2024 Atomic Bent 100 On Snow Ski Review with SkiEssentials.com

Whether you're hiking to sidecountry lines, bashing through spring bumps, carving on groomers, or playing in the terrain park, the Bent 100 does it all with intuitiveness, playfulness, and a fun-loving personality. We put together a fun little on snow review from this morning at Stowe. Enjoy!

0:00 - Intro and Rock Garden
1:30 - Off-Piste Discussion
2:30 - On-Piste Discussion
4:10 - Mogul Discussion
5:45 - Emily's Thoughts
7:05 - Park Discussion
9:45 - Playful Personality
10:40 - Skier Size and Length Choices

[oscarpreuss]

This is a great format, would love to see it applied to some more skis!

[benshorthouse]

Love this kind of ski/ chairlift review

[hoolie]

This was awesome. THIS is the type of skiing to show when reviewing this ski. The trees - moguls - terrain park. The floaty switch 180 mid run. This is how to review a free ride ski. THANK YOU - SOLD.

[plgard]

Watching Bob’s first four turns at the top you know he’s a mogul skier!

[MrVinman]

I bought the 23's from you guys last year. Love em. Ice, powder, crud, it does them all.

[c_kennmusic]

Love this ski. Almost a do it all: groomers, trees, soft snow...does get a little bounced around in mixed snow conditions due to its light weight and lack of metal, but it’s a true all mountain Swiss Army knife otherwise. Super fun and predictable. I've forsaken the other 2 pairs of skis I have in my massive quiver: The Bent 100 is my go- to ski buddy for both East and West.

I think the review is very accurate to my experience with this great ski. I recommend going longer rather than shorter due to the soft flex pattern.

[plgard]

I am learning a lot about skis I never would have considered, now I’m considering them! Thanks!

[doryman]

I absolutely LOVE my 2020 Bent Chetler 100s! I ski tele, and they’re perfect for that smeary style, but can carve when you need them to. And as a switch newbie, I’m much more confident in their tail rise when my tips are uphill. And in the mornings, I skin up and climb before the lifts open. I will always have a pair of Bents in my quiver.

[darinsmith]

First of all.. Nice mogul runs Bob and Emily.. and that Park stuff was cool Jeff but i can't do any of that.. I think where I am at with skis is hard skis for hard snow and soft skis for soft snow.. I was on my Enforcer 104 Frees today and when the snow started softening up I started sinking.. I think what I heard Bob say the difference between the 90s and 100s is that he had to start smearing his turns in the bumps and I would say that is what I started to do with my 104 Free when the snow started softening up..

[clementjoubert]

Best review format, directly on and off piste ! def the best format to review skis

[dougsceney]

Just a comment about mount point on these which might be of interest to some. I got a pair recently after losing one of my beloved Atomic Auto 102's in powder in Japan. Apart from the 1mm either side they are almost identical to my old skis - shape, flex, weight, balance point. I found they skied much the same but the tails felt a bit "stickier". Comparing the 100 with the old 102 I found the recommended boot centre mark is 20mm further forward on the 100s. Call me a dinosaur but I like directional skis and I've now moved my front bindings back 15mm (couldn't get more without moving the back binding plates as well). I haven't tried them out post change yet but I'm hoping they will now handle just like the old autos. If so I guess it will be another testament to the versatility of these skis.

[XanderJones-cj]

Amazing review. Convinced of getting the Bent 100s now. Thank you!

[oskarfreeski]

Id really like to see some more rocker in the tail, i feel like the tails can be a little hooky mounted at -2.5 from center.
Other than that, i enjoy them

[mikehoffman]

Jeff, after your help with recommending mounting location on my Kores and now on this video you mentioned that you had them at +5. I was hoping that maybe you could do a video and discuss binding location with the +, recommended and - options. Your -2.5 from center seems to be where my Line TW Pro and Lib Techs are and that is a sweet spot for sure. Just hopping you can elaborate a bit in a video maybe with Bob or others to get their take and discuss the options vs riding style.

[philiplacey]

Cool to see some brilliant sunshine at the tippy top of the mountain - I thought you were out west at first.

[Bastardg]

Well, thoughts about mounting positions.. I bought bent 100 about 2 months ago, mounted em +6 from factory and went to Italy. I had bad time while skiing steeps, at park it was chill but still tail felt long (because of that camber and 0 tail rocker) Then I came back home and mounted them factory, damn feels good.. now im thinking about mounting them +2, 5 from factory. Maybe will mount, maybe not. Our ski season is over at Estonia but yeah, one last thing I did was that I managed to grab some 2023 bent 110 skis, they look nice on my livingroom wall. Have a great summer folks ;) !

[maceomartinez]

Having such a hard time picking between the 100 and 110. Would be sweet if you could do a comparison video!

[sahinolut]

I am really in between Bent90, Kore93, and now Bent100! My stats are, 195lb, 6'3, skiing at West coast, I started skiing this year and I am loving it, I can do hard blues/easy blacks and willing to improve further. I am planning to do 70 on piste / 30 off piste stuff like trees, definitely not a park guy. I like skiing at moderate speeds and I am not good at carving turns, I am skidding in the turns for the most part but willing to do more carving but definitely not gonna do any Gs turn type of stuff, mostly small to medium sized turns. I am looking for something forgiving, not hard to ski and fun. Given my application, which of them will be appropriate for a one ski quiver? (and size)

[franzschreder]

Would you recommend this Ski to a Teenage Boy?
Which Length would you recommend if I am 184cm?
Or do you have other recommendations?

[llSkyzxll]

Hi is it worth picking a pair of these up for the next season. Heavy discounts right now..