I've been going on an annual ski trip to Aspen Colorado for over 25 years. A few years ago, my binding broke and I was not able to get it repaired (my skis had built-in bindings so you can't just replace them).
I ended up renting skis for the 9-day trip and I have decided that I will rent for the rest of my life. I had the best skiing of my life skiing on the latest and greatest shaped skis. I was very surprised when the ski shop recommended 150's since I usually skied on 180-190 skis but the guy was very knowledgeable and talked me into the 150's. They were extremely fat Dynastars. Bottom line, these were fantastic skis and were every bit as fast as my old 180's. The big difference is I could stop on a dime and take any level of turns at great speed. On my 9th day of the trip I got "cautioned" by ski patrol after the guy chased me down the hill (I didn't even know he was chasing me - Naturally, I won
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