But not all ski manufacturers put the mounting point in a different spot for women's skis.
A female instructor told me that best way to choose your mounting point is such that when the bindings are on the ski, you can balance the ski on one point (like on your finger). I guess you could test this with some tape to temporarily "mount" the bindings. But in that case it has nothing to do with the skier, everything to do with the ski and weight of the bindings.
I think you're right - the only thing choosing your mount point based on ski balance point makes sense for is XC skis - simply because you DO NOT want the tips to drop away from the boot and towards the snow when you kick or skate.
Generally speaking, on alpine skis neither the center of camber nor the center of sidecut nor the center of chord is anywhere near the center of balance. Alpine ski taper almost guarantees that they won't even be close.
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