realskiers

LP, if you have gone from a wider all mountain ski to the Head SS and you haven't had a breakthrough with your skiing and carving IMO it is one of two things. Either you are already a rocking skier and carver or you have not done the drill work enough and or correctly enough. I can tell you my skiing absolutley soared when I got my SS's (it also soared the season before when I got my ISL chips, a great ski as well). as well as the drills there is no substitute for a great PMTS coach whether it be Harald, Diana or Jay and others.

JB,

You, I and the world knows I am not a rocking skier, therefore the Rx for more and better drills applies. And, yes, there is no substitute for great coaching, self-teaching lacks effective feedback, video has limitations. I've had this continuing dilemma about attending a camp and I've opted to use my western trips to skis new places with friends, old and new. No doubt in my mine the experience of a camp, both on and off snow is great, many have told me it's so much more than the skiing. This season I'll be at the Epic Gathering in Tahoe 2/27 - 3/3. If you are in SF during that period, I hope we can finally link up.

The ski I started PMTS was a little wider than the Magnum and breakthrough's were immediate just due to tipping movements and flexing. The first PMTS proponent that I ever met was Gary, now 4 seasons ago, at Jackson Hole. He wore a PMTS.org patch on his jacket, skied with one arm in a sling, and we had some great discussions.

I've always enjoyed your posts regarding the various breakthrough's you have experienced. They remind me of the story of Archimedes running naked through Greece shouting "Eureka, I've found it". I will use your thoughts as motivation to find similar breakthroughs on the SS's. Perhaps, I expected too much from the SS's as they are hyped in the forum. But as stated previously, I am much more about the archer than the arrow, and, I am the limiting factor.