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Hand Drag 3s

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Michigoon
Posts: 24 - Karma: 61
I've been having trouble with this trick for a while. Whenever I go to throw one, I end up doing a hand drag regular 3 and it just feels wrong. Any tips on how to make it more corked?
Apr 13 2014 2:51PM
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Scotty_Boy
Posts: 777 - Karma: 1,449
I have no idea how you're able to fight the cork axis. What direction do you spin?
Apr 14 2014 5:10PM
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Daski
Posts: 658 - Karma: 2,348
Im guessing your dropping your head more to the side than back and over your shoulder; drop your head back and over your shoulder, I struggled with the problem for a few weeks when I first learned em
Apr 14 2014 7:42PM
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-MI-
Posts: 59 - Karma: 93
which way do you spin
Apr 14 2014 8:36PM
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-MI-
Posts: 59 - Karma: 93
if you spin right like I do drag your right hand behind you then when your tails of your skis are at the lip of the jump reach your right hand over and grab the jump and imagine you are trying to put your skis against a wall and then just keep it spinning I dont think it would have been too hard to find an existing thread on this
Apr 14 2014 8:43PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
You probably need a steeper takeoff. Try finding a spine with a long landing or the knuckle of a really serious step up. Then work on reaching for the drag with both hands and really grabbing into the snow. Finally, the scariest part of legit hand drags - go twice as fast as you're going now. Speed is the key.
Apr 16 2014 7:22PM
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GANGBANG420
Posts: 263 - Karma: 879
If your learning them to throw off cliffs, a way you can do it is finding a steep drop off (like a cliff, but preferably no exposed rocks) that is about 5 feet. Then you start by doing low speed, really pressed out butters off of that (the kind where you plant both hands on the ground). Keep doing those, and each time get less buttery and go in faster. You'll be able to do them in no time. I'm sorry if this explanation made no sense at all.
Apr 19 2014 2:50AM
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