by Harald » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:05 pm
Icanski,
I think we have come to a point where we just have to accept the fact that CSIA and PSIA are not trying to ski or teach the way skiers want to learn. Most skiers are not well enough informed to realize this, but the ones that do, readily admit it.
PMTS, is neither CSIA or PSIA or any other TTS. PMTS is a different way to approach skiing and skiing performance. If you want to become a performance oriented skier or if you want to become an expert skier directly or more quickly, then PMTS is the way. TTS systems involve a long drawn out approach that has numerous land mines and dead-end maneuvers built into them, that are very hard to reverse.
So the days of trying to compare the systems are gone. Those that know both systems well, understand this.
The only ones that do truly know the systems are skiers that have devoted themselves to learning skiing with both methods. This really narrows the field, as PSIA instructors don?t know PMTS, so they have no business getting involved in the discussion.
That?s why I don?t bother to go to Epic, it?s a waste of time. It?s like talking to someone who has only bought Fords and can think of Ford as the only manufacturer of vehicles in the world. And they won?t step into another manufacture?s product and try it. You can?t relate to someone like that.
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