Airedale

I'm new to the sport too, and I have a question about your suggestion to try pulling on the rear risers to slow the descent (if flaring with toggles doesn't help). I've experimented a LITTLE with steering & flaring with risers while up high, and it's pretty hard to get a good grasp of something that thin and narrow. Here's the question: How would winding your hand and wrist around the riser (picture a snake going up a flagpole), with fingers gripping the tape, work?