HAHAHA...so true to so much of here though.
Apparently he got 50k a year sponsorship from Scott that starts when his Amplid ends. And Amplid put him up because they want as much advertisement as possible, I bet they will leave him up through this next season haha. He is on 2010 Amplids because Amplid gave them to him a long time ago(as every brand dose for their sponsored skiers, gives them the next years stuff part way through the current season) so that he will advertise them. Amplid makes good skis, Scott makes good skis but has a lot less Hype on here, so I think this will encourage more people to at least try Scotts, which if they like them the way I guess they will the word will get out here. BOTH BRANDS ARE GREAT.