But these are PREORDERS. You have to think ahead, man! Order them now, forget that you did, and come next fall a wonderful surprise will arrive on your doorstep!
This end of ski season is really hitting me hard. I didn't have much of a season, and I'll admit, I have a skiing habit. It is more of an addiction by this point in my life.
This problem manifests in me buying too much equipment. Filling holes in my quiver that likely do not exist, until they do.
I have a preorder in for a pair of HL FL105 185 on preorder. I was also considering the R105. Still back and forth on that decision. I'm hoping that I don't regret not buying the R105. This ski will likely replace a Black Crows Atris, which only has a few days on it.
Then I go and look at other skis, and Heritage Labs really has my attention.
I mean, I need a dedicated powder ski! So the HL 120 Swallow Tail really interests me. It gets deep in Southeastern Michigan and I needs a pow ski! (OK, really this is for trips to Western US/Canada and Japan if it lines up. But what rocker profile do I want? Funny, when I lived in SLC and was skiing pow on the regular, my pow ski was Volkl Explosive (95 underfoot) and I was very happy with that ski.
Then Marshall goes comes out with the RC85... Ahhhhh!!! Do I need this ski? I kinda do, the 80's are a hole in my quiver that actually exists, but there is some overlap with a Head cheater GS ski, a pair of Peak 98's and a pair of Line Blades (that I frickin' love). Do I need something in between those? I actually like the idea of having more space between skis in my quiver so the differences are more noticeable. When would I even use this ski?
I realize that buying equipment is a way for me to feel connected to the sport that I am passionate about. Somebody just lie to me and tell me I don't need more skis...
EDIT: Corrected to the RC85, mistyped R85.
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