<p>I think of it as keeping myself small rather than making myself small. Basically, at the apex of the turn, when the force is great, I'm compressed/small. But as I come out of the turn and try and transition to the next, I try and keep myself small, ie, only stand up the absolute minimum to give me the room for the rebound of the board to drive my knees up to my chest.I can't say I always get it right - sometimes my knees get driven into my chest which throws me off balance, and sometimes the rebound of the board seems to propel it too far, too quickly, to the other side of my body, throwing me into a laid-out turn that I never intended and am usually unable to recover from.
But it sure is fun putting so much energy into the board and trying to control the energy I get back in the split second before the trees at the side of hill loom too large, or my speed gets out of control.