i've heard good things about salomon with warrenty, as long as you don't thrash them in the park. back when i was working at a ski shop in college, the manager, a racer, delamed his slalom skis in the tips once. salomon relplaced them quick. he then delamed them a second time and needed new ones quick for a race. he shipped them overnight to salomon, and they shipped new ones back to him overnight so he had a new pair 3 days after he sent them. needless to say, he was stoked.