Head Monster iM 82 (2009)

thats what they put on your face. they actually made me giggle to myself. lay them out and carve or dig into the crud, light and easy to toss around. powder crud and bumps. wana carve harder they could need a riser plate but that would take away from the rest of the ski. most fun ski for my style. probably a too soft for high speed hard packed carving (race style)

friendly-feeling ski! I tested it in packed powder/crud/shallow powder at Jackson Hole. Coped with everything including fast blast on final piste.

I demo'd a pair of these at Heavenly when they had just gotten 4-6 inches of fresh powder. Skied everything from the groomers to the trees to Gunbarrel. They blew my mind!! I could lean them so far over on the groomers I was easily touching my gloves to the ground. A little extra push to the forefoot and they dug in harder and just ripped through the turns. Took them to the trees and they slinked through the powder and and trees so easily. Gunbarrel, something like a thousand vertical feet of steep moguls and they didn't flinch. Can't wait to get my legs back in shape so I can really hustle them around. I have demo'd some other skis recently and contemplated buying them but after one day on these I bought a pair. The only downside is I can't get back to Lake Tahoe for another two weeks.

Compared these to the Wateas and the Vollkl AC 50's. Skied them on fresh powder at Big sky on the liberty bowl with about 6-10 inches for fresh powder.. They worked very well, Probably not as well as the Wateas but that is where the comparison ends. Get them on the flats or the crud, where we actually ski most of the time and the Monster 82's deliver. carving was effortless where the Wateas kept washing out if didn't focus. Through the bumps and trees of the Congo run at big sky the Heads were very easy to turn and at speed going down hangman the skis were rock solid....The Volkl's were a close second for speed.  
I am now the proud owner of a new set. Can wait to get them back home to the east coast to check them on super hard (read :Ice) pack.

I own a pair I got off of ebay. With a season behind me I can tell you that this is a great all mountain ski. I will do hard carving if you angulate enough to get them up on edge. I skied hard pack at Stowe with no problem, minimal wash out. I did Coopers back bowls with chop and about eight inches of fresh and bumps no big deal easy to turn and great for an all mountain. But don't kid yourself theses are not heli skis deep snow and they will eventually sink and you will be working them to stay bouncing in a turn the old powder way. For resort skiing this is the ski. You really can do it all. But all means it does everything well not the best. You really rip groomers get a race ski, if you don't spend anytime in the back bowls then get a more narrow all mountain that will give you the best ride. I have heli skied and resort skied for years and this is a great resort ski can do almost everything very well

Brought these skis with bindings for £300 about a month ago and love them they are harder to carve on than the im78 (due to less radius) but the benefits are better handling off piste, moggles and park. Personally head could have made them slightly wider thorough out.

Got these 08 82 monsters and found them to be better as I went they cover all kinds of terrain and mold to the Skier at least that was my experiece with these... Darn Good Skiis

Spent the last 3 days trying a variety of demo skis. In the end I purchased a set of the Monster 82. Wow what a ski. Handled everything I through at it damn well. Found them very competent on the groomed runs and a pleasure off piste. Easy to turn. Brilliant 50/50 ski. Suggest they favor the off piste, crud, heavy & slushy snow more.