I dunno what all these fools are talking about, I bet these things will be sickter in the pow man. I mean yeah, Elan makes rental skis, but fuck... what company doesn't? Our entire rental fleet at the hill I work at are Rossignol, but guess what, tons of people swear by Rossignol skis. Wise up people, every company has different classes of skis for different uses, same with cars and most everything else made for a consumer market.