Teaching on fresh powder sucks

Now that I have my CASI level 1, I've been conning - I mean encouraging - friends to be my guinea pigs - I mean students - and learn how to snowboard.  So far I've gotten LL to do linked beginner turns after one evening of riding, and JL from a 3-session-only beginner to a Vermont Black Diamond rider after one weekend.

However, my past weekend's experience with AG and R wasn't quite as successful.  For the whole bloody season, I've ridden on crap (packed powder at best).  And on one of the few times I'm actually trying to teach, I get a dumping of fresh powder.   There was a good 10cm or more of powder on the beginner hills at Horseshoe on Saturday evening.  None of the teaching techniques worked because the boards wouldn't move and or would sink very quickly.

I managed to get them to do a beginner turn by the end of the evening, but that was primarily because none of the other lessons worked.

Ack...  so much more teaching practices required....

On a positive note, NP's board rides great in the powdery stuff.  But I'm so used to my Burton P1MD bindings that my original Burton Missions are uncomfortably soft.  Also, I like the cowboy stance...  +15 lead food, -6 rear foot.  I may switch my freeride stance to this at some point in time.