realskiers

Jbotti:  As Jim Nabors would say, SERRRPRISE, SERRPRISE, SERRPRISE!! 
CONGRATULATIONS -- You pulled the trigger WITHOUT DEMOING??!!
I thought demo, demo, demo was one of the mantra's?

I remember thinking the same thing about the tips and I think that (and the upturn) help make them smoother, but on firm snow they are torsionally stiff and the tips stay connected.

What topsheet artwork did you get?
FWIW, I played with moving the bindings around on the power rail and am pretty sure that I wound up back at the recommended factory line.  Be interesting to hear what you find?  Can't wait for your review (I think its been almost 12 months in the waiting stage?)!!