on a winter camping trip in Feb 2020, a good friend had just got a pair of these Russian, Horsehair backed Taiga Skills and they were spectacular. i did some research and went to order them later on in March - only to be stopped by the economic sanctions because of the Ukraine war with Russia - you can't actually order these now from this guy because he is legitimate in Siberia, Russia.   Wondering if anyone here might have a lead on any builder in Canada or the US that makes something just like this? I'm really only interested in this kind of back country camping ski. i cannot upload the image for some reason, but you can check it out on his site tropa42.ru