realskiers

Well said, Liam.  And I agree.  As I just don't ski that way most of the time, short turn radius is definitely not something I look for in a ski.  But versatility is.  I like a ski that will do what I want, go where I want it to go without complaint, and hold my size and weight at speed.  I really don't hold much importance to the turn radius numbers when checking out new skis.  They just don't mean as much as people think they do, IMHO.

As I mentioned in my previous post, the whole turn radius thing is really only a suggestion as to what a given ski can actually do.  Eg: I own a pair of 88mm skis, somewhat stiff in flex and on the heavy side, but with a 23m turn radius, no rocker.  With the right technique, I can flick them around in short snappy turns without blinking.  Similarly, a couple of years ago I spent a few hours on the Head SS Magnum at 13m TR, and found they didn't behave much different than my Head SS Speeds that I owned at the time, which had a 16m TR.  In my mind, the TR numbers meant nothing.  As we always say, this often depends more on the skier than the skis.