i just bought last years for $200, supposedly a great all around ski but yeah i've heard the old ones have edge problems. i heard the new ones were almost identical to previous years except the edge problem was solved.
i'm staying at U.Pitt over the summer. There's a pretty good amount of urban jibs. Check out Schenly Park in front of Phipps Conservatory there are two 4 kink c-rails in front of it. Looks mad hard