Jim, you have done a great job at allowing oil and water to co-exist on this site. Both epic and PMTS forums do not want opposing views (very easy to get banned on both sites).
RealSkiers subscription site has a niche that no other website, forum, etc fills. Peter's ski reviews tell it like it is, according to his reviewers, whether you are a pivoter or a tipper. It also identifies which camp a ski is good for.
A RealSkiers forum (us) allows followers of either camp to discuss gear (skis) and technique in a civil fashion (without getting banned as long as you/we are civil). As long as we do not cut/paste Peter's proprietary reviews, hopefully Peter can continue to support and recommend us. If we post a paraphrase of a ski review, hopefully that will interest a forum reader to subscribe to see the full review and other reviews (ie the benefit to Peter).
Lynn, ignore Phil. If he is dissing us, that is PR for this site. Interested readers may want to see what Phil is dissing and give us a look. They may like what they see and join in. At least here, most skiers can understand what we are talking about. Over on Epic, I get too confused by the range terminology and what exactly it means.
I have been impressed with the smf advertising. It has been subtle and appropriate for the site. I too have occasionally clicked on an add when it looks interesting. My only complaint re: smf has been the occasional slow response/download times.
Hopefully Peter will look on us fondly and put a link back on his site to the "RealSkiers Forum" (us
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Jim 2
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