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Are rails wrecking skiing?
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I want to hear your take on it
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theres still so much more to be done on rails think about it.... are we even close to doing say switch nollie lipslide nosepress's?
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ive got nothing against rails, i just dont do them myself. i like my skis the way they are... but i think when people do them, and in a gnarley fashion, its sick.
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your on to something here. But on the east coast what options do we have eh?
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rails help the sport of freeskiing but they do wreck the skis....
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if allowing thousands of east coast kids to have fun on the shittiest mountains with no snow is wrecking skiing, then yes
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Chances are if you responded yes to this thread, your bitter about sucking at rails.
Suck it up and spin to win fuckers.
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fuck no. theres is nothing cooler than a big steezy disaster
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Agreed, like I said, I love rails.
I just took offence to the guy who's point seemed to be: "all skiing and it's roots, except for what I do, is gay"
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i wouldnt go that far. id rather see a steezed out snowboarder nosegrind than a skier nose grind. why? skiers have to stick their asses into the air.
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NO rails are harder than well anything else i can think of you can do whatever on them and no one can stop you i like doing rails thats all my mtn has set up now
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now how u gunna hate on rails? people on the ec thrive for rails
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definantly not... it was one of those things thats bound to happen, weve followed trend with snowboarding like crazy, with clothes and shit it just makes it more interesting, more to do, more shit to get better at but at the same time people are pulling crazy shit and i think it looks a lot sicker to just be super smooth with it instead of like doing "switch 270, 360 bs switch up 450 out" shit on like a 10 foot rail like make it look good not just difficult
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ever heard of breaking your paragraphs up into sentences?
rails are harder than anything you can think of? i don't think so, i've seen videos on here of kids who can't ski for shit, can't throw a 5, but can switch 270 on switchup pretzel 270 out. i think jumps are harder to get good at, and take more balls too.
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I love rails. I would just rather see people putting more style in the them. Rather, than just doing a lot of switch ups. we need to get more inventive. example. at my home mountian i saw TJ Schiller do a hand plant to pull him self onto a kink rail..
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i think skiers look better on rails than most snowbaorders. most snow boarders just ride straight on and do a 50/50. LAME
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rails are only wrecking skiing for those who cant do them
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only thing rails wreck are my edges and i dont give a shit
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biathlon's awesome! what's better than skiing and shooting things (ignoring the fact that it's cross country skiing)
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no change in rails? are you nuts? 270 on, pretzel switch up to switch on an urban? 270 on, pretzel 270 off on 30 sets? youre nuts
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FUCK NO! they are progressing it
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nah its not..they'll make advancements every year to keep skis in shape even if there hitting rails a lot
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Rails make skiing for me.
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naa they dont wreck them unless u dont know how to do them
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deff not true i say there equal considering its two compleatly different sports and styles
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Of course not. They bring so much to the sport. They are half the reason why i ski, the other half being ramps/pipe
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here is a story about someone thinking rails are dumb. so 2 years ago me and my cousin (some of you on this site may know him i wont say who but he is on this site) , any how we started in the park sking and i was hitting the rails falling and falling, untill i got it down so i got it down and it was the best feeling ever. he couldnt and went on the whole this is dumb i dont want to do this ,i as like ok just cause you cant do it dosent meen they are dumb , so i pushed him to keep trying and he did so yeah thats how it went. true story
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and you well wreck your self on a rail before a rail well wreck sking
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well nobody is forcing people to do rails. so if you think its ruining the sport jus stay in the woods and do pow i guess. skiing can never be ruined ne ways
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calling a rail jam skiing is false. there is no skiing involved. skiing is skiing through the woods, carving, or even going through a park. someone could never touch a resort and be able to 'ski' rails.
some could argue that yes they do wreck skiing. i dont like rails cuz i cant do them and they can get played but i guess they dont wreck skiing. someone could def make a good argument saying that they do though
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BITCH PLEASE! rails are the sickest thing evvvvvver! soo sick and sooo much creativity and technicality can be done on them. Jumps are sooo sick. but rails are just as sick.
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rails are easier by far. i think that they are not really meant to be in skiing, but...they are super fun!
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we are actually wrecking rails!!!!! YEA!
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I enjoy a good rail, but would prefer a sick step up or a powder day.
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if you think rails are ruining skiing watch skimatic and i guarantee you you will change your mind
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no, rails will die in 50 years but not right now
then we'll be doing like lazer skis just like armada video and we'll have robots
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they wreck your skis more than skiing itself,
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To whoever started this thread... saying that rails are wrecking skiing is first of all, ignorant. BUT regardless, think of this question...
How many people said that twin tipped skis were "wrecking" skiing when they came out? And look where the sport of freestyle skiing is today! Case and point.
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compared to hidden rocks, rails do nothing to skis. I ski park all season, then I have some powder days, and I go home with 2 core shots and in need of a shit load of ptex.
rails were the natural progression of freestlye skiing, following the snowboarders who were following the skateboarders. I do find "urban skiing" a little bit ridiculous, but I do it anyway cause its a fun thing to do when theres snow and you cant get to the mountains. I'd like so see more events that make skiers push their boundries in all aspects of skiing, not just double kink rails with insance combo's. Thats why I thouht the K2 back 9 was so cool.
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it's called progression, good luck stopping it
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