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I completely lost the ability to Cork 7

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CycleDTC
Posts: 71 - Karma: 1,213
I had my cork 7s flawless with grabs up until about a month ago. Then, i started experimenting with tweaked safeties and i really messed them up. Everytime i try to cork 7 i do an ugly 7 that is barely inverted and sketchy, it looks stupid. Is there any way i can just start with a clean slate? Or any different ways of setting it you could recommend? Everyway i try to set it i go off axis (barely) and spin to 810. I tried starting over the whole process of learning corks but it didn't work...
Jun 30 2014 10:21PM
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little1337
Posts: 8257 - Karma: 48,228
trampolining would be my only advice. Re learn on a tramp and see where it goes
Jun 30 2014 10:25PM
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CycleDTC
Posts: 71 - Karma: 1,213
I have been working on the tramp and I'm doing them the same way
Jun 30 2014 10:51PM
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SnowshoeThompson
Posts: 1095 - Karma: 1,433
try grabbing blunt/tail. It will help you drop that shoulder some more and will result in a more fluent rotation.
Jun 30 2014 10:58PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
post footage
Jun 30 2014 11:23PM
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Craigskis
Posts: 6650 - Karma: 1,645
I'm thinking you might be setting your cork too soon on the take off or still on the jump. I've found if you can wait until 180 before dropping down into the cork it can really get things sideways or upside down depending how hard you set it
Jun 30 2014 11:23PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51740 - Karma: 163,483
I used to have a really cool unnatty cork 5-7 but stopped doing them for a bit and forgot how.

Fuck losing tricks. IF you want it just go for it again and hope it comes back. If you get it do it a bunch to get the muscle memory down.
Jun 30 2014 11:27PM
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skiersupreme
Posts: 1549 - Karma: 4,872
practice getting a grab like japan that really helps you get inverted. and if your spinning to much try doing some cork 5s
Jul 1 2014 1:08PM
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Holte
Posts: 10742 - Karma: 7,818
Sorta had the same thing happen. I just started travelling about 10 feet back and to the left one day.

On a trampoline, do a ton of underflip 5s so you can spot your landing the entire trick, and after you're super comfortable and can play around with them, add the extra 180 at the end to make it d-spin 7. Once you have d-spin 7, it's pretty easy to get back to true cork 7. Then hit the snow.
Jul 1 2014 3:34PM
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pastysmasher
Posts: 780 - Karma: 664
I had a similar problem with 3's. Fucking 3's! It happened after I learned flat 3's. I took it right back to basics. No grab, smaller jumps and just thought about the fundamentals of the trick.
Jul 1 2014 3:45PM
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gotti
Posts: 4269 - Karma: 4,550
i throw my corks like a mogul skier so i never throw them. I have them pretty clean they just look to aerialistic
Jul 1 2014 4:19PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
Posts: 2013 - Karma: 2,509
just carve hard and grab blunt
Jul 1 2014 8:07PM
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-emile-
Posts: 6613 - Karma: 8,592
same thing happened to me on tramp

I had both sides down , and one day I couldn't do one anymore.

it's weird but fuck tramp anyway
Jul 1 2014 10:49PM
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TheBigApple
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 488
Tricks are for kids. I need to go to TGR.
Jul 1 2014 11:46PM
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broto
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TheBigAppleTricks are for kids. I need to go to TGR.


then go
Jul 1 2014 11:48PM
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perryhunter
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CycleDTCI had my cork 7s flawless with grabs up until about a month ago. Then, i started experimenting with tweaked safeties and i really messed them up. Everytime i try to cork 7 i do an ugly 7 that is barely inverted and sketchy, it looks stupid. Is there any way i can just start with a clean slate? Or any different ways of setting it you could recommend? Everyway i try to set it i go off axis (barely) and spin to 810. I tried starting over the whole process of learning corks but it didn't work...


maybe you can video your moves so you could review what's wrong and what's lacking..
Jul 2 2014 12:23AM
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