I am not sure what is the point of posting this sking that we all agree is not anyone's model. Being athletic on skis with an ability to recover from all sorts of less than desirable positions is not availabe to every skier. Essentially when we see people skiing challenging terrain and or crazy lines with "less that model technique" we are either watching great natural athletes or someone that has been on snow since a child and has countless hours of snow time (albeit with poor technique). If we take someone that was a casual skier in childhood (maybe once or twice a year for a few days) and is now in his 30's wanting to get back into skiing (pretty common) unless they have amazing natural athletic skills or have a lot of time to spend on snow, they are not going to end up skiing some crazy lines with some great recoveries, and likley if they attempt it bad things can and will happen.
What is available to everyone who skis is technique that will take them all over the mountain and that will enable them to ski double black resort terrain well and with confidence. We can go a step further and look at any of the skiers that have been posted and say for sure than any off them could improve their skiing and their level of enjoyment of the sport by doing some basic fundamnetal work on technique.
So we all know that many people ski challenging terrain and lines with less than ideal technique. Does that make me want to watch it on Video. No. Does it make me want to justify my skiing and my self preservation instincts (as I know that I will never attempt many of the lines on the previous video, lines on ths one are not very challenging). No it does the opposite.
Whether we are playing guitar, cello, golf, tennis or skiing, solid fundamental technique is something to strive for and something that makes everyone better.
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