| I purchased Volkl 5-Stars/Marker Piston Bindings for $700 and Salomon Ellipse 9.0 boots for $300 - total cost with mounting $1050. They threw in a pair of very nice carbon fiber ski poles. Total 'list' price for all this gear was: $1100 (skis/bindings, this varies depending on who's telling you what 'list' is on the Volks), $600 (Salomon boots), $100 (approx, very nice/pricey skinny carbon fiber poles), or a total of $1800. We paid $1050 with mounting. Not the best deal but aggressive enough, and exactly the gear that I wanted. With all due respect to the comments above if there is a better ski than the Five Star for Eastern conditions I'd be pretty amazed. Best ski I've ever encountered by a wide margin. Just phenomenal. |