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mtbaker_rules
Posts: 640 - Karma: 11
i started to get comfortable on flat rails and decided it was time to step it up and try the rainbow rail. the one at my mountain is around 5-6 feet tall and 10-15 feet long. anyways i tried it several times and managed to get to the top and essentially fall off of it. i think i may need a little more speed but i was skiing up to it and hopping pretty much straight up it and catching my left ski tip (i slide rails with my left foot forward) almost nutting myself a few times. i'm wondering if it would be better to slide into it sideways. also, should i try to keep my feet together or a little apart? i'd get up to the top of it and my back ski would be dragging. any other suggestions would be great too.
Jan 27 2003 8:14PM
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Big_Willy
Posts: 2865 - Karma: 6
If theres a nice lil ramp up the rainbow with a small gap in between try and pop onto it. Usually there isnt a nice ramp onto rainbows tho, some people are talented enough to ollie onto it but a lot of people cant, so try and slide onto it like you were doing a hockey stop. As per your feet positioning, Id recommend your feet about shoulder width apart, that makes for good balance, and if your back foot is catching, Im guessing that you might be angling your back foot, try and flatten it out maybe? Good luck.



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Jan 27 2003 11:56PM
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east
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 94
Try making the onramp yourself. Make it flush with the rail but make it good enought that your ski won't can slide on it w/o messing it up. Get alot of speed and slide sideways on the snow b4 getting to rail and hopefully you'll still have enough speed to slide it
Jan 28 2003 11:26AM
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