Knowing you have an HH button makes me either;
A)A brilliant intuitive thinker in the footsteps of Sigmund Freud
B)A facetious pain in the *ss
C)smart enough to catch on when the 2x4 hits me upside the head
Perry,
Too funny! I've been tested as an intuitive thinker in Myers Briggs and we are known to be real pains in *ss to the uninformed majority. They just not have seen the light
Now Ron's HH button (and he does have one) is directed at his followers. Maybe it's Christmas time and the "peace to men of good will" thinking will prevails. (Love ya too, Ron)
In the whole area of ski selection, I think it's critical to do an examination of your own specific needs and fit your ski or skis to match your needs. Like you I ski in the East mostly on very hard old man-made. I'm also a turner and speed doesn't enter into my skiing. So my Blizzard SL's/Supershapes match up very well to my everday needs. Your quiver seems to match your needs. I, and probably, you need to tune out a lot of wide ski discussion.
I know from skiing with Gary and Phil, they both have one everyday ski that suits the great majority of their needs. While Gary is closer to you and I, Phil is a much more aggressive charger and he loves the GS like stability provided by a 88. He also a much better skier and can use them with a lot more versatility when conditions get hard. If I skied where Ron skis most of the time, my thinking may be much different, but, I've no data to state with any certainty what I would do.
I've made a commitment to ski the West once a year and I've found that my true carve skis just don't perform in heavy wet spring snow. Therefore, I've added a 78 for those two reasons. Still a more traditional carver but very suited for my PMTS skiing. They permit me to be "not me" and do wider turn, higher speed more relaxed skiing. And that's a good thing.
Now if I can only follow my own advice and stop thinking about those Pilgrims or the Kastle's. Skiers, we all dream of the next ski.
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