Waist Deep Cruz 82 Review

The Cruz is an aptly named hippy. Rather than turn heads with bling, it caught our testers’ attention with minimalism. The only graphic is a humble Waist Deep logo branded into the bamboo topsheet. The predominantly bamboo construction is about as sustainable it gets, while retaining important ski attributes, including a light weight and a smooth flex. Its slalom-esque turning radius translates into easy turning. “Very responsive carving,” said Mark Lassan. True to its name, the ski felt most at home on soft-packed snow and at moderate speeds. The one stand-out quirk is its low-rise tip, which made testers nervous. But it never hung up, even when they wandered off groomers for a wiggle through the trees.