Hi skiers, I Agree that to get better you have to ski.I also agree that coathing is very important too,some bad habits can be corrected easier in the begin. But what realy made me interested in writing about this subject ,is the ski I did the most progress in the sport. 25 years ago my father´s partner gave me one Western Wood funel tunel (orange ,yellow and white),that he bought when he was training at Mike Suyderhoud a few years earlier.The fin was not perforated and had no wing . But it was soft and for my size and I start completing the course at 36mph 15 off. From that day till now I have ski adiction..... Anyone remember that ski ?