I bought the 05 "red" stomps last year and they held up ok for about 70 days of riding but like buddy said they are not the greatest ski for shure, If your on a budget and want a ok all mountain twin there not bad, Flex is medium-soft and the two hollow carbon fibre slats running the lenght of the ski give good feedback for turing but on landings they sound fucked up because they are hollow. Probably the lightest all mountain twin going but they are also the smallest "fat twin" on the market (waist 88cm).