503Kento

I’m not a pro skier either and am returning to chasing balls after a 30 year absence. I’ve got an old boat old ski rope, handle, vest, etc. etc. For me, new gear is part of the fun and I’m slowly updating my stuff. I choked on the price of top end ski’s until I looked at what I paid for my Jobe Open Class in 1981...adjust for inflation and it’s pretty similar. As I agonized over the idea of buying a new ski and the fact that it probably won’t up my score my son said “...it just might be more fun with a new ski...”. He was right, I demo’d a couple Radars and settled on a senate alloy (ran 22 off for the first time in 30 years on my first set :) )which is working well for me as I chip away at -28. So, my limit this year was 800 bucks as I walked into the shop. I got the ski and bindings for $640 so I got some budget left ;)

Long time to get to a lake but the river is only 10 minutes away ;)