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Rails or Jumps

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wh@t
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what do you like more? and give an explanation too. i like rails more cause i like the technical shit you can do, dont get me wrong i love huge fuckin 180s as much as the next dude but, jea.
Jul 10 2006 2:20PM
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wh@t
Posts: 6204 - Karma: 51
should i have posted this in ski-gabber. prolly but whateva
Jul 10 2006 2:22PM
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Anathema
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sliding a rail nice and smooth is probably one of the better feelings out there, but i still prefer to be in the air. i just keep my shit simple on rails. smooth, stylish, and that's that.

as for jumps, i find the feeling of progressing is so much more satisfying when you stomp that new trick you've been working on. i find it's so much more of a rush too. more sketchy, bigger bails, harder impact, but more glory in the end.

don't get me wrong, people bail hard on rails too, but they tend to be more the bone cracking type of bail as opposed to the bone smashing type (or at least in my experience)
Jul 10 2006 2:23PM
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hurrisun
Posts: 6284 - Karma: 49
its 200 times bigger and people still dont use it
Jul 10 2006 2:24PM
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prosnurfer
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i love a nice jump, jumps r the shit, my personal fav but i also like rails at the start of the season when there is no jumps to be hit
Jul 10 2006 2:26PM
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Anathema
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another point is that i can find myself hitting a nice smooth jump alllll day long.. beautiful weather, soft snow, just a picture perfect day, whereas rails get boring to me after a short session, even if it's a perfect set up
Jul 10 2006 2:29PM
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wh@t
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true very true, but then again you can do so much on rails and you can hit rails almost anywhere.
Jul 10 2006 2:33PM
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ski_cartel
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jumps hands down, theres a feel i get when i take off the jump. The feeling of weightless-ness as you float to the landing, its just the best feeling int the world
Jul 10 2006 2:44PM
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skiracer28
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neither i race
Jul 10 2006 3:22PM
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timmi
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alias.

but yeah, i perfer jumps. just lookin down and seeing your 10-15 feet in the air and being like oh shit. yeaaah!
Jul 10 2006 3:26PM
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killabees
Posts: 8558 - Karma: 494
im pretty bad at rails havent really givin it a chance but im better off the jumps
Jul 10 2006 3:40PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
rails,, i get scared by jumps lol
Jul 10 2006 3:47PM
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kabozo101
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jumps, i get more scared on rails
Jul 10 2006 6:23PM
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wdbo.
Posts: 4935 - Karma: 173
i like rails over boxes and jumps over rails
you just feel cooler stompin on jumps i think
Jul 10 2006 6:27PM
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Calb3rt
Posts: 6005 - Karma: 2,203
they are almost the same for me. its about 55-45 in favor of jumps becauce i like the feel of weightlessness in the air and pretty much the same reason everyone else likes them too. rails are alot of fun becasue there are so many diffrent varieties of them and so many diffrent things to be done on them.
Jul 10 2006 6:30PM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 257
jumps because nothing feels better than stomping a sick trick over a huge jump. (rails are sick too by the way)
Jul 10 2006 7:22PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92
Jumps, because I like rails better but you can't ride a lot of rails without a jump, I guess.
Jul 10 2006 7:28PM
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Corkster
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jumps b/c there is so much you can do
Jul 10 2006 7:33PM
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wh@t
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hahaha; in the park, not with urbans.
Jul 10 2006 7:34PM
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bitchassphatz
Posts: 6171 - Karma: 107
jumps, i wish they had a rope tow for them though. you don't have nearly as much going on in a jump run as a rail run.

i like rails a lot, but im a pussy on jumps and need to like them more. i appreciate good tricks on jumps a lot more than rails.

however one aspect that is being over looked is pipe. and pipe is the msot tech. i love that shit, takes forever to be a baller in the pipe. so much comfort is needed. and you definately expirience the worst falls in the pipe. there is such a little gap for error.
Jul 10 2006 7:37PM
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TheClap.
Posts: 21664 - Karma: 4,140
urban rail over park jumps
park jumps over park rails
BC jumps over park jumps
so pretty much BC jumps and urban rails
Jul 10 2006 7:43PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92
95% of the rails at my hill have jumps
Jul 10 2006 8:07PM
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wh@t
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nvm, i dont think i said that well.
Jul 10 2006 8:08PM
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720laxskier
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i love floatin through the air
Jul 10 2006 9:35PM
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Thomson.
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I like jumps better... im more comfortable.
Jul 10 2006 9:40PM
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jimmychung
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it used to be jumps for me, but now i'm more into rails. i like being a little closer to the ground, there's less room for fatal error.
Jul 10 2006 9:42PM
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Apple
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Iv fucked myself up worse on rails than I ever have on Jumps... But then again the last two seasons Iv been too injured to ski long before decent jumps get set up, ususaly due to drinking related incidents... Soo Its hard to say. I wish i could have been progressing with jumps like I have with rails though. THis seasonw ill be diffrent. I can feel it.

