Ron:
1. You are mistaken when you say that "
your opinion is not so credible here." ?I think most everyone recognizes and admires the direction you have taken your skiing the last two years. ?That probably doesn't mean that we want to follow that same path, but it certainly doesn't diminish the validity of your experiences and opinion. ?
2. I assume that Mike's reference to "male menopause" (which I have usually heard referred to as a mid-life crisis if mid-life is now 60 instead of 40) was the suddenness. ?He of the demo-demo-demo mantra (Gary) announces the purchase without demoing and then takes them out on east coast crap. ?And it may well be that Gary has demoed or borrowed others skis that we don't know about. ?But it also hasn't been that long since he was raving about his Icelantic's. ? ?
? (Clearly you and Phil are rubbing off on him).
3. Regarding Nolo's comments, I see something different. ?Are powder board skiers becoming the "bad boys" of skiing in place of the snow boarders and everyone that is a "classic" skier bemoans their lack of style and control?? ?
?Just curious.
4. Separate from these threads, I have heard more than one person saying that skiing has become more dangerouse because there are more people on the slopes skiing at high speeds and 'probably' out of control. ?And, of course, wider boards are often blamed as the reason. ?
5. One guy showed up at the Harb camp on 90mm waisted skis and the instructors had a very difficult time convincing him that he would not get much from the camp constrained by the skis that he brought. They finally loaned him a pari of Super Shpaes (I believe), but it was a challenge to get him to understand that they weren't "bad" skis, just the wrong ski for the situation.
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