by h.harb » Wed Dec 24, 2014 9:11 pm
Exactly like in the Zen philosophies. "Skiing isn't about "turning", it's about tipping and staying in balance for the amount of your tipping movements."
"The more you seek to turn, the more you fail." For this reason, steering and trying to use rotary movements, will always be a failure and the downfall of your efforts.
The same idea as "less is more", or reverse technical thinking can be said for the use of the inside of the body in PMTS, inside foot tipping, releasing of the big toe edge to convert it to the LTE, create the new inside, (early inside initiation) along with, inside hip, shoulder and arm held higher, inside hip and inside of the body should be more forward through the arc, all to create edge hold and create angles on the outside. The more you try to create edge hold and angles with your big toe side, (Outside ski) the more you limit your skiing progress and your ski performance.
In this sense PMTS is a contradiction to conventional and historical ski techniques and teachings. Those that say that PMTS is the same old stuff, just reworded or rebadged, are ignorant about movements and biomechanics, as well as skiing's history.
Merry Christmas!