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Jackpot
Posts: 4243 - Karma: 136
I've got a phobia of rails. I can do them, and i know it. But when i go to do em all i think about is falling backwards on my bad, or catching my frot edge and smashing my face off. I've done em before, but my mind overthinks and doesn't get me through.

So i ask you this, when u slide, are your bases flat, or do you lean back a little like you're stopping. I could never get this answer from anyone. I need confidence too.

RES
Mar 3 2003 6:18PM
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Freestyla11
Posts: 160 - Karma: 12
thats a good question...I have the same phobia..I dont know whether to slide flat or a little back. I usually lay em flat i havent smashed my face yet!!



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Mar 3 2003 6:21PM
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A_T_K
Posts: 1403 - Karma: 12
i slide with my right foot forward, you keep it a bit angled, not quite flat and then you keep your back foot flat, i slide with about 65.4% of my weight on my back foot, and keep your feet a little bit wider than shoulder width and keep your eyes focused on the end of the rail

keep your head screwed on tight

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Mar 3 2003 6:22PM
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Ds91260
Posts: 9984 - Karma: 19
stop being a puss just stand up on the rail
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Mar 3 2003 6:48PM
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srwinnsuco
Posts: 2943 - Karma: 1,472
I keep my bases flat on the rail, but it depends on the rail, some crappy rails you have to use the back edges of your ski's to grease it.
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Mar 3 2003 7:21PM
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srwinnsuco
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so i would say keep them flat and keep sliding rails to get the feel of them
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Mar 3 2003 7:22PM
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wiener
Posts: 2247 - Karma: 63
just stand up
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Mar 3 2003 7:39PM
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SNOWMAN17
Posts: 1797 - Karma: 54
u can have moer control and feel the rails better if u try to slide on ur back edges and not just flat on the ski, u slide slower too, but remember to keep your wait forword always, if u dont ull fall on ur ass

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Mar 3 2003 7:39PM
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KaMiKaZe_00
Posts: 552 - Karma: 10
you've done rails b4 so u CAN do them - now heres what u do, listen to music, something fast, probably rock and then focus on the music/words and just hit that rail..works for me- haha heres something i read in freeze: ' Before anything else, make sure you know that theis rail is wour little bitch, and that you'll nail it''

Good luck


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Mar 3 2003 7:43PM
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KaMiKaZe_00
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a few sp mistakes in the quote - check out my new signiture for the edited one
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Mar 3 2003 7:48PM
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anomericas
Posts: 8237 - Karma: 61
i lean back a little, my first couple of times, tehn start to go flatter
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Mar 3 2003 7:59PM
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DizasterPE153
Posts: 281 - Karma: 10
if you know you can do them up all you have to do us get it out of your head. try listing to some tunes while your jibbin.
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Mar 3 2003 8:27PM
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Scotchy
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you're a pussy
Mar 3 2003 9:13PM
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cams
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as soon as you go on edge your skis will leave from under you.. just keep a flat base and your momemtum going with your skis.. its super easy once you get it


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Mar 3 2003 9:25PM
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rossignol_rider
Posts: 1956 - Karma: 13
Learn them flat, then lean back a little on your edges, and you can make cool sparks

Mar 3 2003 9:35PM
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cj
Posts: 4032 - Karma: 469
i used to be hells good at rails, i could slide anything most parks had to offer, then i nutted so hard i ripped my pants, i dont do rails anymore...
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Mar 3 2003 9:36PM
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pag
Posts: 3412 - Karma: 69
rails aren't my phobia but my phobia is to broke my nuts on the rail but I'm doing them normlay flat
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Mar 3 2003 9:37PM
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NoTeefa
Posts: 9566 - Karma: 129
DONT LEAN BACK ON RAILS
you want the majority of your weight to be on your front foot, so you dont fall back on to the rail on your hip because that hurts like a bitch
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Mar 3 2003 10:22PM
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Aprogressivone
Posts: 263 - Karma: 20
yeah don't be a wimp, so go for it, I SKIED ONCE THIS SEASON, so i have to progress in that 1 day, I slid my first rail 2nd try, end of day i could get on switch and and off switch, i had to learn my 180's 3's and grabs in the same day, i hate being a black skier lol, next year im asking all my white friends 2 sign me up on their church ski trips in stuff, thats like 5 ski days right there, no counting bumming rides with people im not even friends with at my school lol


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Mar 3 2003 11:05PM
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CanadianSkiGod
Posts: 2281 - Karma: 10
well.. startby doing the baby rails (2 inch off he ground), and boxes





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Mar 3 2003 11:22PM
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Jackpot
Posts: 4243 - Karma: 136
i'm going to my friends tonight, we ahve a 8' high, 8 foot long rail setup, i'm getting my balls back, alpentalik had em. Ran off saying something about elton john and anal.....

RES

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Mar 4 2003 3:48PM
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ryankirkphoto
Posts: 408 - Karma: 14
sounds like ur exajerating and ur gonna loose um for good
Mar 4 2003 4:00PM
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Nine_Milla_Killa
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Leaning back like you're stopping is what gets you hurt.
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Mar 4 2003 5:14PM
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lineskier10
Posts: 11339 - Karma: 796
yeah leaning back fucks you up, ive learned that from expierience, and watching my friends
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Mar 4 2003 5:16PM
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buck490
Posts: 1169 - Karma: 21
you just have to be confudent in yourself and you'll start to grease em'.

