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Rails and boxes

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iluvBread
Posts: 1519 - Karma: 38
is it me or do rails seem easier than boxes..idk id rather hit  rails than boxes..some boxes are just scarier than rails...ne one else like this
Jan 18 2008 1:18AM
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A-Style**
Posts: 1831 - Karma: 81
im with you on that. grant it i cant do much shit on either. pretty basic stuff like 270 off and switch ups on boxes. but definitly more nervous when hitting a box than a rail
Jan 18 2008 2:49AM
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solitaryman
Posts: 3578 - Karma: 123
all tricks are way easier on rails
Jan 18 2008 3:01AM
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wunderskier
Posts: 418 - Karma: 9
i agree with you, boxes can be harder and look harder.  but i hit them both a lot.
Jan 18 2008 7:13AM
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skierkid_92
Posts: 228 - Karma: 11
nope...i think boxes are easier.....but then again our park bassically only has straight, flat boxes.
Jan 18 2008 8:17AM
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jKutcher
Posts: 3936 - Karma: 4,260
its just way harder to grip on a box than it is on a rail
Jan 18 2008 9:57AM
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jp14
Posts: 223 - Karma: 10
I think once you get used to rails there easier, but boxes are definitely easier to learn shit on, at least for me
Jan 18 2008 9:59AM
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al_britskiier
Posts: 419 - Karma: 23
wooorrddd
Jan 18 2008 10:04AM
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Tapes
Posts: 1469 - Karma: 7
yeah. its so much easier to ''slip'' on a box.
Jan 18 2008 10:06AM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
it depends
some of the boxes at my hill are like 2ft wide and flat
but then we got skinier different ones
Jan 18 2008 10:36AM
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abbazabba21
Posts: 234 - Karma: -2
rails are way better, more tech but easier to grip.  frontside spins and switch ups are so hard on boxes i can only do blindside lately haha.
Jan 18 2008 10:51AM
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RideTheCrash
Posts: 13 - Karma: 10
I just started hitting boxes yesterday actually and I noticed it was super easy to slip out at the start. Rails just made me more nervous. I guess since they're easier I'll have a go at some more rails today. Is it better to hop onto a box/rail or just simply ride onto it?
Jan 18 2008 11:19AM
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slashquatch
Posts: 874 - Karma: 17
no
Jan 18 2008 11:26AM
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49566738265
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agreed, plus a lot of times the landings get dug out really badly on boxes at keystone
Jan 18 2008 11:32AM
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triebby
Posts: 8670 - Karma: 2,190
boxes have their place for beginners and just here and there if they are a really sweet box, but other than that everything should be rails. i know i prefer to hit rails.
Jan 18 2008 11:35AM
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iluvBread
Posts: 1519 - Karma: 38
totally agreee like some boxes are just really fun like f-d and some d-f-d 's and i tink that they are pretty much the starting base for sliding things and once you get past that and start hitting rails it just feels like rails flow a lot easier
Jan 18 2008 12:23PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92
just for sliding them boxes are way easier, and for bs switchups and bs 270s.  But for fs stuff and pretzels rails are easier.
Jan 18 2008 12:28PM
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puhiS
Posts: 218 - Karma: 10
long curvy rails are sweeet..
Jan 18 2008 1:48PM
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HangThePope
Posts: 749 - Karma: 19
Yeah I like rails alot better but our park has almost all boxes.  We have like 25 different boxes and 2 rails setup right now.
Jan 18 2008 5:35PM
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Limerick_jibber
Posts: 66 - Karma: 11
I like rails more than boxes but it hurts alot more if you fall off a rail.
Jan 18 2008 5:43PM
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