I know this doesn't apply to you Skimom, but for us 'pinners, lighter skis are a heck of a lot nicer when you are skinning uphill!
That aside, in my alpine days, i skied a pair of Volkl Vertigo G31's when they first came out. Now that seemed like a pretty heavy ski to me...but i tell ya, if you could hold on, it did some pretty amazing things! Back in the days, i used to ski a really light pair of bump skis, but they were crap at high speed/crud (but they were'nt built for that kind of skiing anyway..). I guess i'd gravitate to a heavier ski. BTW, i'm not a big guy....maybe weigh a buck 30 or thereabouts, but i ski pretty aggresively and liked a pretty stable/heavy platform on alpine gear.
well, have a good rest of the summer (but it's like Enough Summer Already.....).
-freeheeler