In my modified ski workshop there is a ski.  As I neared the end of this particular patch job - the result of an early season encounter with some unexpected ground cover - I couldn't help noticing the gritty nature of the improvised work bench in my basement.  The perfect picture of a cheap student skier, avoiding at all costs the price of a proper ski tune.  As long as the base is mostly flat it should work fine for what I need.  Some would call it character, and I'm one of them.  If the P-Tex falls out, I'll just put more in the hole.  Kinda like an old junker car, these skis will keep going for as long as I need them to... or until I get a new pair.

   ~Yuri