yeah...you know I had considered that, the fact that that guy has a store and everything...just seems like people trust him over there....he says he tried the Watea 94 and liked it, but decided against carrying it since there was too much "stiif competition" at that class of ski in his inventory.
As for powder, the deepest I'll probably ski is maybe boot-high.
So you think the Watea 94 and Snoop Daddy might be a little to much for me to handle huh? And the Watea 84 you're thinking is plenty wide to handle up to boot-high powder? If that's the case, I may be back to looking at the Watea 84 as a 1-ski quiver for Mammoth, b/c if it can handle that, plus provide 90% of the on-piste performance of something in the Blackeye/Nitrous/Recon/Watea 78 class, It would be hard to justify getting 2 skis at this point....unless I go skinnier with the frontside ski as you suggested, but lots of people out here in CA are telling me not to consider any ski that is less than 76/78mm. underfoot.
BTW, to be clear on my level, I would say I am much more of a single-black skier than green/blue...I can pretty much ski any single-black and still maintain good technique, unless it has big bumps. I'm being conservative on my level, b/c I"m coming from old-school skis and technique. Does that change your assessments?