breaks off me? I reckon you are a secret fat ski lover! I don't have a bias for any particular type of ski other than, where possible, be on the best ski you can be for the skiing you're doing. I'm fortunate in that I have a choice of skis, ranging from 65mm slalom & GS RD skis through to 115mm wide with a modest tip rocker. The skis I'm adding to the collection this season are 90mm wide with a small tip rocker. rob@rar , Ha. No fatties in the quiver then? You off to Hokkaido again this year? I might be there in Feb again. Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. rob@rar wrote: The other side are claims that fat skis are brilliant on piste, just as good as a dedicated piste ski. OK I'll bite. Anyone claiming that fat skis are just as good as a dedicated piste ski on freshly groomed relatively firm piste is clearly mental. They might however reasonably claim that they are "good enough (for them)". However pistes are not uniform and when it gets churned and chopped up and springlike then while some people on their piste dominators are moaning about it being too heavy and jacking it in early it is still possible to be having fun on a more versatile ski. OK I'll bite. Anyone claiming that fat skis are just as good as a dedicated piste ski