Trail leg

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Trail leg

Unread postby Doitforthelulz » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:30 am

What causes this persons trail leg to bend when they get off the ground?
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Re: Trail leg

Unread postby ECvaulter30 » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:15 pm

i did the same thing for a while.. then it just kinda fixed its self oddly enough
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Re: Trail leg

Unread postby master » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:16 pm

Doitforthelulz wrote:What causes this persons trail leg to bend when they get off the ground?

Basically, he didn't hold it straight.
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Re: Trail leg

Unread postby MattM » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:33 pm

I think the only reason that his trail leg is like that is because he's not trying to keep it straight. It's not something that was caused by his technique, rather he just needs to think about keeping it straight and it's an easy fix.

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Re: Trail leg

Unread postby yankee814 » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:02 pm

I often do this also, its more of a mental block than anything else i think
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