realskiers

Who cares about demo skis and where they are mounted?

Be much more concerned about where the bindings are mounted on skis that you buy. How do you really know it's correct for you when that non-adjustable binding is permanently attached? The common knowledge of where to place is a lot more of a guideline than science.

The other issue, and in my mind a much larger factor, is your body position. If your weight is back on the heels, then how do you weight the tips?? My non-objective opinion based on looking at still photographs is that most of us  ski in a too far-back position. Heck, even looking at still's of Harald it sometimes appears his weight is back and he frequently acknowledges that flexing movements do place a skier in a rearward position that needs forward readjustment later in the turn.

How does each of us get feedback to determine if we are actually neutral with hips roughly above feet. Look at hand positions in stills and it's common to see them in a position that tends to weight the heels. I took a racing clinic last winter and hand position was my single greatest improvement from the instructors. It seems that I didn't get it right over 6 weeks. All I need to do to confirm this is to look at several pics of me from last winter and I'm not liking what I see.

With respect to getting binding position right, I'm thinking that all future binding purchases will be limited to for/aft adjustable bindings like the Marker Griffon demo bindings on my 88's or the Head Power Rail that Jim has on his Chariots.

But then again, I can be wrong!