iv skied all season break-less and only had to chase down a ski twice. IMO leashes are a terrible idea just because of the obviously hazardous metal edges that will slice and dice you when you take a tumble.
heres some imagery for you:
you land a little awkward on a 5 so your left ski pops off and you are sliding down the landing while struggling to regain composure. standing up, you spot your ski about 7 feet up the landing. you hike up, grab your ski, snap right in and ride away with minor frustration.
leash =
you land a little awkward on a 5 so your left ski pops off, causing a coil of string to explode out of your boot. As you are tumbling down the hill the string has tangled you and the next thing you know it you roll right onto your skis' erect heel piece which jabs into your rib cage, breaking your sternum. Still falling, you reach your arm out to try and regain an upright position only to be met with the crushing blow of metal edges that mangle your arm. you attempt to stand up but your ski has severed the veins on your wrist causing you to bleed excessively, painting the snow a deep red. While trekking painfully up to your ski, you trip several times on your god forsaken 10 ft rope and piss your self in frustration. You force your quickly numbing fingers to coil up the rope into your boot, cursing as you fret with the device. Unfortunately since you have been on the landing for just over a minute, tom wallisch switch dub 12s onto your face and you die.
