Ya I don't mean to take the issue in a totally different direction but I hear people saying, "i'm new school" or "I'm old school" I learned how to ski about 25 years ago so I assume that I am old school but how do I know? How can I tell? I've been saying that I ski old school. When I turn I definitely keep my feet tight together. I also ski on both edges attempting to keep even pressure on both edges. However, I usually end up with more like 60% downhill and 40% uphill. What does all this mean? I have no idea!!! just that it allows me to ski wherever I want on the mountain in just about any condition with slight variations to technic to adapt to different conditions and situations.