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Help with getting onto rails from the side like urban style

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Peter.
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Yeah i can get on rails that i go at straight on, but i want to learn to get on rails that you have to go at them from one side...

i slide right foot forward
Apr 14 2007 1:28PM
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ButteredToast.
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BUMP!
Apr 14 2007 1:35PM
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espong1321
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go fast, come from side of choice, lean hella hard an far forwar on ur noses then do the illest nollie to tail press down the rail
Apr 14 2007 1:38PM
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cobra_commander
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squats my friend. and leg press.
Apr 14 2007 1:46PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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pop  large

Apr 14 2007 1:50PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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dont listen.....come up to it with moderate speed(not as much as you would hop halfway down the rail)but enough to just get you on.you want to be almost pointing in the same direction as the rail but with a very little angle towards it. hop up and once your over the rail or just about over the rail begin to turn 90'. it varies from person to person on what foot to put on first but i usually put my back foot on first and then sort of step on with my other foot. its hard to explain but it makes it alot smoother.you have to commit to it and not just slide off the side. look at the end of the rail and you should have just done it
Apr 14 2007 2:04PM
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JPOB
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you can jump with your outer leg and throw you inner leg upward to get you high enough to get on the rail, the make sure you're leanin forward because if it's setup urbanly then it'll probably be a down rail...
Apr 14 2007 2:09PM
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--Daniel--
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just get up over the rail and then turn and slide it like normal if it's a flat rail. it'll take some practice to get your weight and balance right to stay on the rail but you'll get it.

if it's a round rail you have to get on the rail from the side and then kind of roll up onto the top. i don't know how to explain it really but if you try to get right on the top without leaning right then you'll just slide right over. practice makes perfect man so just hit urban rails as much as you can and you'll get it down eventually
Apr 14 2007 2:26PM
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psychkub
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first things first, before you start doing what everyone is saying, just find a short one, go fast and launch off and land on it further down the bottom. It will give you awareness of the speed and angle you need to be going at to comfortably hit it. Once you feel comfortable doing this, slow down and start popping off the lip and landing higher up. Above all make sure you practice raising your tips up before turning 90. I'm still learning "urban" style rails, and on occasion I've had one of my tips hit the side of the rail. Above all, just pop off the lip and you should be fine.
Apr 14 2007 2:33PM
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t_rob
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good thread. i tried looking for a picture to help you out... i found this

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its not the best picture but its the only one i found.
Apr 14 2007 2:35PM
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--Daniel--
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hahaha ouch
Apr 14 2007 2:40PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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i dont really recommend doing this unless you have fairly good balance on handrails and can disaster a good distance on a flatbar...might turn out bad. oh and if osmeone says relax dont do it too much cause sometimes when im tired and im just too relax i always forget to hop and just sortof hobble on to the rail and it usually ends badly....aproach with confidence and be sure to try again imediatly after if you fall
Apr 14 2007 2:56PM
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Peter.
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yeah i always get scared that im gonna not get high enough with my tips
Apr 15 2007 12:01PM
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psychkub
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the only reason I remmended doing that is because that's the only way I got the balls to actually go out and try a urban style rail. It was a really short one too, no more than 10 feet, so by the time I landed, I only had like 5 feet left to slide. It's like once I got that landed, the adrenaline would help me get over the fear of trying something new. Of course, he could just go for it and eat shit and fall on the bar and slide out the rest of the rail on his ribs.
Apr 15 2007 12:22PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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yes he could.except if you cant even go on a handrail setup from the side then disastering it is going to lead to imminent death by most likely, a) him trying to go to fast and not turn enough = nutdeath or b) him flying over the side of the rail into stairs. i think the main thing here is not to do urban without being able to approach from the side. its really not that hard if you have the technique...it just takes time to master it
Apr 15 2007 12:26PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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wow that would hurt
Apr 15 2007 12:32PM
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bhill2.0
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i don't know about you but the way i do it is just get  as much speed as you regualry would or a little more hit it  hit it with the slightest angle going towards the rail  pop and lock your left foot on first and  your right foot will follow

i just jump and  step the left on and swing my right on

i just realized how hard it was to teach that
Apr 15 2007 12:37PM
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parkchilla
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Dude its way easy, lift your inside foot up and and hop off the other foot
Apr 15 2007 2:38PM
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Peter.
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bump action
Apr 17 2007 4:14PM
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KG_
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step on with ur non leading foot first
Apr 17 2007 4:17PM
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Casey
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snocompton!
Apr 17 2007 4:20PM
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B-Wall
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just take moderat speed in and just steeze it
Apr 17 2007 4:32PM
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KG_
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haha dont do this ^
Apr 17 2007 4:35PM
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manly.DINOSAUR
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do calf raises! seriously, they'll help you pop. also, eat fried chicken and watermelon.


Apr 17 2007 4:39PM
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