One of the people I ride with at Breck rides for Nordica and goes through a lot of skis in a season. LOVES the skis, but for some reason he manages to destroy them pretty quickly. I'm still edgy about trying any because I can't afford to replace skis at the rate he goes through them. Of course, everyone rides differently and breaks things (if I don't have FKS on my skis my bindings are likely to explode in a week), so it's not necessary the best durability evaluation.