There are race stock skis and then there are the skis that are provided to the World Cup Technicians and their racers. The lower the FIS points the more likely the skis are coming right out of the manufacturers 'Skunk Works' facilities. As the FIS points go higher the skis they are on may be coming out of the exact same race room that the skis you can now buy from this limited amount of retailers.

Stating with the Rossignol Race Centers about 2 years ago there has been a movement where certain manufacturers started to supply 'Race Room' skis to a select number of ski shops for the hard-core non-world cup racer. This practice has proliferated to some extent, however, there is still a very limited number of shops that can actually get the Race Room rather than the production 'look-alike' ski for the recreational racer.