This article is reprinted from The Professional Skier .
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Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. Much has been said about the advent and growing popularity of shaped skis in terms of skier performance. And several articles in this issue of The Professional Skier focus on shaped skis in the context of skiing and ski instruction. Now let's twist that focus knob a bit tighter and explore how shaped skis affect the training and examination process for ski instructors. Just a few years ago, most instructors wouldn't think about showing up at an exam on a shaped ski because they feared that examiners might view or score them differently.