Ron, now I'm confused. I thought you just bought the Icelantic Keepers? My guess is that is your soft snow ski. Have you already decided in your mind that another ski might be better (Sir Francis Bacons, ON3P Billy Goats or S7's).
I feel like I may have been where you are at before. I have owned alot of different powder boards. At the end of the day I relaized it wasn't the boards it was the skier. I rededicated myself to work on some specific technique things that I knew needed to be in place in my skiing. Last year I didn't even ski on true powder boards and my off piste skiing was the best it has ever been, even was told by many that I was ripping.
We have different teachers and ski gurus, but I think we both agree that there is no substitute for improving technique. I say keep the Keepers, ski hard, work on those things that you know you don't do well yet and see if you aren't that much more satisfied with your skis at the end of the season.
It's painful, but I really do believe that going into powder and harder 3 d conditions wth the wrong skis (skinny ones) makes you a better skier. I ski pow on my progressors and my IM 78's (much easier than the progressors) 5-7 times per seaosn, mainly because I now it's harder and because I know it will alll fall apart unless I really focus on proper technique. If you do this, when you put on any fatter ski, it will seem like the easiest and best ski ever!!
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