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Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by codyb on Thursday April 09, 2015 @02:20PM (#9349764)
I'm sure there are a million examples but I find snowboarding very similar. If you're going too fast the instinct is to lean back but that makes it extremely hard to turn into the mountain, but if you lean forward you can take the weight off the back foot and whip it over to turn into the mountain and weave some of the speed off.

Or when you're on ice and you really want to turn but just have to keep going straight until you hit a patch where you'll get some grip from the mountain cover.

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Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ... by erobbins on Thursday April 09, 2015 @03:06PM (#9350141)
yeah, I learned this very quickly when I started skiing.. lean back when you feel like you're going too fast and it's out of control time. I overcame that instinct very quickly!
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