I don't know about forwardagonal pressure, but I can tell you that staying forward on the skis and being able to pressure the tips is essential on piste and off piste. There are times in deep powder when getting back momentarily can work, but in general I want pressure at the beginning of every turn. On groomers when carving, there is now way to bend the ski and tighten the arc of the trun withouut getting way forward on the ski. When I ski bumps my main focus is staying forward. There is no way to turn a ski qucikly when ones weight is on the tails even if you want to pivot them. If what you want to do is tip them onto their new edge it is virtually impossible to do this with any efficiency and/or speed with the weight back. Trust me, I know this from first hand experience, having learned with a thick skull and making some terrible turns along the way. My friend Thor Kallerud who used to coach the US Ski team says that proper fore aft balance is by far the most important variable in good skiing. Good skiers are always in a position to pressure the tips and rarely get themselves in a position where the skis get in front of the center of mass.
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