What Gary says is dead-on the truth. And by way of personal example, I'll submit my wife (and since she has never wasted a single moment of her day looking at a single 'forum' of any kind, I feel pretty safe in doing this
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My wife is an intermediate skier--We ski pretty much every weekend as a family (and I take the kids more often w/out her). Now listen, she's had a few good lessons over the years..and I've even shared with her HH's stuff (the books, videos, tried to show her a few drills) as well as other stuff...but honestly, she works hard, spends time with the kids and friends and has absolutely no interest in lessons, drills, practice...nothing. To her, skiing is family recreation and not work, why should she she make a 'job' out of getting better at it? Well, in March last year, I got her a pair of Rossi s3 (a rockered, 98mm twin)...and she has never skied better.
Now listen, she didn't pick up the turn mechanics Max and Jbotti are chasing down-nor is that important to her. But she skied with more balance, comfort and confidence than ever before--she even skied with me in the trees in heavy spring snow at Stowe, Sugarbush and Jay Peak (something she would have never done before)...and she skied pretty well. She kept a nice pace, turned where she wanted-she didn't become Daron Ralves, but she did ski better-and by better I mean, more control, Balanced over the center of the ski (and not the tails as she usually did in challenging conditions) she was smoother, faster, less jerky and on the brakes...you know, better.
And most importantly, she really enjoyed the terrain and the skiing she did on these skis...more than anything previously.
I know, some will turn up their noses and say 'Well, if she couldn't ski terrain/ condition X before on SL skis, then she has no business skiing those conditions on the S3 just because they work well with her intermediate skills and make such skiing easier for her." But I'd say, go screw, skiing is recreation, if there is a product that makes it more fun, have at it. These new designs aren't for everybody...but they are for a lot of folks.
And, you know, sometimes I wonder if it's just sour grapes when people who worked hard acquiring skills to ski certain terrain and conditions on one type of ski grouse and complain when they find themselves sharing that very same terrain with a middle-aged lady on S3's.