I thought it was a pretty good deal as well.  The only prob is that I'm worried about the stiffness.  While I enjoy dropping into the pipe from time to time in not a strict park skier by a long shot.  I would be using the ski mainly for some big mountain and off piste skiing.  I like the design of the ski for it seems to reflect some principles of snowboarding design in terms of the angled sidewall and its lightweight construction. (If you couldn't tell, im a long time snowboarder getting into skiing again).  However, in terms of the construction don't want to get out on the hill and have this thing flopping around like a noodle on me.  So, any comments on its stiffness? Does anyone have or demo'd this ski?  They also have the 174 but being that I'm 160 5'10' and like to ski fast im thinking the 180 is a better fit.  Any objections?
Thanks