I have, in 1996, me an my friends chopped off the ends of our old skis, remounted the bindings all the way in the front, and took a blow torch to curl up the back end of the ski to make some ski-boards. I bought a pair of Salomon Snowblades in 1997, I rode them for about one week at Mont Tremblant. I did my first 360 and 540 on them and they were also the first skis that i ever delaminated on me, I sold them after about one month of owning them.