i love my green lives, nice and stiff but still able to throw some butters on them, 100 underfoot gives good stability at any speed you can get them to. make sure you center mount em like they should be. topsheets chip pretty easy, but what ski doesnt? strong edges, mine are 3 years old now and not a single edge crack, only a few dents. bases are sintered so they do need to be waxed every 3 or 4 days out. very solid all mountain ski, decent in the powder on steeper slopes but they are center mount so dont expect to float w/o leanin back some. there are some better options out there but i definitely do love mine.