I rescued these from someones garage on Sunday. (170cm with Salomon 502s) Being in the South has its advantages (and that is a huge stretch)..mostly that there were a lot of people who bought new equipment during the ski boom, went on maybe 1 or 2 trips, then never went back. this is the second set I've found in the past month that was nearly new. Granted, finding skis is a lot harder here in general, but the likelihood that a vintage set has been cut into a chair or skied to its core is unlikely. That checkerboard!