Brennan wrote:This presentation is a tour de force. I have never heard such a lucid, uncomplicated and yet comprehensive explanation of the fundamentals of skiing on shaped skis. I have skied since age 6 and raced at a very high level through the late seventies and early eighties. No coaching I ever received compares to this in quality. The PSIA or USSA should hire Harald as its executive director and adopt these materials as its manual.
Kool Aide drinkers or just rational people who understand the best when they see it? This is why we're all so frustrated with both PSIA and the USAA--neither organization will just accept that Harald's stuff is the best there is and use it! They are still clinging to the "edging, pressure control, and rotary" mantra that makes absolutely no sense...It is crazy. When you watch how fast skiers improve with PMTS and see the levels they reach it is truly baffling that anyone would question the system. Except that PMTS challenges the traditional understanding. What we teach is almost completely opposite of the traditional view of skiing. Naturally, when you tell a seasoned professional that everything they know about skiing is wrong, they tend to resist. Even among those that sense the truth, it can be a rude awakening. Some have been able to check their egos at the door, embrace the system and have become fantastic teachers and skiers as a result. Others are too invested in their perceived status as "experts" to be willing to invest in what can be a long and challenging process to unlearn a lifetime of bad habits. Or perhaps to be fair, some are in the unfortunate position of being good enough to simply be unaware that there are far higher levels of skiing than their current capabilities. At the end of the day, the politics are difficult to surmount. There are just too many people digging in their heels. That's OK. People who are looking for the top step of the podium (or who just want to ski like that) still manage to find their way here.