A friend, who is very skilled in Organizational Development, has a ground-rule for discussion in meetings, and, I've found it very meaningful.
"We all have the truth"
So, I'm fine with anyone stating their personal reality. Let's just not get reduced to the classic Saturday Night line: Jane, you ignorant
****!
There is one PMTS related issue that causes me some confusion, and that is the "brushed turn" and it's applicability to real skiing in tree like conditions where making turn in a radius far less than that of the ski, referred to as one and two foot releases. In Harald's second book, Expert Skier 2, he demonstrates turns where he barely moves down the hill and the skis are clearly sliding, not carving. His teaching concept is to put the body in the correct positions and the ski will just make the turn with no pivoting action. I practice this a fair amount, and, implement it in bumps and other tight situations. While I don't claim to appreciate the nuances of Clendenin technique, my thinking is Harb and JC are not that different with respect to minimizing active rotation.
My belief is that this skill is very similar to what Bushwacker espouses, other than in one school, active rotation is taught, in another, active rotation is attacked. I remember Max doing an Epic video thread showing the brushed turn, he may have called it the "bullet proof short turn" and he got crucified on Epic for not carving, plus, a lot of laughs at he concept of a "brushed" turn is different from a skidded turn.
Another common aspect between JB's OP and Bushwacker's video is that velocity is important. As a less skilled skier, obtaining terminal velocity in difficult situations is threatening, sometimes, very stupid.
In closing my mini-rant, let me finish with a final thought: I've been known to be wrong many times.
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