11.   But if the new skis only make the easy easier, that will never fullfill the quest that has always drawn people to sking.

12.   But in less dramatic fights, Colorado environmentalists are lobbying federal agencies to block new ski trails at Keystone Resort and Breckenridge Ski Resort.

13.   Compagnoni was one of the first stars to master the new parabolic skis, which helps explain her often-huge margins of victory last season.

14.   Despite their charms, however, the new skis, first introduced about three years ago, are beginning to draw skeptics.

15.   Elsewhere in the West, environmentalists are fighting construction of a new ski area, Pelican Butte, in southern Oregon, and the expansion of Snowbasin in Utah.

16.   Even as it is being scrutinized, the new ski is still evolving.

17.   Fat skis and some of the new skis with big shovels and wasp-waisted sidecuts give you a whole new life in deep soft snow and crud.

18.   Flashy new shaped skis or lightweight snowboard boots can add pizzazz to a trip to the slopes.

19.   Have you tried those new skis that perform like snowboards?

20.   Head engineered new ski materials, he said, because he was embarrassed by his own meager skiing abilities.