Gear Review
The 2015 Atomic Bent Chetler will have a bit of a boat hull style tip. Chris Benchetler, the ski’s designer, was inspired by a Rob Machado (pro surfer from San Diego, CA) surfboard design:
“It [the 2015 Bent Chetler] was inspired from a surf board that I saw Rob Machado had shaped. He took a standard short board thruster, and basically put a fish shape on top of it to allow for the best of both worlds… So my hope was to make powder ski that did all the things I love to try, and make just standard pow skiing that much easier and more enjoyable.” – Chris Benchetler told TGR
Other design changes for the 2015 Atomic Bent Chetler:
– 3mm narrower at the waist
– 183cm ski will now be a 185cm
– “There are a lot of changes beyond the HRZN tech since the last generation. We narrowed the waist, lengthened the ski, put a new construction of lightweight polar, added Atomic’s new Step Down sidewall 2.0, etc. The previous generations since year one had slight adjustments to enhance performance year after year. The earlier changes were with flex. Then we moved to lighter materials. Then we moved to the SPB’s (carbon stringers) in the tip and tail to help stabilize the chatter in the rocker areas, etc.” – Chris Benchetler told TGR
