On 2004-12-20, Mary Malmros penned:
Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
This is very much why I'm asking the question I'm asking. I don't want to
have a quiver full of skis, or even more than one pair. I just want to
step into my bindings in the morning and be able to do whichever runs look
tastiest, which could be anything from a nice steep groomer to (widely
spaced right now) trees to a nice long mogul run .... or even powder,
although it still confounds me and I've yet to get into a lesson on a
powder day before all the runs were already tracked out.

Me, I'd like world peace, and a car that won't lose traction on ice at 50
MPH. Think I'm gonna get it? ;-)

World peace! Shiny!

You probably know the tradeoffs already, or most of them. If you get a
softer ski for moguls, it'll feel squishy at high speeds on hardpack. If
you get shorties, you'll lose some float in powder. Et cetera. I'm not
gonna get world peace, and you're not gonna get a ski that will perform
optimally in all conditions. If you're in love with moguls, then optimize
for that, and accept the tradeoffs when you're skiing somewhere else.

But I don't want a ski that will perform optimally in all conditions ... I
want a ski that will perform decently in most. I don't know if that's enough
of a concession to be realistic, though.

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monique
Longmont, CO