Hey Eddy, you can't get any more relaxed than I am, all the time, after all I'm retired, 72 years old and ski for fun.
The comparascence of the skiers in the videos and Harald's skiing under the same circumstances, that is, teaching an intermediate class how to make rounded turns is fair. Looking at Harald's on-line instruction video of the same level of instruction I see that his are very different in stance and initiaion but they are not very dynamic, and why should they be? He is teaching students at that level.
So I would say that the look is different but both HH and Rob Sogard or weems are solid and go exactly where they want to go without losing control.
Weems, who in his present job as head of the Snowmass ski school mostly sits behind a desk, admits in the thread that he needs more ski time, good for him.
I certainly respect most everyone on this forum and also on epic, sometimes someone may get overzealos or better said, overenthusiastic in proclaiming there is only one way to learn and one way to ski, something that even HH doesn't claim. I have no problem with someone claiming that PMTS is the 'best' way to learn. For skiers who had success with it it is and there should be no problem with that.
But there are also skiers who had success with the traditional method and there should not be deragatory remarks made about them just because they preferred the traditional way.
I have made ten or more pleas to just quit that war with words and I thank Harald for his post calling on the same.
.........Ott