I'd just like to give a short story as a testament to some of the beatings that invaders can take, despite some peoples beliefs.
Today some friends and I were screwing around in our little park, trying some indian sits on a picnic table, which was a complete failure but we were still having a good time. Then we decided that we'd try and do some somersaults with our skis on. Most of the attempts again, failed miserably, but we didn't care too much. Well I tried a few, got some that were pretty close, just with my tails catching a bit too much on the way around. So I tried one with a bit more speed, popped harder and thought I gave it a good push, and then I was standing again, but I didn't keep moving? I looked back and my tails were stuck down into the snow at about 60 degrees, I freaked out, layed back and popped them back out. After giving them a good look over, checking all the edges and the flex in the tails I realized that nothing had broken or been damaged. I skiid for the rest of the day and had no problems, so how about that?