Toast, I'm an old kook, no Atlas, and I don't ski much (55yo, 180lbs, 30days or so a year). Never had a problem with my Pro Riders feeling too long.
Granted, they've never been in tight trees, or any trees. Our terrain is a glorious mix of big open bowls/faces and steep couloirs, and my fastest skiing ever was my first day on the PRs last season. Let em run, let em run! Even through narrow couloirs, where you had to feather them a bit at speed, they never felt planky or cumbersome.
They are probably a crutch for a skier like me, in that I can ski far beyond my abilities, and much faster than I should.
Edit: Went off on a tangent, getting too excited by the though of skiing them again. What I mean was that they're not hard to ski - hence the reference to my unimpressive stats - so don't let that put you off. Wouldn't get them mainly for tight trees, though.
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