Damn dude it's torture for me looking at brand new skis that I can't use. The one year I got my old Nordica blowers in July and was just terrible staring at them all summer and fall. I accumulated 8 pairs of skis over the years and when I moved back in the fall I threw all my old skis I no longer used in the dumpster except for my mantras and shiros they included Rossi Vipers, Salomon xscreams, Elan S12s, Atomic LT11s,Rossi Scratch and the blowers.