This past weekend i was given the oppurtunity to get free lessons to teach kids how to ride. Thankfully, the instructors we had didn't like the park too much and just loved to carve.
This was at pats peak and our first intructor was Papa Joe who rides 35/-35 duck (looks painful) and rips. On the 2nd day, we had papa Joe and Rueben.
Rueben's daughter races on an alpine set up at loon. He is a crazy carver and does extreme carves on toesdie on the blues at low speeds with ease. He uses a softboot setup and has yet to try hardboots.
Using my mad, i was able to get almost as low as him and I think this weekend brought my carving to a another level. I tried riding switch many times but heelside turns were not too successful but I'm going to keep working. I also learned how to ollie which works incredibly well with the pop of the mad. Its amazing how much you could learn from an instructor even though you're in different set ups.