Message #15955

[ToddW]

... And, you know, sometimes I wonder if it's just sour grapes when people who worked hard acquiring skills to ski certain terrain and conditions on one type of ski grouse and complain when they find themselves sharing that very same terrain with a middle-aged lady on S3's.

Liam,

No doubt there's an element of this at play.  But there's also a very real fear that honest high performance skis may become impossible to find as a result.  They're already becoming scarce.  Many who have developed their skills through long, hard work don't want to downgrade to a far less capable ski.