If anybody has ride GOODE CARBON 82 or 95 off piste ? I’d like to hear some comments how they perform as a freeride skis.

thanks, przemek

Have a pair of C82’s with Fritschi FR bindings for backcountry..awesome, very lite for touring, requires lite touch, not for ham-fisted chargers but have great edge-hold, versatile. Have ordered C95’s also but have not tried them yet

Have only ski’d them on piste and just off the edges so far.  Initally I found the lightness a bit weird, felt like there was less ski there. Once I completed a couple of runs found they had incredible edge grip on the steeper stuff and were really agile.  Now lets find some powder.  Loving them so far.

I bought the 82s last spring and gave them the full freeride test at Andermatt in powder conditions.  They performed spectacularly.  However, I don’t recommend this ski for hardpack or crusty conditions.  It is too light to hold an edge well on ice and doesn’t blast through crud that well.  However, they rock for soft conditions, which is what I’m usually skiing when I ski in the backcountry anyways.  I have them set up with a Dynafit binding.  You should see people’s faces when they lift them up; it is usually one of astonishment.  They excel in deep snow.

I liked the Goodes so much that I just ordered 95s that I’ll mount with D/H bindings for heli- and cat-skiing.

I’m 16 years old, and am a good skier, who loves powder, double-black diamonds, and backcountry. Would the C74’s be a good choice? or do you have any other suggestions?

I have the Goode 95. Skied them in West coast powder and East coast groomers. They ski like a GS ski on the groomers. They are very fast edge to edge. But once on edge they carve a GS turn.

Now in the powder they are incredible! Quick turns. Light. Easy on the shoulders when climbing.

If you want a ski that puts a smile on your face during powder days, then go with the 95. Plus they can carve back to a lift.

To all the naysayers who “predict” poor performance based on perception of light=easily deflected or somehow insubstantial: You obviously have NOT skied these! I purposely demo’ed these on a cookie-laden “typical” eastern day—gray, frozen, cookies and hardpack.  I expected a good laugh, but was absolutely flabbergasted:  I could do no wrong on these things!  I have never had such a wonderful, confidence-inspiring experience.  The C74s were agile and stable. Apparently, the soft fore-aft flex, rather than being deflected, simply “gave” a bit, like a shock absorber,  then immediately resumed track, unperturbed.  Meanwhile, the very stiff torsional flex bit ito the hardpack lke a cop on a doughnut, and simply refused to wash out, period.  The one thing I did notice was a very slight, almost single chatter when changing edges on hardpack, which immediately stopped, once the new edge engaged.  Supposedly, even this is ironed out, in the 2008 ski (I demo’ed a 2007 model), with addition of a small dampener just forward of the binding.  Phenomenal ski—as earlier reviews noted, you have to ski them to believe that they work this well!