Best ski ever was my first ski, an old Connelly that belonged to my neighbors and had turned pink from being in the sun so long(was originally red). All my neighbors cousins,and family members learned to ski on it. My neighbor and I came up with the name old faithful, and skied on it instill the back of the front slide binding(if y'all know what I'm talking about),and moved to a hand me down obrien Jr allegiance that brother had used for a season or two. Skied my first two nationals on the obrien, and then moved to a used d3 fusion. All of the skis I've ever used(3) have either been hand me downs,or used skis. The d3 fusion I'm currently on I've been told by so many people that it's too small. It's a 63, an I'm 5'5 125 pounds. I'm still skiing on it because I've run 32off on it, and gotten into 35off. I know said that the Connelly was my best ski,but the d3 is definitely my best ski ever.