Skis:
Cheap Ski Blades 77cm
Original Orange Salomon 1080s 161cm
Original soft top sheet Red Rossignol Scratch Fs's 168cm
03-04 Line 1260s 177cm
Boots:
Rossignol liberty 3's
Nordica w8's
4 sets of poles=3 broken
Bindings:
Salomon s912ti's (two pairs)
Not much at all
As long as he doesn't air off the sides of the lips I could care less what he does. It's not that hard to switch. Even though you already switched. My main problem was stopping sideways. I would always just turn and go that direction.