Replying to ...so, what did I miss?

Skied all my life but took a break from 1990 'til last year...

yeah, 14 years...so I got your fancy parabolic skis and I'm trying to figure out everything else. All I know is a lot more people ski the way I like to ski nowadays - back in the day we were basically 'outlawed' and constantly threatened with bans!

So, here's what I want to know:
>>>what any of the 'new' terms mean (for jumps, skis, anything)..I've barely figured out what all-mountain means.
>>>who are the names I should know (Tanner Hall, Seth, that's about all I know)
>>>anything

I love that I'm back skiing, and I'm just trying to get back above water as far as ski culture goes.
The skiing is great - best time this year was last weekend doing Pakalolo at WB.