I'm dying with my peel ply, every time its a battle 
Are there any advancement in this area? any better releasing peel ply?

Alternatively - any other way to create a good bonding surface?

Cut it into strips on the edges to help ripping it off.  I am not aware of any "easier" peel ply other than silicone coated ones which with experience are still not easy to remove and cause the secondary bonding issues Hanaldo mentions. 

As peel ply gets saturated with resin, it is not reusable.

Warren Penalver
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant