Gary,
No intent to imply that wider skis are categorically harder on knees. My comments were intended to vocalize my understanding and physical feedback when I ski on different width skis. How does technique have to change to turn a wider vs narrower ski on a groomed packed powder condition. This is also ignoring flex characteristics, torsional stiffness, etc. Example: my iMonster 78's respond to tipping much more easily than did my Volkl AC 30's (I think they were 74 mm underfoot) which needed more rotational forces (twisting) to turn. I am very sensitive to ski technique and its forces on the knee, being a knee cripple (S/P Lt? knee replacement surgery). My goal is to avoid rotational forces at the knee.
My comments re: knee pain with wider skis are my daughter's observation. It is significant enough for her that she has stopped using her Peak 78's. She has been aligned with canting by Glen Scannell, a HH trained boot fitter. He has skied with her and agrees that the knee pain is related to her technique change to attempt tipping the wider skis.
Glen Scannell made an interesting comment about skiing technique and different skis. He enjoys trying many different skis and trying to figure out what skiing technique allows him to get the greatest performance from any individual pair of skis. Each pair of skis are a puzzle waiting to be figured out.
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