Soo... jumps?
Jul 10 2006 9:51PM
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Kazabazua
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i like rails more cause there is so much to be done on them... and you can always up the tech and smoothness of it
Jul 10 2006 9:59PM
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SIX
Posts: 4595 - Karma: 506
rails, but jumps are sick too!
Jul 10 2006 10:04PM
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Grimace.
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i have the exact philosophy as whoever made this thread
Jul 10 2006 10:21PM
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Luc.
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i would say rails just becasue where i ski the jumps usually suck,,,
Jul 10 2006 10:54PM
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mad_540_trix
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i know, we just can't win.
Jul 10 2006 11:05PM
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mad_540_trix
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YES.

big ass lines > anything else.
they're just way more fun, for me anyways.  the feeling i get when i turn two drops into one is the best feeling for me when i'm skiiing, and i love to follow it up with ripping through pow and off of more natural hits.

big ass lines
bc jumps
park jumps
rails
Jul 10 2006 11:09PM
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invader7
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deffinatly
Jul 10 2006 11:27PM
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Beamer12
Posts: 3227 - Karma: 46
how can you choose

well i guess you dont have to if u have a sick park.god i love skiing
Jul 10 2006 11:33PM
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Apple
Posts: 7906 - Karma: 33
I change my answer. i like jibbing more. even though it seems to hate me.
Jul 10 2006 11:34PM
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juanborlando
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rails
Jul 10 2006 11:39PM
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s.jeff
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Im better at jumps than rails so i say jumps but i like rails to
Jul 11 2006 2:09AM
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jd_1260
Posts: 1192 - Karma: 293
backcountry jumps cause its os hard to get hurt. and i suck at rails
Jul 11 2006 2:26AM
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bpalmer
Posts: 2408 - Karma: 93
Definitely jumps lately even though I considered myself a very rail oriented skier for a while.

There is something magical about just getting your grab as soon as you get off the kicker and just flying. You feel like you are in a ski movie, and that is not replaceable.


Also, locking on to any landings, whether it's that 270 on to a rail or that 5 off a jump, then sticking it, is the best feeling ever.
Jul 11 2006 11:28AM
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heFF
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word
Jul 11 2006 12:03PM
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D_Mezz
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when im at the mountain...or hill in my case...i like hitting the jumps as much as possible..1: i can set rails up in my back yard and 2: i like flying through the air ..ill admit that yes, it feels great to perfectley slide a rail.. but i would much rather fly 60 feet
Jul 11 2006 12:21PM
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madtownfreestyle
Posts: 841 - Karma: 53
they both have their advantages at times...i guess it just depends what mood im in... but i think i get more of a rush in the air
Jul 11 2006 12:23PM
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[~_~]
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I suck at jumps but they're sooooo fun!
Jul 11 2006 1:18PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
i think BC booters are the most fun thing to do on skis. I could be perfectly happy hitting jumps in the backcountry for the rest of my life. Powder and air is where it's at.
Jul 11 2006 1:28PM
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lunchmeat
Posts: 922 - Karma: 227
even though rails are coming up more and more jumps seem to be more fun.....whoever thinks that there is more u can do on rail they are wrong u might be able to throw stuff into a smallrail and make the title butter lipside270 260switchup to lincohn off but u can still throw shiftys grabs and tons of other shiot into jumps plus a big jump will get my attention more then a big rail shot
Jul 11 2006 2:26PM
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LostCarKeys
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^ some of us Eastcoasters don't get that kind of powder love... I loved rails 2 seasons ago, then jumps this past season... I think I am still in jump mode, you need snow to build a big jump, and that is what I want right now...
Jul 11 2006 2:27PM
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N-John360
Posts: 835 - Karma: 8
Jumps, especially like the 60 footers... Also, Jumps don't usually hurt as much if u eat shit.
Jul 11 2006 3:49PM
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Geoff.
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both fun

cant decide i like them both
Jul 11 2006 4:29PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
huge jumps infront of rails so u can rasil or gap the rail and do a srteezy cork 5
Jul 11 2006 4:45PM
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punkrock32
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rails, its more fun and i had some bad crashes on the jumps this year
Jul 11 2006 4:51PM
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