realskiers

What you're all overlooking (except Jim - he got it) is that your tinkering with your equipment is based on the assumption that you are able to accurately self-diagnose AND differentiate between a technical deficiency and a gear limitation. Just because you think something is helping, does not mean it is helping. Without a knowledgable third party to actually evaluate the situation (setup and technique) you're just blindly guessing at a solution to a problem that may or may not even exist.

Like I said above, the number of skier who I know that can do this accurately, I can count on two fingers... And even they rely on a third party or video to ensure their "feelings" aren't lying to them.