i am pretty good at corking my spins but im wondering how to cork it more

cork it, then when you think you can't cork it any further, go ahead and cork it a little more... the more cork the better, but make sure you don't cork it so much that you cork it too far... i'd say about 50% above half of the amount of cork you need is sufficient... anything above that, like 2/3 of what you would normally cork for an overcorked spin, would be wayyyyy too much... just ask shawn white if you don't believe me... when he corks, he goes right to about 50% then drops it down about a quarter of the amount of cork he started with... he then takes it around so that the cork is perpendicular to the fall-line... perpendicular i said, not parallel... many pros, including travis rice and jed anderson, would say go parallel with your corks about halfway through, but the new method of corking says this is wayyyyy too dangerous... just go perpendicular, about half of 50% all the way through until you can spot your landing with your left arm and you're golden... if you do take your overcork about 25% past parallel, make sure you tuck your right shoulder and spot the recork as it comes around... that's for backside spins... reverse everything i just said for frontside... then double reverse it for switch backside... obviously, you'll want to triple reverse it for switch frontside, but you seem like an experienced rider so i shouldn't even have to mention that...

corking is fun, but you just need to know what you're doing... good luck and if you have any more questions, ask away!

Posted by MelbaToasted
cork it, then when you think you can't cork it any further, go ahead and cork it a little more... the more cork the better, but make sure you don't cork it so much that you cork it too far... i'd say about 50% above half of the amount of cork you need is sufficient... anything above that, like 2/3 of what you would normally cork for an overcorked spin, would be wayyyyy too much... just ask shawn white if you don't believe me... when he corks, he goes right to about 50% then drops it down about a quarter of the amount of cork he started with... he then takes it around so that the cork is perpendicular to the fall-line... perpendicular i said, not parallel... many pros, including travis rice and jed anderson, would say go parallel with your corks about halfway through, but the new method of corking says this is wayyyyy too dangerous... just go perpendicular, about half of 50% all the way through until you can spot your landing with your left arm and you're golden... if you do take your overcork about 25% past parallel, make sure you tuck your right shoulder and spot the recork as it comes around... that's for backside spins... reverse everything i just said for frontside... then double reverse it for switch backside... obviously, you'll want to triple reverse it for switch frontside, but you seem like an experienced rider so i shouldn't even have to mention that...

corking is fun, but you just need to know what you're doing... good luck and if you have any more questions, ask away!

haha im lost. iv been trying fs cork 5s but i have a hard time landing. i just kinda land in a squat leaning back and i usually wash out.. any tips?

Posted by boardlax
haha im lost. iv been trying fs cork 5s but i have a hard time landing. i just kinda land in a squat leaning back and i usually wash out.. any tips?

Hard to say much without seeing what you are doing - another video?

ok i have a good one for ya haha. i have to get it from a friend though so it might be a day or two..

k this is it.. its kinda a crappy angle and you cant see the landing but i land on my butt leaning pretty far back. idk should i just throw it faster? am i corking too much? idk here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epWyWJq541s
yah help would be appreciated cause i will be real happy if i can start landing these clean

[Edited by boardlax on 3/24/2009 at 6:41 PM]

im pretty much just carving reallllly hard and dipping my shoulder back on take off which prbly isnt the right motion. it feels like im falling more than it does launching into the spin. what motions should i do so i can spin faster and not land on my back anymore?

look back more on the takeoff.  Like when u go off the jump look back at the jump when u start spinning.  idk im prolly not being glear

i think i kinda get what your saying i think. like cork it sooner or something?