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Mar 4 2003 5:18PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
the faster you go the less you have to balance. I try to keep my bases flat.

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Mar 4 2003 5:25PM
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Jackpot
Posts: 4243 - Karma: 136
I came, i saw i conquered. I went to my friends, greased the whole rail smooth first try, said 'hey not so bad', 100 slides later, snap...wtf? why did my ski pop off...i try again, snap...huh? then my friend says 'you snapped ur ski in half..AAAAAHHHHHHHHH

thank god they were an old pair of rossi energy's

RES

no they dont, penguins have magic powers that make them live forever and see through walls with laser beams that come out of their eyes-publicenemy1023
Mar 5 2003 4:23PM
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CrystalineSkier
Posts: 1065 - Karma: 16
t' be a pussy. my first day leanrning rails was a bitch but i didn't stop ever. I hiked up on that straight rails 70 fuckign times till i got it perfect. the bruises hurt and they were all over but i'm not a pussy. Just do the damn rail. If you mess up then you mess up. Then do it again

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Mar 5 2003 4:31PM
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etom
Posts: 2443 - Karma: 13
i slide with more wieght on my front foot most of the time. with my bases flat unless the rial is sketchy
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Davis a Little: i just get to the middle and stop then start rappn
Mar 5 2003 4:35PM
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SHARPIE69
Posts: 136 - Karma: 13
SHARPIE ISNT SCARED OF ANYTHING!!!!!!!

except chicks with firebreathinng dirt cocks, like crack rocks, my chickens come in flocks and youhave never even seen the size of my boat docks

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Mar 5 2003 7:57PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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Everytime I hit rails I get fucked up too. I seem to hop on flat and catch edges and fall forward my skis are like 3 weeks old and I havn't tuned the edges or waxed em yet. Anyone have tips on detuneing middle of ski without trashing downhill capabilities also some guy told me not to wax the middle of your skis cuz itll make em stickier on the rails. We have no beginner rails at our mountain they are all kinked gap rails
Mar 5 2003 8:16PM
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WIfreeskier
Posts: 8125 - Karma: 65
This is what I did. Since i live about 2.5 hrs away from the nearest ski resort with rails, i built one in my backyard. Just do it over and over and over, until you are very very comfortable on it. Then the next time you go skiing, you will have the confidence. And if you don't have that confidence, try the rail anyway, because you will realize what your mistakes were and you'll realize that it didn't hurt that bad, then you will gain more confidence. good luck.
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Mar 5 2003 9:02PM
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Caden
Posts: 3213 - Karma: 10
i started rails end of last year and worked little for anything... this year since we didnt have much snow for the first 4 or 5 months i worked on them more and more and now im comfortable.. tahts just me, but if ur scared just dont think. best way to do is to go. go ahead and keep telling yourself to bail, but when u get the the kicked just go off and turn... thats the hardest part.. fall and next time ull be like 'this shit fockin easy'




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Mar 5 2003 9:07PM
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Phrosty
Posts: 9956 - Karma: 18
i sing another one bites the dust to myself then hit it expecting to fall, most of the time i don't


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Mar 5 2003 9:10PM
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lineskier10
Posts: 11339 - Karma: 796
yeah im scared but i just go for it, and usually dont fall badly
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Mar 5 2003 9:54PM
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rockymountainmilitia
Posts: 2706 - Karma: 12
don't lean back and wear a helmet, your not gonna hurt yourself bad. you might get a bruise. but go fast onto the rail, then its harder to fall
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Mar 5 2003 10:00PM
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ConceptPro153
Posts: 2584 - Karma: 58
Yeah I learned how to slide my first rails last year at windells now I dont ven think about it becasue if u think to much your going to fuck up just slide veryrail the same.....also practice looking over both shoulders when skiing fakie so when u get good switch ons wont be hard
Mar 6 2003 1:20AM
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Scotchy
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you are clearly a homosexual
Mar 6 2003 1:25AM
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SeanB
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good one scotchy, so clever.

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Mar 6 2003 3:45AM
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BallinBU
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expect to get hurt. then when you do, at least you knew it was coming. that's my scene
Mar 6 2003 4:05AM
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k2_kodi
Posts: 727 - Karma: 11
rails scare me...like everything else. but just two days ago, i went off a simple one. I dunno what I was doing but I put my weight on my back leg. I went to do a 270 off, and my skis just flipped right out from under me and I hit my head on the rail :( Major concussion.

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Mar 6 2003 8:51AM
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Jackpot
Posts: 4243 - Karma: 136
First try ont he straight rail at my hill, i wasn't concentrating and fell backwards and rounded the edges on my new 1080's very nicely. Then i got pissed so i greased the whole thing second try.

RES

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Mar 6 2003 10:12AM
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ductapeboy
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feet flat.


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Mar 6 2003 10:28AM
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Warren
Posts: 224 - Karma: 10
Ice-Is-Scary:

You have quite the dichotomy - dull for the rails yet sharp for skiing.

Take the skis to the shop to make sure the bases are flat. Your new skis may be railed which is why you're catching the front-side edge.

Ask for the base bevel to be set to 2° and the edge bevel to either 2° or 3°. With these angles the edge will be high enough not to hook up. Do not detune. Always wax. If you find you're sliding too fast, choose a less-inclined rail until you're used to the speed, then step up!
Mar 6 2003 11:30AM
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