good choice man. this is the perfect ski for everything at ur size. steeps, bumps, trees, pow, park, it does it all. the only thing is....if your so cheap, y not just rent some of last yrs pros this yr for the the season and wait till you can use ~170's effectively? upgrading from 150 to 158 is really a waste of $$$. whatever, too late tho. ne way, good choice, again, great ski. only one better would have been the tm's.