Even when there’s no soft snow, the HRZN tips and tails release extremely easily and the ski has a very predictable, intuitive feel. In the trees, its quickness is outstanding. The relatively soft flex, but energetic feel, loves to play anywhere on the mountain. The Bent Chetler releases its tail edge quickly and easily. What’s the resulting performance of all these design elements? It’s a tremendously playful ski. There also aren’t any edges in the tip and tail portions of the ski and they are softer flexing than the rest of the ski. By giving the ski this hull-like shape in the tips and tails, Atomic is greatly increasing the ski’s flotation and playfulness in powder. This design mimics the concept and resulting performance of water displacement by a boat hull. Those tips and tails also use Atomic’s HRZN Tech. It is, of course, also a twin tip, and you can actually differentiate between the actual tips and tail of the ski and the tip and tail rocker. Camber underfoot is paired with tip and tail rocker, 20% in the tip and 10% in the tail. The shape of the Bent Chetler 100 gets a little more complicated, but it’s still relatively straight-forward. And another benefit? It’s only 1700 g in the 180 cm length. A wood core and a good design goes a long way. The Bent Chetler 100 shows you don’t need a ton of additives or space age materials to make a good ski. Its simplistic build is part of its appeal, and part of why so many skiers enjoy its performance. It’s put together with classic sandwich construction and a vertical sidewall that tapers ever so slightly as it reaches the tip and tail of the ski. At its core is lightweight wood, and that’s about it. That freestyle background is obvious when looking at the Bent Chetler 100. His freestyle background is now blended into backcountry adventures and lot of powder skiing. Chris has been leaving his mark on the ski industry for quite a long time now, the better part of this millennia. ![]() This ski is the narrower in a two-ski collection developed and inspired by Chris Bentchetler. That said, we thought it fitting to have one of our last 2020 reviews focus on one of the most popular skis over the past two seasons, the Bent Chetler 100 from Atomic. ![]() There may be some exceptions, but from here on we’ll be focusing mostly on new 2021 models as the month of January is home to industry tradeshows, on-snow demos, and the release of information regarding next year’s skis. We’re officially in a new year, not to mention a new decade, yet ironically this review will likely be rounding out our 2020 model year reviews.
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