I got the new Chronics this year and have used them about five times. they do chip a lot but that's not my problem. on Saturday i was fooling around skiing through trees and hit some rocks. i went out of control and fell onto my right shoulder. my skis popped off and hit a tree. my right ski was untouched but my left was not so lucky. in the top of my left ski it hit the tree i am assuming and bent, not snapped bent. it bend very slightly but the top sheet has a line where it has bent and it looks like the sheet raised along this line. its hard to explain withought pictures, which i will post if anyone needs them. you can also tell the left ski in the area it bent is raised higher than my right. i am wondering wether this is a huge deal, i could care less about the topsheet unless it affects my skiing. but i am afraid the bend will mess me up or eventually snap if there is too much pressure (from something like a nose butter) like i said it has bent and you can see the difference, but it doesnt seem like it will affect me nor is the bend huge, it jsut fucked up the topsheet with this big line cross where it bent. pictures later. plus karma to anyone who helps. thanks