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Preparing Urban Rails

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RussellK141
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Some friends and I were thinking about hitting up some urban rails this season (once there's enough snow, of course). I was just curious if there was anything we should do to the rail before hitting it to ensure the smoothest and safest slide, such as WD-40 it or wax it or something. Any suggestions?
Nov 27 2005 6:43PM
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WIllW
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run your ski along the full rail to check for sticky spots and wax it if need be
Nov 27 2005 6:59PM
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ItsPhil
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yea always check first, you could fuck yourself up big time by hitting it if you dont
Nov 27 2005 7:08PM
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skier27
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i use a bar of soap
Nov 27 2005 7:12PM
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quebecfreestyler
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use your edge to get rid of sticky rusty spots
Nov 27 2005 7:23PM
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AKjibbarailer
Posts: 98 - Karma: 9
grind the rust off with a file, you usualy dont need wax-urban is usualy prety steep.
Nov 27 2005 7:36PM
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imotion
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what does that mean
Nov 27 2005 8:11PM
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windhamskibum
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i think he means like the rails are at a steep angle, so you would have momentum, but still you hit a slow spot, your done
Nov 27 2005 8:13PM
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AKjibbarailer
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ive gone over urban rails and found rough chunks but i have a crazy friend who tries anything so he just hits it and you dont see anything funny. So the momentum you have usualy out does the friction of a rough spot.
Nov 27 2005 8:15PM
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