AmericanXC, whoever you are - like Rob says (see below) ... your are
off on an angry tangent and have missed the point of this discussion.
What does your response have to do with the lack of quality control on
the part of ski companies?

Ski companies still have the wooden ski mindset that it's okay for
every composite ski to be different. They are way behind the curve in
quality control. Go to a bike store and their are wall-to-wall
composite bike parts of great quality. If you want a carbon fiber
crank you don't have to test 4 to find the right one, like you do with
skis. Composite bike frames, parts, etc. are basically all the same
due to decent quality control. Same with ski poles. Quality control
with these products are MUCH better than with skis.

If you want to support ameircan skiing - tell ski manufactures to stop
spending money on marketing BS and put the money into better quality
control. That way skis would be of better general quality FOR ALL,
prices would go down (like they have for composite bikes), more kids
could affored to ski and less parents would end up accidentally buying
garbage skis for their kids.
Why don't you go back and read the original post. Thanks,

Tim