Snowjoe

I've never liked the idea of shadowing a lesson, I feel it takes the piss a bit out of the people who payed good money to be in the lesson.

PaoloSmythe

yar. shadows are two dimensional things without any guts anyway.

if you can snowboard, you already know what to do to be able to ride switch, you just need to practice!

ain't no short cuts

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FORUMRIDER12321

oh riding switch good times last yeah i took a lesson " at my hill lessons are a dollar " but it took this lesson riding switch it was funny beacause i was pretty bad. but the guy didnt know i was riding switch to him i just rode goofy and half way through the lesson i went back to regular and started to kick ass lol it was halarious but yeah it always fun to screw with ppl

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laz167

Funny thing for me a learned how to ride switch the first couple of times on my board,because I couldn't make my heelside turn(was scared)to fall.so i rode the mountain like a falling leaf on my toeside.also my binding where at 9 degrees on both feet dont really know if that helped thouh..but ti worked for me but just practice you be ok.

kri$han

I'm pretty new to boarding too (1 1/2 seasons) but i can ride swich decently... I havent attempted any speed, or carving while switch, so I might try that this year, but last year while getting to the bottom of the runs, i'd ride switch for a little while to get used to it...

my bindings are set at 18 (front) and 0 (back), should I maybe make them the same to ride switch easier? I wanna master jumps and 180's this year too, so i know im gonna have to get good at riding switch.

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Mr. Right

My bindings are already ducked out 12 and -12 dead center on the board. I have them like that because it helps me keep stable at high speeds. I'm just going to go up and practice practice.

swmike

ok. And some places, if you tell them that you are an expert just learning to ride switch won't care if you are one of 12. No one will care. Apparently you care. ok. Me thinks you are really a skier.

Snowjoe

Hey I don't care myself, I'm happy helping people out whenever they want, however I don't think its fair to other people who have payed good money to be in a group to have people following around for a free ride! I just think it can show a lack of respect for paying customers, who at the end of the day are the people you wanna keep happy.

Keep your little insults to yourself as well.

swmike

Resorts want to sell lift tickets and lessons and hotdogs and bindings and hotel rooms. I would allow someone that paid for a lift ticket and a room and a hotdog to follow. They take NO TIME or energy from the class. It's called customer service... keep em all happy! If you chill out just a bit - everyone has a great time.

Picking an argument with a casual idea such as following a class is the typical stupid things you hear from a ski instructor - IN MY EXPERIENCE.

Snowjoe

Well I just think that regardless if you address the person or not there will be paying members of the group unhappy that someone is taking free advice that they have to pay for. Just because you don't have a problem with it doesn't mean everyone else shares you view. When I'm on payed time I feel my interests lie with what the people who have paid for the service want. Buying a lift pass and other items entitles you to what you've payed for not a free lesson ontop of that .