Hi visitor - why do people from epic pop on here and make such weird statements. Don't epic folks know that epic is not one voice. Just because some make those statements doesn't mean all do. I got one very nasty PM from a well known poster on Epic but have also received very nice PM's encouraging the discourse and in one specific case told me to not to let this particullar poster get under my skin as they had seen him ski and he needs help (and that was a girl). (no don't jump up and down SCSA, you probably have the wrong person in mind that talks a lot but doesn't ski well)
I only bring this up to say that Epic is clearly not monolithic. People do post weird things there. I'm still trying to gather where some of the weird untrue stuff that gets bloviated as fact comes from like pressure doesn't change the turn and a wide stance is good and one ski balance is not important anymore. They are learning it from somewhere. I don't know if it's a minority or a majority. I don't know if there is a "Bear" way to ski that most agree with or not.
If you don't think pressure is old school fine. There was a thread this week where people argued like I paraphrased that pressure is old school and doesn't change the arc. Daslider came in and chimed in that pressure does indeed change the shape of the arc and improved on my explanation. You would think that would be obvious. But there was quite a back and forth discussion on the topic. Just go to the recent thread in ski instruction where they were making fun of PMTS on a out of usa site that had a wedge picture on it's home page. PMTS was an article in this site and had nothing to do with the wedge picture. That's the most recent thread. But you got people often stating they don't see the point of one ski balance anymore as the wide stance doesn't require it anymore. Others on Epic disagree with this. That's good. I like Epic and there are many fine skiers there. Eski is a PMTS style skier and posts there as well. But there is also a lot of avante garde wide stance, even balance, tip to turners up there too.
Now while you accuse me of lying to ingratiate myself - that's an interesting choice of terms. Whom am I ingratiating myself too? Do you feel slighted? I have not found any PMTS folks in need of ingratiating too. They are all friendly nice people that will talk with anyone. I've found all ski people I've meet to be fine and friendly people.
I do wonder about people that, unlike myself, don't post their name as they toss their ad-hom attacks without doing research or even knowing me. On Epic people are much more civil.
I'll be skiing at A-basin Fri and Sat. If you'd like to share some turns come on up! Be warned though, I'm a pretty rank beginner that has only skied just over 1 year. Not only thatI'm from the flat lands of Indiana so I have trouble breathing at that altitude. And, to top it off, I have eaten Mexican food the last three days so my arteries are just about clogged up, so I'll probably die of a heart attack.
Just come on up to the skier who is breathing real hard just standing around and say - "Hi - I'm the falsely accusing no name person named "Visitor" and you invited me to share some turns." Then we can go have some spring fun interacting with the mountain!
Or, actually logon with a user name and PM me and I'll get you an FRS number so we can hook up.
But I'm glad you think I misrepresented Epic (not sure what that means since Epic isn't monolithic) and do agree that pressure is important for shaping turns.