... Sking we need to move the legs/femur first so we can direct pressure to the outside/dominate leg. This is also why in another thread I mentioned that having too active of an inside half can result in poor skiing. Leading with the inside half, as we do when we normally walk, leads to pelvis/hip rotation. This leads to the inability to balance over the outside/dominate leg. Having an active inside half is important but it cannot be so dominate it doesn't allow us to balance on the outside leg/foot/ski....
I agree with you when you say we need to move the feet/legs first. But
@Loki1, when you say "leading with the inside half ... leads to pelvis/hip rotation" I think leading... means the new inside hip moves ahead of the new outside hip, and I don't think of that as hip rotation. When the new outside hip rotates in the direction of the new turn, ahead of the skis, dragging them around, thus having the skier's hips pointing in the direction the skis are pointing, that's a problem, plus it's what I have known as "hip rotation." There is a confusion here as to what you are saying, at least in my mind.
Don't you want to see the new inside hip farther ahead in the turn, with the new outside hip back relative to it, and the upper body (including pelvis) pointing more downhill as the skis point to the side of the hill? Having the inside hip ahead and the outside hip back allows the skier to angulate over the outside ski in a natural way, directing pressures to the outside ski. Of course there are variations in the amount of such "counter" a skier needs in short, medium, and long radius turns.
You seem to be saying the opposite. Have I read you wrong? Maybe you are objecting to "countering" and "angulating" as a way to start a turn, doing it early, with the focus on the hip area, before doing anything with the feet/legs? This works to start a turn, but it leads to hip dump and park-n-ride. Maybe that's what you are warning against.
Would you mind clarifying?