This is written purely IMHO. This is not supposed to be against anyone, this is just a thought:
I have spent some evenings reading various posts on Epic and here as well. I do not fully understand the flaming between various groups arguing which technique is the best. To me, it's waste of time and energy. Very often, the level of arguments seems to be surprisingly low.
After having read lots of these threads I must say that it seems that very few people except persons really familiar with PMTS seem to understand the 'physics' of PMTS. Harald, i'm afraid many of these people just do not really understand you .. I do not mean that your text wasn't very well written nor do I mean that the readers are just stipid.
I think it really requires a LOT of technical thinking ability and/or capability of 'imagining the skis and the skier's body in 3D dynamic situation' which is definitely not easy. (sorry for my bad english, hard to express my point here). The bottom line is that it can be hard to believe the benefits of technique like PMTS or racing, if you do not fully understand the mechanisms and the forces.
Actually this came to my mind after having read again and again some parts of book #2, namely releasing. It is not very simple stuff.. It's very well written, and i should have the capability (BSC EE, commercial/aerobatic pilot etc.). Maybe i'll get it all together after reading the books approx 20 times
Actually reading it 20 times would not be so much, if we consider the time it has taken Harald to learn and figure out skiing on the level that is described in the books.
Am I completely lost with this idea or ..
Just my 0.02 eur worth..
Have fun,
TommI