"Edgar" wrote in message
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If your ski base is so far gone that the mechanical grip pattern is
gone, it is time to treat yourself to new skis. I would imagine that
skis that have been so badly beaten to wear off the pattern are
probably also suffering degredation of their structural cores. Do you
ski across plowed parking lots?

The fishscales are still there, just not as good as they used to be. It is
not that they have been beaten, it is that I do not ski on groomed trials. I
ski on ice, unpacked trails.....

Micheal

PS I have skied across the odd plowed parking lot, and even the snow covered
road.