The Gonzos are a fast and nimble hard pack workhouse. It’s been years (decades?) since I had a full camber ski. It holds onto the turn at fast speeds with minimal chattering and it doesn’t seem skittish about the East Coast ice it is routinely subjected to. The edges rollover efficiently, thanks to relatively narrow 90mm under foot, making bump runs fun. Lastly, this is the first ski I’ve ever owned that was engineered for the forces of a telemark turn. I’m not sure I can “feel” that design difference but it certainly bolsters my confidence that my skis can handle the punishment I’m throwing into them. Overall, great East Coast daily driver!

Very fun in dense wooded areas and easy to turn on groomed/hardpack. Not for newbies because the ski require a lot of engagement.

Great fun ski that makes turning fun not work.Company has excellent customer service big fan

Got them out today in a blissful powder day in VT. They got knocked around a little bit on fast steeps where the snow was a bit chunky but in the trees wow. The ability of this ski to turn fast in tight steep trees is amazing. I have them set up with 22 design axels with Scott synergy boots. They just rip in the backcountry

I have been skiing for a dozen years or so on a K2 work stinks telemark ski. It took some effort to initiate the hard pack. I noticed with the Bishop gonzo ski. It takes much less effort to initiate the turn and it took me off guard at first now I’m enjoying the ski quite a bit as I’ve skied about four times on it. I try to get to the ski area to be first in line to catch that brand new snow or brand new groomed snow. I’m getting used to the quicker turn.

Another amazing ski from Bishop — great for hard pack, trees, and long west coast bumps between storms. Keeps the skiing fun and fresh. Can’t wait to try these the corn this spring.

Ultimate east coast tele ski! Paired mine with BMF-3 and love the whole set up. Faster and smoother turns with much more power and edge control than I had previously on a different NTN binding/ all-mountain skis.

Very stable, snappy with telemark turn, really notice a difference from Bonafides with turn initiation
Great East Coast ski

The skis are great and took my telemark skills to a new level!

I have skied the Gonzo (180cm) with 75mm BMF-3 bindings and Scott Voodoo boots for 3 days and just shy of 60k' vert of resort skiing. From a few days old 5" tree powder at Wolf Creek to the currently very firm conditions at Winter Park. Manageable in all terrain, but really really shine on the firm snow. The shorter radius compared to my chedis makes for easier high speed quick edge to edge turns that was exactly what I was looking for. So much fun on a fresh groomer, but was great in the bumps too! Highly recommended if you are looking for a more spirited ski for firmer snow. The customer service from the Bishop team is always top notch!! Cheers!

Confidence inspiring: stable, fun, but surprisingly light.

I view these like a SUV as they do everything really well with no complaints, and with the BMF/R bindings they are even more versatile.

I ski in Europe from Poland to France, so I wanted a ski that can cope with mixed terrain, and the Gonzos have passed the all the tests I have thrown at them. Is this the one ski quiver? Time will tell, but I want the Chedi next so I hope not.

Finally, the service I received was simply the very best I could have asked for - Thank you Bishop crew.

I love this setup. I have 75mm boots and didn’t want to spend another $800 getting NTN boots. Shipping was very quick and the quality is top notch. If you’re on the fence, go for it. You won’t be disappointed.

A quick smooth turning ski. I wanted a ski that could carve on firm groomers and bumps. The gonzo did not disappoint. So far so good

Absolutely amazing...Smooth and fast, sharp turns. Absolutely stellar--best tele set up I have ever had by far!

I had a lot of questions. The bishop team follow-up on everything.
Beautiful skis and bindings. Can’t wait to try them out.

Had this ski shipped to Oz and it arrived within a week, fantastic service.
Skied it on hardpack and ice and the ski never let me down.
Always held an edge super intuitive initiating turns and hold a long carve but was easy to break into short turns on a whim. I find a lot of modern skis want to stay in the same radius and take some effort to change tempo.
Gonzos did everything I wanted skiing them with the new red black tx pro v2 and outlaws.
My only criticism is red and black boots dont go with the graphics, Scarpa should have stuck to Orange.
Looking to getting the Powder boards next season to take to Japow

The Gonzo's look awesome. Can't wait for the first turns in just over a week's time.

Can’t wait for ski season

I bought this set of skis after deliberating for a couple of winters, and I'm kicking myself for waiting so long. These skis are awesome! I read/watched the post from Absolute Telemark, https://absolutetelemark.com/tag/bishop-gonzo/ and decided I wanted to give these skis a go. I needed to upgrade boots and bindings as well, so I was worried about a whole new system and ended up waiting a few winters.

I wish I had just committed and gone for it. I skied on these all winter and they were fantastic. My previous set up was an old beat up set of K2 Sideshows, T1s, and Axl bindings. The new set up is Gonzos, new TX Pros, and OutlawX. This new set up had a similar feel to the old but was better in every way! I kept my old set up thinking I'd want to ski on it sometimes, but once I was on these I never wanted to go back.

