The more snow the better for the Helio 104’s. Deep, light snow, however, is where this ski performs best, they float with ease and turn effortlessly. You need to drive these skis and I found speed was their friend as they liked to go fast and carve longer turns rather than short. Since this is a very lightweight ski they do take some concentration and muscles to ensure they don’t deflect in variable snow and choppy conditions. Their smooth flex allowed the Helio Carbon 104’s to be fairly damp considering their diminutive weight, there was minimal tip chatter and they stayed on course if you remained focus while driving them. While I didn’t find them particularly fast in tight turn transitions, given their 104 widths I did appreciate how stable they were at speed on harder snow-GS turns over slalom are their preference. While more at home on soft snow, the Helio Carbon 104 Skis have a mild amount of camber under foot to ensure there is plenty of rebound and pop in each turn. The Helio Cabon 104’s generous tip rocker makes slashing powder turns easy yet they remain virtually chatter free on firm and hard-packed snow. I’m partial to carbon construction skis given how torsionally stiff yet light they are, and why I as eager to test the new Helio Cabon 104’s. With a full tip to tail carbon layup, these skis remain light yet not overly stiff and still fairly forgiving in pow. This latest version is designed as a hard-charging backcountry ski that is still impressively light. While Black Diamond has had the Helio Skis in their line up for a few years now, for this season they have totally redesigned them with a new construction and rocker profile.
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