Message #20691

[Liam]

Starting last year, I began building a 'flapper' into my turns... what the double hamstring flexing does is instantaneous fore-balance.  The second I feel aft, I pull up the tails via 'flapper' and I'm fore (tips pressured).  It is shockingly effective (and fairly easy to get the hang of).

Perfect example:  Yesterday I was at Mount Snow with my boy, I was skiing a little above resort acceptable speeds on a blue groomer, I came over a sudden knoll at pretty high speed and could feel I was too aft for effective speed control.  Now, in years past I would have made a skidding/ speed scrubbing defensive move here, but yesterday I simply flexed/ flapped both hamstrings and found myself instantly centered and in control (like coming over a mogul).  It's a money move...

And I have to thank JBotti for an Asian mogul video he posted last year (which had a long 'mogul skill' development sequence with flappers) for turning me on to the utility of this maneuver.