realskiers

You know as far as the original question and it's myriad of answers, there is the whole relativity thing. I mean there are varying degrees of steep, crud, narrow and exposed and different tactics for all of them. One man's flat is another's steep, what you call crud I call powder. Today I was stemming some turns in a steep cute - on purpose. It's not like I'd have fallen all the way to the valley floor in Chamonix, but twenty feet into a birch isn't that great either and in a chalky chute that's just two meters wide, I want to play it safe. Given the chance I'll always keep my skis on the ground, and go for the Hi-C, but there's a time and place for a hop turn too. Posting a video of guys that can't do it and saying that it is not a good tactic is like posting video of a bunch of guys skidding around on a green slope and saying don't bother with carving, it's too hard.

Nicely said (and somehow, familiar  )  Svend, the above comment by a knowledgeable instructor is a return to the original question, which in and of itself is a fine topic for a ski forum.  If it was yet another sniping debate over acceptable forum rhetoric and what/ who is or isn't worthy-that'd be beating a dead horse.  But as is, it's a fine thought on techniques for skiing and steeps.