Skiing is actually one of the main passions in my life. I have put in 20-100 days a season for the last 35 years or so. I have usually chosen my jobs and living locations based on skiing opportunities (except for 3 years in LA). So I have had many, many pairs of skis from Atomic, Kneissl, Kastle, K2, Dynamic, Olin, Salomon, Volkl, Rossignol, Blizzard. I mostly ski Volkl now. But for me skiing is the main thing, not the equipment. I have always had top of the line equipment but have never geeked out over ski gear the way I do over bikes. I guess ski gear is too static, except for bindings. Not a lot of moving parts. I do currently have 5 or so pairs of skis (including a pair of vintage Dynamic Comp GS in 207cm) though so maybe I am more of a geek than I think.