the thugs are big skis that make you feel like you're charging all them time. kinda light, but only perform best when there's 8" + of new snow...   this is based off of a few runs on a friends pair and a convo about them w/ him
LL2s are more of an all mountain pow ski... the skinnier waist and the rocker make for better performance. softer than the thug but not that soft. I'd call them poppy. since they are rockered they float in 99.9% of pow conditions. I own these, but I've recently gotten them and only have 4 days on them.