Almost every person has said something different and all their reasons are biast because they probably ride the ski that they tell you to get. These threads are pointless. If you wanna know which ski to get, research everything out first. Find out what kind of riding you will be doing the most of and then you will have a rough guideline of what kind of ski you will need. Go to shops and look at different things, demos are the best way to find what you want too.