I hope for HighAngles (as I do for all of us) that there will always be a ski that satisfies his ski ability and ski performance feedback.
I'm pretty sure that there will always be a ski that satisfies our ski ability and ski performance feedback.
It just isn't likely to be one that we currently own. 
Doesn't the Star Trek mantra "to go where no man has gone before" echo deep inside all of us. It is that desire for exploring the unknown that really drives our (ski, golf club, bike, spaceship) purchases. We want not to be satisfied, but to experience the unknown (and then to share that with others). Kirk was always posting to his "Captain's Log" forum so other Captain's would know what new ski he tested that day.
I bought a new road bike last week (even after Snow Hot warned us all that only a sucker buys a new bike just because of a great deal). Did I need a new road bike -- No. Why did a I get a new road bike -- I convinced myself that I wanted to experience larger and stiffer frame (and slightly better components). Will I be a better rider on the new bike - Marginally. It's our built-in appetite for different experiences, not whether or not the current ski/bike is satisfactory. (of course, we always justify it to others in terms of the current ski/golf club/bike/spaceship not being quite satisfactory).
Lynn's response to my getting a new bike? "Wow, there's no end to your attempts to catch up with me, is there?"
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