I just saw it & had a new revelation! So maybe the reason that getting into it from chopper seems more intuitive & automatic is bc that leg (as u reach around to grab the pole above it) is ALREADY extended??? At least for me, there is a definite fear factor in releasing the lower 1/2 of the leg off the pole, bc I’m using it to hold so much from that Scorpio pose — so now don’t want to let go (wisely so, bc indeed it’s a diff grip on that leg entirely!), bc o/w I might eat u-know-what if I do (and indeed that’s exactly what’s happened plenty of times by now). Ok, will go back trying via chopper (boy that foot is hard to grab back there, isn’t it?)…

Wait one more ? for y’all abt this: u think maybe this is 1 that’s actually meant to be more effective on spinny? I know PlatAni says should be irrelevant, but I have sometimes wondered abt this, esp bc everytime I study the Queen Allegra herself, she’s always in Spin mode getting into this, so starting to think there’s s’thing to that… Tho I know the Aussie’s really like (master!) their spinning pole, but somehow that all jives that maybe spin helps w/this AU-pole-star-originated move…