Guest?s ego out of control. This ?Guest? has obviously been snubbed by Harald or PMTS at some point and now is trying to stir up the pot. If his conduct on this forum is any indication of his behavior around Harald or his instructors, I am sure he is not meeting their standards of personal behavior, let alone their skiing or teaching standards.
I am also a PMTS accredited instructor and I am very comfortable with the system. Harald issued a mission statement about PMTS and the ?Guest? is clearly out of the loop with it. I am in contact with many other PMTS instructors and the Guest?s statements don?t match up with the feelings of the members I know.
This guest is evidently out of the group or never has been part of the group, as he makes false statements and knows little about Harald or what Harald stands for, knows or has done for the ski industry.
First, no one here is naive enough to look at or consider Harald as a skiing God. This is an insult on our intelligence. The Guest is the only one who has that impression and obviously Harald?s success bothers him. His type of attack is insulting to me and I?m sure it is insulting to many others on this forum who know Harald and have worked with him.
Why is he so concerned that the insiders of PMTS are causing it go away? People who ski with Harald, Diana, Rich, Bob, Dave, Maria, Kris, Mel etc, and the list goes on, are happy with their success and they constantly bring more skiers into the organization. I have skied with these and many other PMTS instructors, they are all better than PSIA instruction and training I have had. They care about everyone?s personal success. Where has this person been? I know the PMTS trainers and examiners are concerned and giving to everyone in the accreditation system and membership.
The Guest (unwelcome) is very focused on outside appearances. I?d rather have my boots fit in the shack in Colorado than at any Vail or Surefoot ski shop. I know what goes on in that shack; some of the best skiers in the country go there and only there; to have their boots aligned and their foot beds made. Every top junior racer attending the Colorado fall FIS races this season came through the shack in Colorado. Harald works with world champion skiers, not only from the US, but from European nations. I guess they don?t care as much as the guest about what the outside of the building looks like. They care about the knowledge inside. I know that Harald also does the foot beds and alignment for the DU and CU Ski Teams.
The Guest (I feel bad for him) is missing the boat, but his low level, miserable, degrading attack on good people won?t do anything to change the minds of intelligent skiers who know the difference in their skiing and skiing knowledge, after working with Harald and his great crew.