This reminds me of when I worked in a shop, and that ‘oh no’ feeling when I saw the flash of Volants coming in. We did help the customer, but in the back there was little negotiation among us on who has to deal with the Volants
You can probably guess why they were never mounted when I tell you they were closeout '96-97 skis and I was born in '98.
'98 was a horrible year for the East - hot! - and the first ski shop I ever worked at closed both their locations. On the upside, we had Gen 1.5 shaped skis to play with - Volkl P30 was in its second model run; Elan had their 'devil horn' tips. And, on refrozen ice after the sun fell on the February slush - we used Volants because they had massive grip at the slow speeds mandated by the absolute zoo of people looking for anything barely skiable.