I have not skied the Ahmeek. Sounds very interesting!I demo'ed a Black Ops 118 a couple years back and loved it as well, never did buy it though. It was just too heavy and fatiguing to ski in the conditions that I see locally. I did get a heavy version of the Shaggy's Ahmeek 115 this last season and while my memory of the Black Ops 118 is getting a bit fuzzy I do think they are similar skis to me. The Ahmeek is a tiny bit lighter and quicker to turn in deeper snow but the lack of caring what it skis through is very similar.
But your description of the Black Ops 118 feel, for me, fits when that ski is mounted on the rec. line, not moved forward, when possible, for what some have called Sean Pettit type turns.
(I would like but not be so into this ski if it was only on the rec. line; same with the 190 Pettitors, which on the line are even more "heavy and fatiguing," but also become stupid easy, not fatiguing or heavy feeling, when moved forward enough to get to those dialed in shorter turns - again, when possible. They really are distinctively different than other types of turns, and in my experience, only a very few skis can be adjusted to slip into doing them as if on auto pilot almost.
Another ski besides the three I've mentioned that can do them, in this case on the rec. line, was a version of the DPS 112 ski some years back. Since I have not had a chance to demo later 112 versions, I do not know if they have retained that cool feature. But that particular DPS 112, while being neat, was not a tank category crud buster, not even close.)
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