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When u first hit rails is it easy or hard?
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When u first hit rails is it easy or hard? just want to know what u guyz think! peace.
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hard. its just mental though. its just forign to jump and land with your skiis at a 90 degree angle.
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when i tried my first rail i crashed so hard.. it was really slippery and i havent railed since
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its so easy, make sure your first rail is at least a double kinked tho
What the hell were they doing with a car on the moon?... havent they gone far enough?
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Everything is hard before it's easy...
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for ur first rail find somthin flat and low enuf so you can;t nut yourself. its all about comitment and confidence tho, if you dont think you can do it then you will fall off. get urself a full 90 degrees
I am not doing the grabs because I am getting a thrill out of touching my ski-JP Auclair
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straight, short, shotgun rails are the best to learn on. you wont get it right away, so dont be gay like skierd00d and give up, cause you will get it eventually
my intire crew waited for his ass at the bottem of the hill and beat the shit out of him. i broke his poles agianst a tree, and we snapped one of his skis. fucker got uppercutted so much. he was bleeding from his eyes and shit, crying like a little pussy. i busted out a body slam on his ass and broke both of his arms. the ski patroler broke up the fight and clipped all of our tickets. we where gonna beat the shit out of the patroller but my mom came to pick us up.
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yah, i agree 100% with k2. short, strait rails are the way to learn. when your on the rail, look at the end of the rail, and never look down on your boot.this will help you stay strait, and spread your legs, and put your weight evenly divided on each leg. slide on both inside edges if you have to. also, try a sqaure, wood post to start. thatll help with your balence, but metal is a big adgusment.
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Just keep on doing it....it's the only way, if you hurt yourself get up and try again, it won't kill you
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i learned on a 10ft piece of pvc pipe. you don't slide as fast so it's easier to get the feel of being on the rail and sliding. it helps when workin on switch outs too
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Hey, thanx for all the advice but , that was my friend asking the question he went on my name but he will like the info.
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i'd say it's hard. i crashed around six times today the quit because i bruised the hell outta myself
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if u keep crashing its probly because your not getting on directly over your boots or your not looking at the end of the rail(That makes a lot of difrence...)
Me:You should give me all your money so I can bye the new scratchs
Myles: Why would I want to do that,
Me: If you do I'l let you ride them
Myles: I snowboard
Me: o shit, well I could ummmm.... let you masturbate to the grafics
Myles: o great...
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i still have probs with rails. i always lean back too much.
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ya looking at the end of the rail stops that(for me anyway)
Me:You should give me all your money so I can bye the new scratchs
Myles: Why would I want to do that,
Me: If you do I'l let you ride them
Myles: I snowboard
Me: o shit, well I could ummmm.... let you masturbate to the grafics
Myles: o great...
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that's what i always do, i'm never confident enough in myself, i think that's my problem
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just remember to keep your backfoot behind your shoulder, and do the full 90 degree turn
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I learned at SMS this summer an almost nutted myself a ton on this PVC rail. I finally got it though
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yeah i came home for the wknd and decided to build a couple rails. i found some nice 15 foot steel pipes about 3 inches in diameter. should work pretty nice.
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mad_trixx i got the exact same problem as you. this year though im determined to beat it.
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i'm getting better though, that's all i worked on really at camp
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its super easy really, u just gotta commit.
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at first its just tough on urself... go small, and make sure ur ready to fall... its not that hard once u put ur mind to it. but it gets much more difficult with each progressive rail.
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i have no prbs with them maybe because i was gooood on the skateboard before i dunno
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ya man sk8boardin helps alot...i started this summer and its so ez to do rails now. i dont know y i just wasnt afraid ne more because i hurt myself doin it so much on the skateboards ahaha.
just keep practisin ull get it.
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yea, well fruitbooting helped me do rails, all I think about is the pop, the slide, and the landing.. the more centered you are on your skis the easier it is.. and lean forward
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skill is envolved, but you dont need much.
the hardest part for me is getting on. the lengh of the skis is the hard part. get snowblades and you should be fine.
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questions like these are fuckin dumb....how about you try it....your the only that can figure it out
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Hard because you are stupid like me and try to lean into the mountain. it is all a mental thing because you need to lean down the mountain
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very hard! it took me about 4 years to learn (i kinda suck). what helped me was to start on a really small funbox so your skis have more under them and you need less balance, then i worked up to the bigger funbox, then i went to small flat rails. that worked for me. i also think that repetition is key.
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its so hard but then you gradually get it down and anything is doable!
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my prob is the metal i lean back to much and mo confidence.
This is weird because i have plenty of confidence to hit a 50 or 60 ft kicker.
I cant explain it.
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do you have to worry about catching an edge on a steal rail?
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some people get it way quicker and some don't, you'll just have to see for yourself..
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i tried it for the first time this year (minus a couple times last year getting my ass kicked) yesterday. I did it on a fun box and i never fell, sure it probably looked dumb because i wasn't 100% used to it, but i just kept hiking back up and trying again. I did the best when i turned complete 90 so do that too. Get yourself pumped up for it and tell yourself that you can do it. Thats what i did and i never fell and got hurt, unlike last year when i was a scared pussy and then fell and busted my ankle up.
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Actually sliding the rail is easy(most of the time). the hard part is committing to get on at 90 degrees and to get the rail under your feet. Once you get it, keep doing the same thing over and over. This will help your confidence and you will stick rails everytime.
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I started grinding rails on inline skates which really helped me out, you might want to try that out
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i actually think jumping onto the rail is easier than just riding on. i always tried riding on, but then my feet go too far forward. when i jump on i'm normally at the perfect stance. anybody else find it easier to learn by jumping instead of riding
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I just learned on Saturday how to slide rails. It was way easy for me. On the inrun keep the rail centered between your skis, pop of the jump, throw your hand forward whichever way you slide, lean forward and look at the end of the rail. I can do the Blue and Green rails at Snowbird. One is about 7 feet long x 2 feet high, and the other is probably 10 x 6ish. You just have to be confident, and visualize.
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yeah riding on sux big time.... when i tried, my skis came off and i fell hard.
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yeah just go at the rail and have a positive mindset and think im gonna grease this motherfucker, and then make sure you turn 90 degrees and look at the end of the rail and concentrate on keepin ur balance and if you cant land metal practice on wood first so you get used to slidin that way
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There's one thing I'm wondering about this...what do all those metal rails do to the skis?
It's all well and good if you're sponsored, but I can't afford to buy new skis if I mess up the ones I (am about to) have!
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i think the key is to know how how rollerblade and grind shit, even tho its sorta gay
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i could grind stairs my first time on skis, i almost ate it but i didn't. second time i tried to 270 off and ate it.
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its always hard after u try like 500 times lol
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i think its a good idea to start off with PVC and work your way up to metal rails. the PVC won't hurt ur skis if u mess up bad and its just less intimidating.
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You know something that would really make me applaud? A guy gets stuck in quicksand, then sinks, then suddenly comes shooting out, riding on water skis. How do they do that?
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just learn on a flat, straight rail. Do it when no one is around to avoid embarassment.
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dont your edges cut into the pvc pipe?
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i personally learned on a box then moved to a super waxed wood rail.....once you get the balance down its easy to repeat but its mainly gutz..just commit...and i did find that you catch more on wood and pvc than metal and has anyone realized that round rails are easier than flat or double pipe?? or am i just wierd....i always slide off flat and double pipe ones early but i can hold round rails like its my job...anyone else??
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