Hi Visitor again:
Ok, here is a link to a comment by a regular on Epic about one ski balance.
http://www.epicski.com/cgi-bin/ultimate ... 002421;p=3
On this thread you'll see Rusty asking 'why balance on one ski'
You'll also see people that don't think there is any way to add pressure throughout a turn.
You'll see lots of people expressing various opinions in this thread. Do a search on Stance width and you'll see similar lack of common ground.
But, this is the thread I pointed you too last time that you never bothered to read apparently.
I would suppose you are saying people don't have varying opinions on Epic. Weird take. They do over there and don't spend time just bashing people instead of talking about specific ski technique issues. Ok, they do like to bash HH or PMTS over there. But in terms of ski technique discussion it's all over the map over there which is fun and informative. Here the visiting posters often are into bash mode and ad-hom attack mode which is a pretty imature way to discuss ski technique. ('course HH starts it some times going the other way)
Some over there are all into two ski balance. There are other threads there as well arguing that two ski balance is less tiring than one ski balance which is the oppisite of what Lito says. Also, in this thread I referenced you have people saying that one ski balance is not as good in gripping ice which is the oppisite of what Ron LeMasters says in his book and others on Epic say.
Over on this board, since it's a PMTS discussion thread, there is a theme to the technique being discussed as people come here to learn what PMTS teaches. So technique is contrasted to PMTS vs other ways many teach or are coming out of traditional instruction.
I think you have an issue because you percieve HH commenting on all instructors. I've never heard him talk that way. He is just talking about most instructors. From the discussions on Epic you will definately get the impression like the level TTS progression I posted the link to and the Lito HH talk, that ski instruction is still focused on methods of turning that are not the same as the phantom turn or what lito describes as Phantom edging. In most ski instruction edging is done by pointing the knees in. This is a different movement pattern with different results.
The more I see and discuss things with various instructors the more the uniqueness of PMTS from most instruction comes out. Bob Barnes describes an accurate weighted release in his couple of year old post of the "perfect turn". But, most on Epic are saying, like the thread I linked to, use inside leg steering or pointing the knees.
All of these methods will make the skis turn. I've played with them all. I like Bob Barnes perfect turn, Lito's soft release, and HH's weighted release movement pattern descriptions the best. They appear to me, in the reading of these moves, to be the same. Bob has some differences from what I read in his comments on shaping the turn, the the major move is the same. Lito and HH describe shaping the turn in the same way.
Once you get down to it, the views on the best way to make a ski turn for most efficient skiing is what people want to learn.
I've got 1 hour to pack and hit the airport to fly to a-basin.
Have a nice night all. Come join us at a-basin. I'll be on FRS 11:21 if you want to ski some turns and share ideas. I'll have my nice 3ccd video camera so we can post some video here as well as a fun "little" digital camera.