Landing at Quest Air
Dean Funk takes a few photos:
I get ready to come in.
I go monkey and greatly increase the drag on the last part of my final and have
a lot more ability to pull in by wrapping my toes around the base tube (compared
to pulling in with my arms on the down tubes). The only problem is the
transition earlier going from horizontal to monkey where it takes a few seconds
to get my feet up on the base tube. There is less control at that moment.
The nice thing about having your feet on the base tube when you get within a
foot or two of the ground is that you can push out with your legs and adjust the
trim as you slow down. You don't have to actually put your legs down until the
last minute. Of course, using this method has the added feature of always having
your feet down and your head up. Now, another way to land:
This is Zac Majors who has just swooped the landing zone and is turning around
in preparation to landing going the other direction. This is Zac a bit earlier:
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