Rusty Guy ...Mea Culpa for my harsh words towards you. I do recognize you to be an articulate and thoughtful individual who more than likely can ski the talk. I do feel, and was responding to what can only be an inappropriate reference to apples and trees where a young man and his father are concerned. Think about it. Rusty Guy, style goes a long way in this life be it in skiing, communicating, or avoiding Neon ski wear. As my Dad was fond of saying, "you get more flies with honey". I still however, can't imagine why anyone would want more flies, but that is a philosophical step too far....lol. At any rate I would hope you see my point here.
Sincere take backs for my words.
As far as Equip. goes; the best of the best and the one off's the factories produce for them is hardly a measure of the skis or boots we Mortals can buy. The skill level is also several light years removed and the resultant "preformance" we Rec. skiers experience is a far cry from the downhill at Wengen or the Birds of Prey. I have owned and loved several brands of skis..Fischer circa 1993, Kneissel White Stars...anyone remember them...with my Henkel Boots....oh God I'm old!!!!.....lol.....anyway independent of my discovery of HH and PMTS I was the first kid on the block with Head Cyber 24's....changed my life... and Volkl SnoRangers...changed my off Piste life and I still ski them. Many young racers out here ski Head SL's...many more ski Volkl and Rossi. My feeling is these days you almost can't buy a bad or incompetent ski....I do love my Head Cyber TI SL's. I also love my Volkl P40 190 RED Rockets...they are scary fast. The Atomic Sugar Daddy's are toooooooo Sweet in the Pow...all my skis hang together and seem to get along....we can too.
Peace and Snow~~~~~~and Peace and reflection to Rusty Guy~~~~turns together someday????