realskiers

Ron - fair question, and yes I ski off piste.  I have had three problems getting into wider skis.

1) as one who benefited greatly from HH, perhaps I had too many gulps of the narrow ski kool-aid
We ski in the snow; not on the snow
2) as a mostly EC skier, harder to justify anything with more float than the Magnum @177
3)My wife can't yet conceptualize the need for a separate pair of skis just to travel out west with. 

My plan -
Sell my K2 5500 escape, Head IM75 and perhaps my RX 8 (although these really are fun) and buy some wide boards online