Sending off axis spins advice.

Id land some floaty 7s and then go for a cork. Idk tho I’ve never corked or done anything above a 5😂

MaimHelpId land some floaty 7s and then go for a cork. Idk tho I’ve never corked or done anything above a 5😂

I agree with Miamihelp in that I can’t spin well, but you said you’re good with 5’s. Can you fronty and or backie? Because I’m thinking maybe it would be easier to throw a rodeo 5 or misty 5 than learning a cork 7 if you can’t 7 on skis but can 5 on skis if that makes sense. But this could be one for @CoachTrifes .

**This post was edited on Mar 1st 2021 at 12:08:52pm

jprene8I agree with Miamihelp in that I can’t spin well, but you said you’re good with 5’s. Can you fronty and or backie? Because I’m thinking maybe it would be easier to throw a rodeo 5 or misty 5 than learning a cork 7 if you can’t 7 on skis but can 5 on skis if that makes sense.

I know for a fact rodeo 5 would be the easiest to learn but I have my mind set on the cork 7 but maybe I’ll learn that first

keagan.karstensI know for a fact rodeo 5 would be the easiest to learn but I have my mind set on the cork 7 but maybe I’ll learn that first

Yea that would probably help with getting used to being inverted on skis as well. Definitely good to have tricks to work up to. But don’t take to big of a jump in difficulty. There’s still a good bit of the season left who says you can’t learn both.

I was never able to get good instruction or really understood how to cork. You really just have to go for it and have trial/error and eventually it'll come to you

The most important thing to remember with a cork 7 is that you need to spin a 7...it is primarily a spinning trick, not a drop your head/shoulder and pray trick (like say, a misty 5). That being said I think it is the easiest of the corks, because as long as you truly spin a 7 and stay in a compact body position, it will generally come around to your feet with at least a little wobble.

The best way to think about it is to come in with a big carve, spin it hard like an upright 7, and when you leave the jump gently lower your leading shoulder a bit like you are dancing like Michael Jackson in the image below. That will get you into a wobble/cork that should come around to your feet if you've spun hard enough and you stay in a compact ball. If you didnt spin hard enough and dont commit, it will probably end at 540/630 and you will be back seat or on your side, which is generally not a terrible way to crash. Once you land one, just keep carving harder and dropping that shoulder more until you get into as deep of a cork as you want...but you may find that not all cork 7s are the same level of cork, and thats fine and kind of cool!

This is the exact advice I gave to a lot of my slopestyle athletes when coaching (and how I learned them myself, before my coaches really knew what a cork 7 was), and many of my athletes went on to have illustrious corking careers

keagan.karstensOkay so basically I’ve never done anything bigger than a straight 540 on a jump. And my mountain recently built a kicker that’s big enough to cork seven. It’s not huge, but it’s plenty big. I can do 5s and 7s on every axis on the trampoline so I have a pretty good idea of how I would rotate on a jump. I’m just afraid I’m gonna hurt myself trying it.(specifically I have cork 7 on my mind) but also wanna try rode 5s cork 3s and some bios. So any advice that will convince me that I’m fine would be great.

Yo ! Imma put it out this way - when i was a kid back then i just went for whatever i was able to visualize in my head - especially when i was already able to do into the swimming pool of a diving board or trampoline.

That's the young send it approach.

My rational adult ass would now probably tend towards this:

do a straight 540 on skis , do a straight 720 on skis. - get comfy with those and then go for a cork 720.

Why ? Well you might be able to handle yourself mid air - but at the end of the day you have to do the in-run, take off and landing with skis on. So you're best of getting comfortable as much as you on doing any tricks leading up the cork 7 on your two planks :)

you don't miss out on learning the basics first. trust me.

Oh and speaking of hurting yourself - yeah unfortunately thats the risk you have to take. But - there is nothing better in the world than the first attempt of any trick. That's a unique feeling you'll face on any first t's. Once you landed it and learned you probably end up saying -" jeez what was all the fuzz about it - that wasnt that hard" haha...



Good Luck champ & watch my cork 7 tutorial - i talk a lot about how to control the inverted part.

**This post was edited on Mar 2nd 2021 at 1:30:13pm

CoachTrifesYo ! Imma put it out this way - when i was a kid back then i just went for whatever i was able to visualize in my head - especially when i was already able to do into the swimming pool of a diving board or trampoline.

That's the young send it approach.

My rational adult ass would now probably tend towards this:

do a straight 540 on skis , do a straight 720 on skis. - get comfy with those and then go for a cork 720.

Why ? Well you might be able to handle yourself mid air - but at the end of the day you have to do the in-run, take off and landing with skis on. So you're best of getting comfortable as much as you on doing any tricks leading up the cork 7 on your two planks :)

you don't miss out on learning the basics first. trust me.

Oh and speaking of hurting yourself - yeah unfortunately thats the risk you have to take. But - there is nothing better in the world than the first attempt of any trick. That's a unique feeling you'll face on any first t's. Once you landed it and learned you probably end up saying -" jeez what was all the fuzz about it - that wasnt that hard" haha...



Good Luck champ & watch my cork 7 tutorial - i talk a lot about how to control the inverted part.

**This post was edited on Mar 2nd 2021 at 1:30:13pm

easily the most helpful NS member imo

Don't forget to film and post it back here