realskiers

I thought we were talking about PSIA Contemporary Ski Instruction" and Josh and Epic were responding to HA's request for a "view from the trenches" to which they both responded to some degree.

Somehow we got from there to John's comment that "Josh, he says he schools you off piste as well."
Especially disconcerting in that Josh had just complimented skiing as "one person he thought was pretty amazing". I assume he was referring to Harald (or maybe Heluva). For context, i doubt there are very many skiers he would say that about.

Sometimes we remind me of a bunch of kids bragging about who can pee their name in the snow the best.  What's the relevance? As Heluva once said, show me your students and I'll tell you what kind of coach you are. But the reality is that there is near zero overlap in the students that select Harald or Josh (or Helluva). (or John C, for that matter).

And I agree with Epic. In the the ski forum world PMTS is known -- but I would guess that less than 1% of the skiers at any resort would recognize the initials. And those recognizing the PSIA initials wouldn't be much higher.