Same here. A ski should not need a base grind to ski it, ever!!
Shouldn't. But some Head product has been shipping with base bevels up to 2* the last couple years. See HH's strongly worded comment (below) about this on a Head promotional video in the peak performance ski shop's youtube channel.
Why is the base tune of HEad skis so "detuned", to 2 degrees, this makes the skis skid out from under skiers on hard snow? We have to send our skis out to be re-tuned even when new, out of the wrapper? Does HEad want to pay for the retuning? ....