^pretty good summary on the tail.
The beautiful thing about the 186 bode is that the tail manages to be supportive but still pretty easy to break loose. I wouldn't say the tail is there all the time ready to kick your ass if you get in the backseat, but its there. I'm also a front of the boot skier FWIW.
A point of comparison I can offer is that multiple times I have gotten on longer skis with a less substantial tail and it took me a couple of runs to adjust. I skied a pair of 193 gunsmokes a few years ago after spending almost every day that season on the Bode's and it felt like they didn't have a tail in comparison for the first couple laps. Similar feeling when I demo'd 188 Rustler 11s.
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