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Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. They're all turned up at one end like they were five years ago, but that's about the only similarity. And to try every ski on the market, you'd need to demo three pairs a day, every day for the whole season. The really exciting things in skis have to do with shape. There are some amazing sidecuts that do all the work for you, and they are blended to amazing flex patterns.