K2 5 Com (2007)

A little unforgiving but carves well.

Am torn between these and the Atomic Metron M:9 for my first skis. Would describe my level as intermediate. If anyone can help that would be great.

I haven't purchased a set of skis since 1990, when I bought a pair of Rossi 4S skis (200cm). I've been mostly out of skiing since then and hadn't tried any 'shaped' skis until I demoed these 5-Coms last weekend.  
 
Holy cow, now I remember why I loved this sport so much. I'm mostly a carver and like to ski the piste and these things seemed to turn by reading my mind (very little effort on my part). A friend advised me of the changes I'd have to make to ski these verses the old straight skis and it made a huge difference.  
 
I don't know if it's the skis or the shaped technology, but these were fantastic on the groomed runs. I'd have to say these were more comfortable in shorter quicker turns than on the longer ones. 
 
I'm skiing Volkl AC4s this weekend and will likely demo the apache recons next. That should give me a little better basis for comparison.

for your first ski, tey do really well 
 
but K2 is great

Demoed a bunch of skis last year. apache, recon, some rossis, but settled on the 5coms. Not disappointed. EZ to turn. Im a big guy and the 174s are perfect. Great ski if your just past green, well into blue, and the occasional black run, these will do you greta for years. AND, they look great. K@ rox

I'm a ski boarder that skis about 4-5 times a year and regularly ski black and double black runs. I'm wondering if this K2 would be an appropriate first real ski for me. Can anyone help? Thanks. -jb