I love salomon. I've got the skis: x-scream 9s, boots: axe 8.0s, bags for boots skis and clothes and I've got there poles. I've spent loads on salomon gear and i could never fault it. The skis are great, cut perfectly through the snow, but sadly i've been treated unsatisfactorally over their poles. I bought x-scream poles to match the skis a few years ago. They were perfect until I fell over and one bent. for the new season I bopught a new pair, a size up because I've grown and again they bent as I fell on a piste. I've been skiing 16 years and never bent a ski pole. Now I've bent two in two skiing weeks. Salomon believe a broken ...  Read the complete review