realskiers

@ Jim
Your posts above are both thoughtful and generous. I am really glad that you got to use the new skis so early in the season and in the conditions for which they were bought. Enjoy them for a long time. It?s so nice to be on a ski that makes one smile.

@ Perry
There is a lot of truth in what Ron stated about calling Phil to discuss your needs and what he can do for you. Start Haus, I think, preps their skis so you would be getting a finally tuned western soft snow ski that would serve your needs as a more occasional skier of those conditions. This is similar to the trust that Jim placed in Peter Kelty?s review of the Chariot.

Do you want to spend your ski week demo?ing skis or learning how get it on with the one Phil picks for you? When anyone gets to ski pow and soft snow as much as Ron, then do all the fine tuning required to get the perfect ski, but, in the mean time?pick one.

And if you buy from Phil, you may hate the ski, but, think about all the bragging you can do about such a great deal . Hell, if you buy one from him, and, don?t like it, I?ll be demo?ing the Blizz and Dyna when I?m with him in Tahoe in Feb.,so maybe a future deal in the works. Think like Ron  . He never really owns a ski, he just demo?s over a longer period.

Forget all the above if you?re a perfectionist.