(Giles) writes:

"sjjohnston" wrote in message ...

If you do keep renting, look into the "performance" or "demo" rentals

Makes a lot of sense. I'm far from being an expert, but my abilities
improved a lot this season, and some of it came from the sense of
perspective from using different skis. I'd been told many times that
using x skis would let me do more, so I tried them with a demo
rental. Hated them. Tried some others, they were ok. Tried more, "hmm,
better". Tried several more, and finally found some that I really
enjoy. Went back to x to make sure, and still hated them. The
trouble is that if you were to ask me about the differences, I'm not
sure I could tell you.

Yeah, but you knew what worked for you, what made you ski better --
and you found out the only way it's possible to find out. Moral of
the story, demo demo demo!

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