realskiers

? everyone has the same fundamentals! 

Ron,
Mike's first corollary to the above statement is: "All skis have the same fundamentals". They have a tip, a midsection and a tail; they get you from the top of a lift to the bottom".

I can hear you gagging, but we both know the devil is in the details. How all parts of the body are positioned in a dynamically changing ski turn is a tough subject to understand and build into your turns. Most don't want to be bothered by the complexities, but, it's a subject that's important to me. I'm an engineer by training, therefore, an analytic thinker. I learn very easily by reading, absorbing and then doing. I like reference material that I can access away from the sport. If you don't know what you should be doing, then learning in a vacuum is the default. You are then required to unlearn during instructional periods.

A goal for my upcoming season is to better use the entire upper half of my body more effectively. Perhaps I could "cut and paste" pieces of PSIA, 4 Magic Words, Harb or a specific instructor, but, I choose to listen to one clear voice that I can access in books, video or the net.

All fundamentals the same - NO WAY!