BW, did I miss something. I don't recall being at A-Basin last week or actually any time this season. No we have not met! With regard to your question, yes, I have owned several rockered skis and tried several others. My frst pair I bought in 2006 and it was a DPS Lotus 138 (a true reverse/Reverse ski). My second pair was a PM Gear Lhasa Pow that I bought and owned the first season that they made them. I have skied the Rossi S 7's (perhaps my least favorite ski of all time, softer than a lawn chair) and the Armada ARG, the Armada JJ, a bunch of others and the rockerd skis in Stockli's 2012 lineup.
I stand by my comments. If you pivot yours skis (something that I strive not to do when I ski) then rockerd skis will feel great and you will think of them as an improvement. I choose not to pivot my skis as a defacto move and because I use sidecut and edge angles to turn the skis, I prefer non rockered skis.
I think I understand how rockered skis work pretty well. Simply, I have worked to hard to get the technique I have to ride on skis that essentailly force one to pivot. Rockered tips I can live with especailly if it is modest (I own a pair of K2 Hardsides and they are OK). Tail rocker makes it almost impossible to put any lateral presure on the skis without the tails washing out. Some people love this sensation and it makes it very easy to turn skis in any terrain and from any fore aft position (and many are way aft on rockered skis). It is also why rockered skis have been a gamechanger for intermediates in powder and chop because they can pivot a rockered ski from the back seat and with a hard tail that just won't happen (the tail sinks deeper the more weight you put on it).
After much mileage on many different rockered skis, I have sold them all and I prefer a hard tail, trad camber and sidecut and a non rockerd tip. My powder ski of choice is the Icelantic Shaman which I ski in the 184 length and in fresh snow I really like this ski a lot.
I will look for you next time I am at A-Basin. Maybe you will be riding way back on some wide rockered boards! Yeah baby!!
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