i perosnally love salomons. i had thrusters, dumonts, and now i have another pair of dumonts in the mail. I have had other skis in between them and i have always gone back to the salomon, Although they dont really have the best edges for rails, considering my last pair of dumonts i had had lost 3 of the 4 edges beneath the boot. But i love the feel, perfect flexibility to me and i like the capped edges.