Bob wrote:

I deliberately DON'T teach my snowboard students to sideslip or falling
leaf. They'll learn too soon anyway.

Maybe you should:

"This is a heel slide. It's useful when you find yourself on a slope
that's too steep for you and you want to chicken out. It's better to
chicken out than to hurt yourself, but if the slope is too steep for you
maybe you should practice on easier terrain until you can ride it with
confidence. Oh, and by the way, when you heel slide you scrape off all
the snow down to the boilerplate. Nobody likes heel sliders - don't do
it unless you have to."

I think Mary's right - the main reason they heel scrape is that they
just don't know any better.


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