A quick update on these new skis....
I managed to sneak these all the way to Banff in my huge double ski bag without my wife suspecting that there was a second pair in there, and that they weren't mine!
She actually picked up my ski bag at the Calgary airport, but was obviously too tired to notice the extra weight. Whew! Close call.
While she was out of the room the morning of our first ski day, I swapped them for the skis that she had brought in her bag. Imagine her surprise when she went to retrieve her Dynastars, but found a new pair of Heads instead. She thought she had taken the wrong bag at the airport! When she saw all of us laughing and hooting, she twigged on to the deception. Needless to say, she was more than thrilled and delighted.
As for how the skis performed, well, she absolutely loves them. More than once did she exclaim, after a particularly fun run, that they were "awesome". "fantastic", "bleedin' brilliant"! They were perfect for the conditions we had during our seven days of skiing in Banff. She skied them four of those days -- the no fresh snow days -- and other than one run down a back bowl at Louise through 12 inches of soft crud and powder, where the Dynastars would have been better, the iM78's served exceedingly well. Groomers, bumps, crud, steeps, trees, boot high fresh snow -- they did it all. Extremely versatile, and a perfect addition to her quiver. No need to post a review, as quite a few here own the men's iM78, so there's not much more I can add to what is already an extensive body of writing on this ski. Except to say that they are an excellent ski -- stable, damp, smooth running, rock solid at speed and on steeps, great edge grip, tail has power but is still compliant in bumps, shovel floats well and transitions smoothly over crud and chop, agile, snappy, good for short or long radius.....just a well-rounded and fun ski.
A note on the binding position: bindings were set at factory mark, but were moved forward one set of holes on the CP13 plate (about 1cm) after 2 days of skiing. Thanks to the ever-observant Gary for noticing that she was having a bit of trouble engaging the shovels, and consulting with her on that to verify. A few minutes with a posi-drive to set them forward and she was rocking on these the next day.
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