I purchased a new pair of skis this year. They arrived in the wrapper and I had the bindings mounted and a good new base prep wax applied. I figured they were good to go. Within the first minute of moving on them---to the lift line---something just did not feel right.
OK, I thought it was mostly me, day one of the season and all. I skied down a nice groomed run to warm up and they still felt unstable. Still assuming that I am not doing something right, probably need to adjust my stance, technique, etc., I kept playing with them. On my second day out a few weeks later, I was falling and finally crashed and burned while attempting to dodge another skier and injured my knee. This was January 1. This week I got back out there to ski again. I used my other pair of skis but took these squirrelly ones with me and ran them into the shop. After I explained to the tech what I'd been experiencing he flipped them over and discovered that the edges were really high, saying that frequently new skis cool in the wrapper and can curl a bit. Why I did not simply look at the edges myself before using them is a mystery to me...however, it was a lesson learned. He stone ground them and they're now fabulous.
OK, I thought it was mostly me, day one of the season and all. I skied down a nice groomed run to warm up and they still felt unstable. Still assuming that I am not doing something right, probably need to adjust my stance, technique, etc., I kept playing with them. On my second day out a few weeks later, I was falling and finally crashed and burned while attempting to dodge another skier and injured my knee. This was January 1. This week I got back out there to ski again. I used my other pair of skis but took these squirrelly ones with me and ran them into the shop. After I explained to the tech what I'd been experiencing he flipped them over and discovered that the edges were really high, saying that frequently new skis cool in the wrapper and can curl a bit. Why I did not simply look at the edges myself before using them is a mystery to me...however, it was a lesson learned. He stone ground them and they're now fabulous.
I think you're in good company for not checking the ski edges. A few weeks ago round here, seemed like everyone had forgotten how to ski - there were people falling over all over the place, and my 70-year-old ski buddy managed to fall at the top of a particularly steep icy mogul field, for no reason at all, and slid about 50m over bumps before he could stop. 
