I pretty much would haha and no worries, it's kind of hard to have a lot of reviews for a ski that I think only about 30 pairs even exist so I totally understand the hesitation to spend all that dough when there's so much good gear that tons of people have been on. Also disclaimer time: I totally got to help the Worth guys design this ski along with one of the Magic Freeride coaches. It excites me though because we really did get to brainstorm together and figure out exactly how to make a ski do all the things we really wanted it to. We called it the Magic because we designed it to ski Magic Mountain, MRG and Jay type terrain specifically. Cliffs, rocks, steeps and not a ton of snow all the time with the occasional huge dump free-for-all huckfest. I hate the term one ski quiver but that was basically our aim.
Agility and stability were our top priorities. To achieve it we gave the ski ~4mm of camber for pop and a 25m sidecut with a nice progressive, stiff core for stability at speed. To keep it from being only a super burly big mtn charger though, we integrated the sidecut and early rise all the way to that pointy tip to provide a suuuuuuuuper easy turn initiation and gave the tails a little longer rocker profile and low round tails. Also that tip does a lot. It's pointy to it minimizes mass, which allows it to punch and slice through everything and plane smoothly in pow- also when it's on it's side there's less tip to hook so it absolutely owns chopped up pow and bullshit mank and turns more predictably when you're down inside that 3D pow environment getting sexy. It also doesn't chatter at speed because there's less up there to want to slop which also keeps the ride smoother, faster. The Magics really are a quicker ski than the BGs in the trees as they are a forward biased handling ski that is very balanced. If you drive the tips, the tails will do whatever you want but they do lack that GS style big pop feedback on the groomed because of it. It is as close to effortless tree skiing as I have felt to be honest. I love them in tight rocky stuff because you can go from popping tiny turns through the trees and then just straightline to stomp off a cliff with total confidence. The mount point is farther forward than most of their other skis and it really gives you full control of the entire ski 100% of the time and the ski has a very large sweet spot which comes into play when you're whipping them around, skiing or landing backwards or skiing bumps etc.
Also with any Worth ski you get to specify one of two core options (response for lighter guys and power core for huge dudes or big mtn rippers, etc) as well as two layup options IIRC. Regular fiberglass (which is slightly heavier, slightly softer and a bit damper of a ride) and the new double carbon hybrid (Which instead of one layer of carbon above the core as in standard hybrid layup, it adds one below the core as well for extra pop, a bit extra stiffness and a much more crisp rebound). Your pair of Worth skis are literally built specifically for you, to your specs, by Keith at Praxis. Normally only Tabke gets that treatment
Just for comparison, I have had two generations of BGs and while I loved them both like no other ski in freshies, they are a pure pow ski even with the big advances in the elliptical sidecut integration and such. They are more work when it's tracked out or not consistently super deep or fluffy. I needed something that had a little more even handedness ad dependability across the board because a lot of the trees I ski don't have a ton of snow in them half the time so pow only was a no go. The camber and sidecut of the Magics let me ski them everyday and the swively, poppy nature of the turns just keeps it all so fun. If you're into skiing stacked and balanced and making fast feet moves in steep shit, these are your huckleberry. Even if you are out west, these skis reward smooth, fast and strong skiers. Ex racers automatically shit a brick when they ski them in the trees, especially the SL guys haha. They were literally made from the ground up for it. They're stiffer than the BGs and just really more predictable in everything but the fluffiest of bottomless pow. Magics seem to soak it all up while the BGs gave me a ton of feedback I didn't particularly want. Please don't take this as a dig to BGs- which will always have a spot in my heart and a space in my dream quiver.
If there's anything specific you want to know about the Magics, don't hesitate to ask. I'd be happy to elaborate on anything you may be curious about. Worth is a great brand with some great ideas with some awesome dudes running it and it's hard to fault the build quality of Praxis in any case and I'm stoked to be lucky enough to have been a part of the process behind this one.
