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How long did it take you to learn corks??

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istyle
Posts: 31 - Karma: 10
This is my current goal for the season. Basically its all commitment at this point, but I been waiting for some more new snow to try instead of ice out landings. How was your experience learning them? By the summer I want to be throwing these at hood hopefully.
Feb 20 2008 1:23PM
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constpapa
Posts: 835 - Karma: 327
same here, I don't want to try them on hard east coast landings though
Feb 20 2008 1:28PM
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sdfjklioeur
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 114
learn them on a tramp if you can, it helps a lot
Feb 20 2008 1:39PM
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istyle
Posts: 31 - Karma: 10
*I learned them on a tramp along time ago when I had a tramp, still have the motion in my head but need to do it.
Feb 20 2008 1:50PM
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sdfjklioeur
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 114
just huck it then if you think you got the rotation
Feb 20 2008 2:06PM
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jriley
Posts: 197 - Karma: 16
you have to big real comfortable doing 7's, then just set the rotation off axis, they are easier than regular 7's
Feb 20 2008 2:22PM
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chicken
Posts: 6843 - Karma: 2,123
about 30 seconds. easier than a normal 7. just do them on tramp
Feb 20 2008 2:29PM
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spudz
Posts: 2564 - Karma: 5
dont be a puss, just do it. being scared of falling is futile. east coast landings make you tougher
Feb 20 2008 3:19PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
I got them third try and the falls before were no where near as bad as the falls learning rodeos or like even when I first started learning 3s. Throw it hard and hope for the best on the first few. Then once you kindof feel like you got the rotation spotting the landing and setting it down becomes easier

Feb 20 2008 3:41PM
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*monsterskier*
Posts: 2671 - Karma: 61
exactly since all of our landings are almost ice all the time..took a couple of days on snow,used my friend's tramp to get it into practice
Feb 20 2008 3:43PM
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emopoppins
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i can only get underflips and then i just land wicked back seat and wash out.
Feb 20 2008 4:10PM
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Line0777
Posts: 532 - Karma: 42
haha
Feb 20 2008 4:32PM
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Freezeskier
Posts: 525 - Karma: 13
one afternoon....its really easy.. takes a little bit, to get use spining off axis... feels werid your first time. its so much easier then a normal seven. you can see your landing somewhat, it isn't blind..go for it when the conditions are right on east coast
Feb 20 2008 4:40PM
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TechnoPotamus
Posts: 11626 - Karma: 3,522
i learned them on trampolines and then tried it on the snow and torn my ACL and MCL.   so i'm done trying to learn corks.  i'd rather not lose a whole season ever again
Feb 20 2008 4:45PM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7821 - Karma: 21,848
....and sometimes they make you not be able to ski for the rest of the season, into the bargain
Feb 20 2008 5:10PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
Grab some hip/butt pads, wait till it warms up in springtime, and just give'er homie. I've never done them anywhere besides water ramps so I don't know what to tell ya about doing it on snow.
Feb 20 2008 5:54PM
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roaklee
Posts: 1288 - Karma: 90

some people when they're learning progress their axis.  so they get more and more off axis each hit but i think its much easier to go cork first time because you come out of it naturally and if you fall it shouldn't hurt too bad.  and don't try and huck yourself be fluent with your movements

Feb 20 2008 8:31PM
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kristie
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 214
I landed the first one I tried but haven't been able to do them since then.
Feb 21 2008 12:06AM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
learned them on tramps. then my 2nd cork attempt an actual jump i landed a cork 5
Feb 21 2008 12:09AM
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vzdz
Posts: 782 - Karma: 87
i was soo happy when i learned corks on the trampoline... i practice them all the time

but how easy is the transition to snow? Am i going to want to throw it a lot harder?


I'm figuring out the differences in the rotation when I dip my shoulder more or less.... so my question is are corks easier on skis when you're really dipped over? or kind of a lean? if you get me....
Feb 24 2008 3:04AM
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paulbunyan
Posts: 3110 - Karma: 90
ive tryed them one day probably 6 or 7 times and didnt fully commit so fell every time. i was tryin cork 5s but my coaches told be to go 7 there supposeivly easyer. basicly just stay commited and spin 7
Feb 24 2008 11:56AM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
the other day i was doing fives and i corked one out by accident then the next one i actually tried and was really minimal corked and i havent been able to do them since
Feb 24 2008 12:04PM
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Kgallacher
Posts: 736 - Karma: 471
like 35 min..just go for it
Feb 24 2008 12:41PM
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