dude, every post i make about equipment, you always have a comment. The reason I'd pay $50 would be so I could beat the crap out of the skis. You may be Mr "Expert" when it comes to what Nestors sells, but you don't sell everything, including the best skis, Atomics. If its good snow, I'd ski the Atomics. If its 50 degrees, and raining in Okemo where 1/2 the trails aren't covered with snow, as it was last year, I'm skiing the $50 skis.