With regards to the question of how many people have heard of PMTS. As many here know, Epicski.com banned mentioning PMTS a few years ago. My understanding is that Epic is run by PSIA members.
Does the PSIA (which has a monopolistic hold on ski instruction in the US) discourage its members from mentioning PMTS?
Max:
I have the following observation about the above (and I have no real knowledge).
Evidently, you assume that EpicSki restricts discussion of PMTS
because some of the owners are also PSIA instructors?
I maintain that they restrict discussion of (and with) PMTS proponents because it is contrary to their business desires.
No owner of a bar wants to run an establishment where the guys from the bar next door come over and pick fights -- it drives away clientele.
The PMTS forum (and the PMTS business management) are very clear about what the goal of their business is and how the forum fits in. It's not intended for the guys from the bar next door to come over and fight and argue about technique. Is a discussion of PSIA technique allowed on the PMTS forum? "No", because it detracts from the core business and is perceived to offend the core clientele.
EpicSki is exactly the same, in my opinion. The new owners consciously chose to become a "profit oriented business" several years ago, and they shed some long time contributors as a result of that decision (some of whom I enjoyed reading). Their source of revenue may be less clear to me, but it appears to be web generated advertising and sales, and they want to be free to do that business and to retain their clientele. In my opinion that has little to do with the PMTS/PSIA feud other than both Harald and management at EpicSki recognizing that allowing the feud on their respective web sites is completely counter productive. It doesn't solve anything, and it's bad for the goal of the business (which is profit).
So I would ask the question, "Why do you feel that PMTS should be allowed to be discussed on Epic?"
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