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* Head Wild Joy, 168 cm (?-90-?, ?)
KS: The Wild Joy is new for 2018, and it fills the width slot between the Total Joy and the Great Joy. I skied the Total Joy and Super Joy 2 years ago, and I really disliked the super light and stiff construction at the time, so I was excited to give the Wild Joy a try when I heard that they had made some changes to the series’ core material and construction. Boy, I’m glad I did! The Wild Joy was light yet stiff, but not so stiff as to be rattly or bouncy. While slower speeds were doable without any fuss, it really shined at high speeds and in larger turns. That weird vibration underfoot from the previous construction was totally gone. What a complete surprise!!
NW: The Wild Joy was just okay for me. I found the tips to be really floppy. This may be a ski best suited to bigger, heavier, more charging skiers.
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Aha! Now that sounds like a ski I want to demo. I like the Joy line in general. The Wild Joy is 139-90-119. With that wide a shovel, I could have fun in pretty deep powder since I'm petite. The Great Joy was too wide for me, 139-97-122, to have fun with on groomers, which was the only option at an Alta Demo Day on an April morning. Not really interested in owning a powder ski for the rare times I get lucky and catch a storm during a trip to the Rockies.