow, crud, variable snow etc ( i wont be using this for park i already own a pair of park skis)
I really thought that the Fujas was the most versatile ski I rode all season. The softer, rockered tips were awesome for getting over top of the crud and chop, and soft enough to soak up the bumps. They're plenty wide enough to get up and float. I never took a pair out on a super deep day (I had a whole shop of skis to choose from, on deep days I took out true pow skis). But on 10" and under days, it was my go-to ski.
The Fujas' tail were fairly stiff (compared to something like the Obsethed). This was my favorite part of the ski. I absolutely felt I could charge everything! They were very solid on landings off drops, cliffs, or even jumps.
The stiff tails are also a lot of fun on groomers. Despite being a wide ski, they get edge to edge pretty well. There's enough sidecut that carving is a lot of fun on these. Despite the rockered tips, they hold an edge really well. You can attribute this to the tails as well.
One word of advice though, you HAVE to be a front seat skier on these skis. You have to be on your toes and keep that pressure on your shins. If you're a typical back seat park skier, you really are going to hate these skis.
What are the differences in the 10/11 model and 11/12 model (the two ones i am looking into the most)
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but '11 skis and the '12 skis are almost identical. The dimensions are exactly the same, turning radius is the same, and they're sticking with the All-terrain Rocker. Pretty much, graphics are all that really changed.
How soft/stiff is this ski
It depends on what you're comparing it to, but I'd say this is a pretty middle of the road ski. The tips are rockered a good amount, but they're not nearly as floppy as the Obsethed. I'm not sure what skis you've ridden before, but I'm sure you've seen someone riding a pow ski with rocker, and the tips were bouncing around. I never saw or felt this with the Fujas. The tails are definitely stiff. I'm not talking about race ski stiff (they do have some rocker in them yet) but they are stiff compared to a full out pow ski.
Hope that helps.
