Message #173

[Ron]

WEll, that's another story all together!  GARY, Jim, Michael

Essentially, the new school method has two different "schools", one is PMTS and the other is PSIA. Regardless, the general concept is that with shaped skis you let the edges do the work by tipping inside of the downhill ski ski and tipping the outside of the uphill ski as opposed to turning with active movement of the body as with "old school" skiing where skidding is the drivng force to achieve turns.  With Pmts, the skis are very close together, not usually touching in PSIA, the skis are usually a few inches apart. I have been taught a kind of mix between the two.

That's a super reduced version that will kick off a whole debate!