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Corks by the next year

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sullivanobrien_
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i can 3 on pretty much anything and i've done 1 clean 5 and a bunch of not so clean but with good tight boots and a sesh i'd have those np. do you think if i had help from some homies who were good i could cork 3 or cork 5? i heard it's easy to overrotate a cork 3 into a 5 but idk if that's true. i'm tryna think what i might have by the time i'd be hopefully headed to windells for the first time. i'm gonna be skiing killi a lot more for the first season and i think i know enough/have talked to enough people over there that i could find someone to help me a ton but is it reasonable?
Jul 12 2021 9:45PM 9 1
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sullivanobrien_
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idk why i called it "corks by THE next year" forget the the
Jul 12 2021 10:40PM 4 1
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mrk127
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sullivanobrien_i can 3 on pretty much anything and i've done 1 clean 5 and a bunch of not so clean but with good tight boots and a sesh i'd have those np. do you think if i had help from some homies who were good i could cork 3 or cork 5? i heard it's easy to overrotate a cork 3 into a 5 but idk if that's true. i'm tryna think what i might have by the time i'd be hopefully headed to windells for the first time. i'm gonna be skiing killi a lot more for the first season and i think i know enough/have talked to enough people over there that i could find someone to help me a ton but is it reasonable?


Just start carving your 360s and 5s everytime and the cork will come
Jul 12 2021 11:52PM 3 0
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270on420out
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Just gonna be honest, probably not unless you make some crazy strides in progression. Cork 3s are an entirely different beast. Most people I know find cork 7s are actually the easiest because of the way the axis works.


or you can just carve real hard on a normal 3 and look at the ground while grabbing your boot and pretend it’s a cork 3.
Jul 12 2021 11:59PM 16 0
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Mackaroni_space
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270on420outJust gonna be honest, probably not unless you make some crazy strides in progression. Cork 3s are an entirely different beast. Most people I know find cork 7s are actually the easiest because of the way the axis works.


or you can just carve real hard on a normal 3 and look at the ground while grabbing your boot and pretend it’s a cork 3.


This ^^

Also the bigger you’re able to take your 3’s the more naturally corked they can get from what I’ve seen, like if you really try and float one out you can get kinda off axis unintentionally
Jul 13 2021 12:19AM 7 0
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Celery
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270on420outJust gonna be honest, probably not unless you make some crazy strides in progression. Cork 3s are an entirely different beast. Most people I know find cork 7s are actually the easiest because of the way the axis works.


or you can just carve real hard on a normal 3 and look at the ground while grabbing your boot and pretend it’s a cork 3.

I relearned 3s this year by carving and I just look at the knuckle and get a little bit of a wobble. Cork 5s on the other hand can be done in a completely different way, like more of a Flippy/ loopy rotation.
Jul 13 2021 7:20AM 2 0
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d.a.lapierre
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As other people mentionned yeah cork 3/5 are a lot different. Carving your 3s and 5s are probably the best way to start learning to do them but I wouldn't expect you to land proper corks next season. Just focus on cleaning them and it will honnestly come naturally from seasons to seasons. Adding a lead grab can also help giving the off axis feel so lead safety is probably your best bet. There's always the possibility to just send it and see what happens but I would suggest you to get some clean 3s and 5s with a few different grabs first
Jul 13 2021 10:34AM 0 0
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_JackKaiser_
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I would say get much more comfortable on jumps and doing bigger spins and switch spins before you cork
Jul 13 2021 11:00AM 3 0
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ScaryDumpTruck
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Pretty much everyone learns cork 7s before cork 3s
Jul 13 2021 1:15PM 3 0
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Gyro_Nights
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Also you usually learn cork 7s on tramp first and learn some invert on snow before you huck a cork 7
Jul 13 2021 10:32PM 1 0
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Paul.
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Cork 5 is definitely the easiest cork imo. Cork 3 is a little tricky to learn cause you have to lean into it just right and fight a bit to prevent yourself from taking it to 450 or all the way to 5. I learned mine by first hucking some underflips on a pretty small but poppy jump (the bottom of a halfpipe would be money if you have access to one). Underflips are nice to start with cause they are pretty easy to understand and learn on tramp before taking to snow. Also the rotation is super similar to cork 5, just a bit flippier. Once you get those down take it to a jump you can carve off and you’ll go cork 5 easy.
Jul 15 2021 11:08PM 1 0
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jompcock
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When you do upright spins, you counter the pitch of the jump to stay upright. In a backflip, you'll let the jump do the work and keep your body perpendicular to the jump if it has enough kick. Get good at upright 7, then do one where you don't counter the pitch and pull your legs up to grab at 3. Important thing is to not drop your shoulder early or you'll end up doing a weird mork/bio.
Jul 17 2021 6:10PM 0 0
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Schoess
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Get to a trampoline and get comfortable with anything you want to try first. Also yes, do way more straight spins before you worry about changing axis. Axis is another variable you're throwing into the mix. 540's should be every try no effort at least before you try some corks. Most common corks are 5 or 7 to begin with.
Jul 17 2021 6:49PM 3 0
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