I finally started getting up on a slalom this summer and made good improvement with semi-aggressive open water skiing. I bought a Kidder FX 7.0 (69" I think) off of Craigslist and was liking it fairly well, but it got lost in the lake recently. I'm looking for a good ski recommendation that I can "grow into". Approx. 190 lbs. I'd like to spend less than $500 and definitely OK with a used ski. And, I don't live close to anywhere that I can test drive a bunch of different ones.