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Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. Although this teaching method has gone the way of leather boots, the concept of starting with a shorter ski and gradually moving to a longer one has been picked up again. Several years ago, Elan debuted its shorter parabolic skis to overwhelmingly positive feedback. Elan's skis were originally designed for never-evers, to make a beginner's first lessons so rewarding that he or she would continue to ski. It took only a few runs before these skilled individuals were asking where they could get a short pair of their own.