Look, guys, a couple things.
1. Civility-we are all pretty active posters and have, over the years, allowed our ONLINE PERSONALITIES to take on certain attributes. If someone is frustrated with someone else's post, even in a civlized discussion, it has to be ok to express that frustration with a pointed response (isn't that just part of any on-going long-term discursive relationship??)? Believe it or not, I know most people here are above average to way above average skiers, who know a lot about technique and the learning process involved in skiing, which is why I enjoy posting up in these forums. We can reign in vulgarity or completely unwarranted harassments (for instances, say anything about my kids, my wife or my dog-it's war!...my skiing or views on skiing, on the other hand, is open season), but sometimes debate and discussion, even in the most civil of groups, turns necessarily pointed, and too quick of a clampdown forestalls the evlotion of natural human dialogue.
2. Ski Tips and ski programs...Look, point blank, HH has one of the best learning progression I'm aware of, his cataloguing and precise descriptions and demonstrations of movements are
sine qua non in generally published ski instruction. However, I am not willing to throw away the world of the quick tip and demo video. And, I think the canadians I've put up (specifically jOSH fOSTER, and Tobin of Section

are some of the best of these. Taken correctly they add some nuance and possibility to one's skiing repertoire. Also, you are all aware there are many different types of learners, correct? Not everyone processes every instructional mode the same. And, my own bias, which I admit, is that there are so many ways to move on a ski, why exclude so many possibilities?
But, alas, I am not in this thread to plump for one ski school over another, but to analyze style and corresponding techniques.
Is a narrow stance typically Canadian (all these guys stand tighter than the PSIA demo guys, with or without extension)?