[uphillklimber]

You know, I can't remember which skiis I tried, seems we did some heads at the bush, some rossis, another one I can't even remember...... Didn't pay much attention. (You'd think I would). Pretty much, we were seeing how the newer skiis worked compared to our relatively skinny old K-2's. The wider skiis certainly worked for us in the deeper snow. We shortend our skiis by a few inches. We also noticed the stiffer skiis that we demoed worked way better on ice. After that, we really were clueless as to what characteristics or skiis would work for us. We pretty much took all the advice we were given and boiled it down a bit. Good reports on the skiis from others counted also.

Pretty much, any ski would be upgrade after our old well worn out skiis. An unintended characteristic in this ski is it's ability to go right thru crud and death cookies without getting thrown. They are stiff enough and heavy enough to go right thru. I love that feature. I'm a bit more fearless on the slopes due to that.

The one down side to these skiis, and this would go for pretty much any ski we got, is that they turn way different than our old ones. Once we got used to that, there really isn't any downside. My wife did lose it on a slow turn on a green and fell awkwardly on her shoulder. Still rehabbing it, but able to work with it. I fell a couple times also. Felt like a beginner. Had to get used to the turning characteristics at slow speed. They turn much quicker and easier.