[Tidybuoy]

I've been going on an annual 9-day ski trip to Aspen for about 28 years now. I've had different equipment over the years.

About 6 years ago, my binding broke and my ski's were the type that had the binding built-in on a track vs. bolted on. Meaning, you cannot change out the binding. The binding broke on the 2nd day of the trip and so I took it into the local shop for repair. Unfortunately, they were not able to source the part and I had to rent skis.

Where am I going with this? I've been renting ever since! I have found that renting allows me to have the latest and greatest evey single year. Aspen has a great setup where you can rent skis and trade them in for different models anytime and the trade spot is on the mountain so you just snap out and snap into the new models. I usually rent the night we get into town so there is no delay for skining in the morning.

I generally don't trade around models because I tend to ski great on Dynastars so I get them every time. I have traded a few times but I always like the Dynastars, they are stiffer than many skis and work well for my skining type - agressive, fast, and usually racing everyone on the hill.

My boots are mine (I wond them) and I ski on Technica boots. Mine are about 10 year old and it amy be time to upgrade but I like mine because you can plug them in at the end of the day and the liners heat up and dry out overnight. Only heating at home, not on the slopes.