the thing is judging by your picture I think your probably a better skier than me but the closemindness on gear and technique lets me excel at places your rigid teaching system and gear beliefs will not let you.
I highly doubt that I am a "better skier" than you. When I am comfortable, I have solid technique and on groomed terrain I can get big angles and carve very nice arcs. Putting it all together in all terrain and all conditions is much tougher. But perhaps my LT goals as a skier are different than yours. I Intend to ski all terrain in all conditions withouut pivoting and without twisting. I have seen it done and that is what I apsire to. Could I possibly ski more terrain with better form on skis that promote and or allow pivoting with much greater ease. The answer may be yes. But then, I am practicing every day in my skiing what I have worked so hard to get rid of. I am not saying that what I have chosen is right, the only way or even preferable, rather it is what I beleive will make me a better skier in the long term and it is the choice that I have made and continue to make.
I will say that Heli skiing in terrain that has not been bombed is very different than letting them loose in a resort. You need to keep a tight line next to where other skiers have skied and for the most part you are turning exactly where they turned. Most of the time on the glacier we were skiing through and around large crevasses. If you start to ski outside the designated line, the gudes get very upset very quickly (as they should because safety is their key concern). I am not syaing that my skiing can't be more dyanmic, only that skiing in steep deep snow in the backcountry brings safety challenges that don't exist inbounds at Snowbird or in any resort.
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