These skis performed really well on piste as advertised. The way the edge engages to initiate turns and pivots for quick turns is effortless. I used them on fresh groomers, bumpy crud, moguls, powder in the trees, and icy conditions. The Gonzos handled all of it with ease and gave me lots of confidence to charge ahead into any variable conditions.

I also did a fair bit of back country skiing with these as well. I know Bishop doesn't necessarily intend for these skis to be their all-mountain ski because they're 90 underfoot, but I prefer my all-mountain to be a bit narrower. Back country skiing in Norway this winter let me experience pretty much all snow conditions except for spring snow. We had fresh powder, heavy wet snow, soft packed, hard packed wind slab, ice, and sometimes all during one tour. These skis handled all of it really well. The only time I felt that maybe the skis might have held me back was in the heavy wet snow where a fatter set might have helped.

Overall, I'm really happy with these skis and I can't recommend them highly enough! You don't need to shy away from powder with these either, you just might find that you have to modify your technique a bit.

I’ve been looking for a resort specific ski to replace my old Rossignol S3’s and O1 bindings. I tried the Gonzo with BMF bindings at an Alta demo day and thought ‘this is it’! (Shout out to Nic and Sylvia for getting me set up and swapping around springs)
I’ve now skied the Gonzo BMF with soft springs around 20 days in every condition but deep powder. I gotta say this is a wonderful ski and binding. I’m an old man that’s skied pretty much all the 75mm bindings as they came along. I feel like a little giggly kid when I step into these things.
The Gonzo is probably the best spring-conditions ski I’ve every had. Holds an edge on firm groomers, turns on dime and makes me feel like I actually know how to carve!
Five out of five stars for sure.

I bought them right before 2 ski trips. Love these skis in all conditions. Even at 90 under foot they’re a little weak in icy surfaces but they rip in everything else. Soft snow, bumps and loose cut up snow. Just got 16” at Steamboat and these skis excelled. Would recommend!

I’ve been free heeling since 1999. Thank you, Bishop, for investing in the R&D to give me both a great new binding a few years ago and now the Gonzo.

I bought the Gonzo 170's for Christmas this year and have really loved them, and like I told my wife, who have the Chedi's and loves them is: "I don't think I can mess up on these skis". I'm 65, 5'8", 190 pounds and even though I don't have the rip I had 10 years ago, I still ski pretty aggressively, and I'm amazed on how these skis respond in the trees, bumps, crud and even powder. The only issue I've found is that I should have bought the 180's due to my aggressive style and I want to thank Charlie from Bishop for setting me up with some 180's to ski on at the Bridger demo days last weekend. I felt that just having the 10 extra cm's helped me lock in the carve even on the groomers, though I feel they're really made for turning and not Mach speeds. Oh, I also love the BMF 3 bindings I bought with the stiff springs and the step in and out plus ski breaks. Bishop Rocks, Thanks, John

These are super fun to ski on and take me away to a better place. Just got back from a few days at Whistler. They were super fun all around. You guys have really made some amazing tele sticks!

I got the Gonzos to ski glades and bumps around New England and they have delivered. Just spent the past week skiing the trees at Saddleback and Black Mountain of ME and they are just what I was looking for. I bought the shorter 170cm length for this reason and mounted a pair of 22 Design Bandits on them. Also work great for making quick turns on the groomers.

I shop a lot to find the best all-mountain tele ski for the east coast (Québec) and I stop my reseach on the Gonzo 170 cm mount with BMF-R. Verdict : these ski are just perfect !!! They want to go fast, they turn on a dime, charge to crust, make's you better in moguls/bumps, ... you push it, and they want more. Bonus, they handle powder surprisingly well, more than I expected. Bishop, you nailed it !

Amazing skiing feeling, great grip on goomed slopes both for sharp and wide turns; but also amazing skiability on off piste powder. Highly recommended with the BMF binginds for a smooth ride!

This company and the people and now that I got my product are all awesome!! From the support team that walked me through what would be best for me. The shipping was fast and everything was well detailed down to the hand written letter telling me go fill these skis with premium was great to see all the detail they put in. It sure shows in their product but if you come from the old school like I did don't even ride the springs they come with get the soft springs right away you will love the setup!!

So glad that I bought 170 Gonzos. They turn as fast as I want them to in bumps, they're stable in shallow windpacked chop and during high speed runouts back to the lift, and they edge really well in crusty spots. I have 6 or so resort days on them here in Colorado, mostly packed powder conditions, and I like them more each day I'm on them. I haven't yet skiied deeper powder, deep chop or crud, or heavy snow, but I anticipate that I'll also like them in those conditions.

I've had innumerable tele setups, starting in the late 70's with 3-pin tall narrow, non-edged skis and below-the-ankle Alfa leather boots. I've liked some setups better than others. I have to say that I had as many inner smiles/giggles on the Gonzos a couple days ago as I can remember ever having while skiing (disclaimer - I'm pushing 70 and I don't remember what I had for lunch yesterday).

I don't say it lightly, but I love these Gonzos.