Interesting Max ....without ever having skied with you ....you've determined I'm mainly a "Clendenin student"....
In my experience, Clendenin teaches to the non bump and off piste skier the easiest most effective way to learn skiing 3 dimensional terrain. His method with focus on pole touch, tip, drift and recenter on the uphill baby toe edge provides the 3 D skier with amazing turn shape and speed management in b ump, steep, deep and tight conditions. I've taught and seen the positive results of this.
Gary,
Just reading the above, many would conclude that JC is the predominant influence with respect to how you think about ski technique. In this forum, many times you have written about your upright, centered skiing method as a very efficient way of getting down just about any trail. I think you have differentiated "high carving" from "brushing" and I've seen you ski in both worlds. I would not change your skiing and certainly not your passion for being on a mountain..
I remember meeting you in Jackson, you wore a PMTS.org patch on your jacket and we discussing the influences that HH had on your skiing, including tipping. That was prior to many of the modern PMTS concepts (CA/CB) as described in Essentials of Skiing. Since then, your experiences with JC have expanded your thinking and improved your ability to ski the mountain via your own way.
Being an advocate for JC or Harb is different than being in lock-step. All the above is just a long way of saying that your skiing may be considered by others as Clendinish. Not a bad thing.
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