I dont think that eitheir company even structures the base or waxes them. Not that those are things to decide on whether or not to buy a ski, but I thought it was odd that I had to tune them up a little bit once I bought mine. But I still think that 4frnts are great skis. Check out next years armadas, I've heard that they are going to be built out of the elan factory (so that could be good, and bad) which should possibly make them more durable than now, but who knows?
I have a theory that all retards have one long tendon that goes from wrist to wrist, so therefore that is why they always are screwin around with one wrist up, and the other one down.