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ok here is my problem i am ogign otu with some friends today and we are planning on learning corks. I have heard many diffrent things aobut how big of a spin to do on the first one to make it eazy. Ihave heard 3,5 and even 7 so that is what i would like to clear up, How big of a spin sould i do for my first cork to amke it the eazyiest? thanks
I personally think cork 3s are easiest. Cork 7s would probably be next. Cork 3s are good cause you have more control of what is going on. Just dip your leading shoulder.
ok thanks. do i just dip my shuolder to the sideor do i twist aswell? i heard somwhere like lok back at your jump over your sholder. it is over or under the shoulder?
ok a corked 3 is all in the hips and NOT that arms... There are two different ways that you can go about doing a cork, first you can go staright into a jump, then drop the cork, secondly you can carve into the jump while setting your spin. I think that for starting off carving into the jump for corks is way harder than just going straight. However, once you've learned corks when you carve into them you can make them much more lofty and smooth looking.
When you are going staright at a jump and are going to set a cork rotation (assuming we are spinning left) you are going to want to come into the jump, legs a little farther apart than shoulders, crouch down when approaching the lip. When you get to the lip you are going to want to pop out of your crouch, drop your left shoulder and swing your hips out to the right. A great way to practice this is to go off the jump and try to do a saftey grab with your left hand while trying to point towards the sky with your right hand. This will allow you to get a little off axis, and then hopefully you can go as corked as you want. Hopefully this all makes sense and gl! i got some vid on my profile of carve corks and staright corks if u wanna check out what i'm talking about