Hi everyone. This is my first post so go easy on me I picked up skiing 4 years ago, but this is my third full year of skiing. I took one lesson after I had been skiing for over a year. It was a little confusing, but I think it did help. This past year I have been working pretty much full time as a ski instructor and skiing as much as I can, and I recently got my PSIA 1. I have done a lot of reading and watched a lot of youtube videos because I"m always trying to improve. I actually took about 10 or 12 PSIA clinics this year, and that's what got me started looking for something different. I really did learn a lot of useful things, but after my last couple of clinics I came away very confused. I had a shoulder injury recently, but that gave me a lot of time to ponder I had watched pretty much all of the HH videos on youtube and had skimmed a couple of the books before, but I never really thought it was that different from PSIA. After this year, going back to the books and videos I can finally understand the difference and it is huge! I think that I was using a lot more efficient movements before I took my level one and all of those clinics. Shoot, I hadn't even heard the word rotary until I became an instructor so it wasn't part of my skiing...I think Anyway, I just got back from my injury and skied the last two days doing my best to use PMTS movements--flexing, tipping, counter-balance, counter-acting--I have never felt more comfortable or balanced on my skis. I was able to ski very tight tree runs yesterday at Eldora at very high speeds consistently, without struggling or missing a beat, something I can rarely do. Today I went to Loveland and was able to shoot some video--not the best because I can't zoom in or out while videoing, but I think it is possible to do MA on it!
A little self MA: sometimes I think I am still pushing off of my outside ski at initiation
I am definitely guilty of hip dumping--have been working on that this year
I also noticed that I am very poorly aligned, I think I am pretty knock kneed. I can tell when I look at the videos in slow mo. I will have to go get aligned when I have some money Anyway, I'm not sure if I'm doing any of the movements right, but I am very eager to learn, so I will keep reading and watching. I am relatively close to Abasin, so if there is anyone in the area who wants to ski a non-vail resort I would love to learn more about PMTS and ski with someone who understands it. I'll appreciate any feedback on the videos!