BENT CHETLER £550

Price includes binding:
YES

Construction:
Wood core sandwich sidewall

Possibly the best-selling powder ski in the UK last year, the Bent Chetler is becoming a mini-cult. Fitting into the 'let's have a ball' category of Big Mountain rather than the 'we're not turning, no never', this is a fat, rockered play thing which made testers grin. It's still stable and powerful, but you can get away with more. One of the best powder skis, and just about handles the piste if you give it a good prod into the turns.