Hi,
I'm reviving my MA thread after many years away from the snow. Health problems took me away from skiing for 4 seasons. What happened in that absence is I lost much of what I had gained in the few seasons of PMTS work I had put in. It sucks, but life sometimes can deal you a tough hand. I'm still dealing with leg/ankle pain and I'm way over my normal "fighting" weight, but I'm trying to come back to where I was previously and take it from there. I don't have huge goals for this season other than just trying to stay healthy and restart my PMTS journey.
I had the opportunity to ski with Heluva for 5 days back in December. Geoffda was also there with Heluva for a couple days. One of the best things coming out of this time skiing together and reviewing video is that my stance alignment is finally getting closer to being dialed in. There's still more work to do, but I'm now 1* in on the left and 1* out on the right. I also experimented with a toe lift (gas pedal). I just re-read this thread and noticed that Harald had suggested long ago that I test this, but I finally got around to it. Raising my toes has been almost "life changing" on the slopes. For the first time I feel like I can actually get forward and want to stay there. I have had my B3 RD shells permanently plated and I have a new pair of B2 RD shells that I'm working on getting into.
I have a new video to post, but it's almost embarrassing to see just how much my skiing has regressed. Nonetheless, I understand the value of this forum and the feedback it provides. My takeaway after seeing my videos is that my SMIM is still CA, but honestly, I need to go back to Book 1 Exercise 1 and completely start over and validate that I can do all the drills correctly.