Mike,
A couple years ago, a jbotti post elicited a similar tipping comment from Harald -- the "Golden Rule of Skiing."
You can take this to the bank: The long arm of PMTS reaches only as far as, the words you choose to heed.
When I ski on GS skis or Super Shape Speeds, I don't cruise the side cut. I try to bend the ski into slalom turns. These efforts force me to refresh and refine my skills. When you go back to a bigger sidecut ski, like SS's, you can add tipping angle and get good results, the ski does more for you with less. Hopefully this will encourage you to do more. I can't tell you the number of times we have heard a student say, "Wow, you meant this much more tipping". "Yes we did, and you are not there yet". Golden rule of skiing: You are never tipping as far as you think.
Lazy tipping makes it difficult to do a superphantom/one-footed release because riding the inside ski on its LTE requires tipping ... hard (at least until you become proficient at this.) So your body will do something "bad" (from a pmts-specific viewpoint) to start the turn if you don't balance on that edge as you release. If that "bad" tactic involves pushing the tail out or "knee angulation" you can get a false appearance of being knock kneed.
At the blue level camps, it's common to hear comments like "double it and then double it again" with it being tipping (your boot, not your coach
) Take this direction to heart. Imagine trying to touch the snow with your boot buckles each time you tip. Keep tipping until you feel certain you're about to boot out. Don't worry, the Golden Rule will save you from the boot out yard sale. And by a big safety margin
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