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Just the basics

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fuzz.
Posts: 1438 - Karma: 47
anyone wana tell me the basics to rails and boxes,i have been skiing for a long time but iam alot newer to park
Dec 10 2005 10:54PM
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=nick=
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um just huck em until u get steezier
Dec 10 2005 10:54PM
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fuzz.
Posts: 1438 - Karma: 47
lol,gee thanks?
Dec 10 2005 10:55PM
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Antoine.
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yeah do on and stay blanced. practice
Dec 10 2005 10:55PM
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sexy_skier_babii
Posts: 2490 - Karma: 15
its hard to explain, you just gotta do it
Dec 10 2005 10:56PM
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lalalalaura
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The very best way, is to ask someone in the park. Guaranteed, if you ask, someone will be willing to teach you. Unless you ski in buttfuck nowhere, and no one knows what newschool is. In that case, watch tons of skiporn and copy everything you can absorb.
Dec 10 2005 10:58PM
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President
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Approach the rail with the rail between your legs. This is very important, I see so many people trying to get on rails approaching them from the side, this will NOT work.
Be sure that your speed is good to get both your skis onto the rail and off the other end. Remember the slower you go the longer you spend on the rail!
Hop off the jump or transition, turn 90 degrees, and land on the rail square with the rail directly under the center of your boot sole. KEEP YOUR HANDS UP IN FRONT OF YOU.
Focus on the end of the rail, this helps to keep your weight forward and keeps you from falling off the rail to the sides.
Try to ride off the rail, straighten your skis downhill and stomp it out. You just cleaned the rail, and you still got your jewels...
Dec 10 2005 10:58PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
^werd, but start with boxes
Dec 11 2005 12:08AM
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4ss4ssin
Posts: 649 - Karma: 38
exactly
Dec 11 2005 12:12AM
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SkiMN
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Keep your weight centered, and make sure you turn the full 90 degrees. 45s might work on boxs but if you try one on a rail you ball sack will hate you forever.
Dec 11 2005 12:25AM
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t3shellvenom
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stay low, hop on sideays from straight on so the rail is in between your legs before you take off (not under you, infront of you)
Dec 11 2005 12:26AM
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