One of the ways we learn the steering and lines of a new track is by watching others sliders go down. Then we can see what they are doing and whether it is working.

During training runs before a race, you will see all the sliders sitting along the edge of track with notebooks, coaches and cameras, trying to figure out the best lines and steers. Which looks kinda like this:

Well, actually, it looks excatly like that.

And then you hope that, say ... oh, I don't know ... THIS GUY isn't going down the track while you have your face three feet away from the ice.