Was thinking about these a bit. Inevitably skis I really like in the long run, I mean really like, initially test as 'very nice' with one or two questions. After 3-4 days when the flavor of the current daily driver wears off and Im felling fully acclimated to a particular ski, THEN I start to gush about things. The Z-90 is probably this type of ski. I liked it. It did some nice things and had a very unique feel. I probably need more time to 'ski' it without wondering what it will be like in terrain and snow that I don't want to have any questions about how a ski is going to behave. Part of the trouble (good trouble) is that the Z-90 does things that usually takes a couple of pairs to do, so sometimes expectations are a little unrealistic on my part. They aren't race skis. They aren't as smooth and damp at speed as a 184 Monster 88, but then again, the Z is easier to ski. They are very much like (as mentioned before) a 2/3rds Stoeckli SR 88, 1/3rd Head Titan, which is a seriously unique pairing of expectations and 'feel'. Pretty cool.