@nzcabbage - Rode mine today. They hit this one out of the park. Loved the 2011 Strada, Loved the 2012. Was pretty sure it couldn't get better, but I was wrong.
Principle difference: I had to ride previous year's ski with a DFT about 0.020" farther back than factory to get the same feeling of ski holding its direction beyond the second wake (like my beloved white-banner RS1 does). Don't need to do that with this one. Write the check, don't look directly at it without eye protection and prepare for a PB.