Square tips make no performance difference, it just looks different. There are no issue with the tips getting hooked on anything.
Also, skisquaw@420 probably saw one of the prototypes from last year break. Thats why we didn't mass produce last season and were prototyping. We were trying a lot of different materials in our skis to prevent binding pullouts. Some of these materials and where they were located caused breaking points. We wouldn't sell skis that break, thats bad business and we wouldn't last long as a company at all. We also have a 2 year warranty to back our skis up. We are not hard to deal with like bigger companies. If you have issues with your skis bring it to us and we will fix the problem as fast as possible.