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Cornering feet level limits your range of motion so you'll end up leaning with the bike once you get to a certain point, you can get away with leaning with the bike on bermed corners. Cornering with the outside foot down will dramatically increase your range of motion and let you lean the bike as much as needed and stay centered over the bottom bracket.I took a DH lesson at Whistler this summer. My instructor + 2 others that I spoke to recommended keeping the pedals level during a corner vs. dropping the outside pedal. I'd been dropping the outside pedal since reading the Lopes book. The thought is that putting the majority of the weight on the outside pedal makes it more difficult to get the bike leaned over & complicates setting up for the corner.
YMMV, but I've been cornering with my pedals level since the lesson & feel it helps.
By the way, not suggesting that your pedal position had anything to do with your slide-out, just seemed like an appropriate thread to mention this.