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Daggs · 12-30-2012, 05:09 PM

Last year while I was in Colorado I found myself doing this and I didn't realize it was bad until after I left (and the season was over). Today, the first time out this year, I avoided using my back leg as a full-out rudder, but I still find my self initiating turns (more specifically, heel-side turns) with my back leg as opposed to just leaning my whole body. Any steps I can take to avoid this in the future other than just "don't do it" (although, now that I'm done writing this, that does seem to be pretty good advice...).

12-30-2012, 05:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Daggs Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 53	How to avoid excessive use of the back leg, especially to initiate heel-side turns? Last year while I was in Colorado I found myself doing this and I didn't realize it was bad until after I left (and the season was over). Today, the first time out this year, I avoided using my back leg as a full-out rudder, but I still find my self initiating turns (more specifically, heel-side turns) with my back leg as opposed to just leaning my whole body. Any steps I can take to avoid this in the future other than just "don't do it" (although, now that I'm done writing this, that does seem to be pretty good advice...).