He knelt down to test the bindings, making sure that there was no motion at all in the bindings or her hooves. "Yep, but let's make sure you're comfortable with just straight boarding, first! I'll release the gate, and then you'll just slide slowly down the hill, okay? I'll be there to catch you if you start to fall."

This was just the bunny slope, so she shouldn't get moving so fast he couldn't keep up!