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Tips for riding rails?

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MaryJane
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Getting huge air, and jumping off cliffs...I'm fine with. But rails scare me....everytime I try them, I come away with a brused nut.
Oct 24 2003 6:08PM
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B-Flip
Posts: 909 - Karma: 13
make sure u turn the whole 90 degrees on the rail bend your knees and look at the end of the rail and u'll be fine
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Oct 24 2003 6:12PM
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Nine_Milla_Killa
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If you feel like you're going to fall off, then just get off, if u try too hard, thats when you nut yourself.
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Oct 24 2003 6:17PM
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CharlesB.
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center you weight not to fall off and keep your feet about a foot apart for balance, I just understood that and it works really well.



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Oct 24 2003 6:20PM
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MaryJane
Posts: 193 - Karma: 10
How much speed should I take into it?

Oct 24 2003 6:28PM
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MaryJane
Posts: 193 - Karma: 10
^assuming it's just a flat rail.
Oct 24 2003 6:28PM
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CharlesB.
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hard to explain on a computer...let's say get good speed, not like if you would hit a booter lol, but enough speed so you can grind all the rail without slowing down in the middle of it coz you didn't go fast enough...sorry that's the best I can do lol.



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Oct 24 2003 6:31PM
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wolfmansbro
Posts: 2155 - Karma: 137
yeah thats how i am, getting better though. i use to beable to drop a 30 footer before greasing a rail. the main key that i learned was to look at the end of the rail. starting out you can get more speed then normal, then when you are comfortable with it slow it down and add style. just judge what others are taking it at
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Oct 24 2003 6:32PM
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icyeastcoast
Posts: 472 - Karma: 23
u know what helps me, as gay i think it really is. gorilla steez, stay low getting onto the rail to keep a low center of gravity and u'll have an easier time keeping your balance...not 2 low, but lower than u would normally ski
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Oct 24 2003 8:52PM
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S.Harkins
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not sucking works, not for me though - it just takes balls and keeping balance, you prob just lean back--DONT, simple
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Oct 24 2003 8:57PM
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huckster989
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yeah i'd say speed is key when I was first trying my friend was doing so much better and it was cuz I was going to slow and if you don't have that speed its impossible to balance so try it with just enough speed that you don't feel comfortable. good luck
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Oct 24 2003 9:06PM
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huckster989
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yeah i'd say speed is key when I was first trying my friend was doing so much better and it was cuz I was going to slow and if you don't have that speed its impossible to balance so try it with just enough speed that you don't feel comfortable. good luck
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Oct 24 2003 9:06PM
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seward
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grab your nuts and hit it with some speed

way to many rookies slide em to slow


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Oct 24 2003 9:51PM
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feezy
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I pussed out one time and rode straight onto the rail. Needless to say I have greased every rail I have attempted with a certain sense of respect, and a sense that my testicle got hurt before.


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Oct 25 2003 12:22AM
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hexum
Posts: 840 - Karma: 10
put most of your weight on your downhill ski... if you dont, you get funny black and blue marks all over your hip and a seperated shoulder


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Oct 25 2003 8:13AM
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MidwestJibba
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i got im not trying to be an ass but when u get out this season just ask someone thats knows how i bet they will help ya
Oct 25 2003 10:56AM
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ductapeboy
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you guys all forgot the most important thing.... RELAX. you have to be super compfortable... relax, and think it will be fine, then go into it at a medium speed, turn your whole body to 90 degrees when you get on, look at the end of the rail, and keep your weight forward.... and RELAX. it is the most important thing.


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Oct 25 2003 11:30AM
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RideBLUNT
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and ROYALE STEEZ, and dont forget balls


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Oct 25 2003 11:44AM
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albatross.
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hmm, for speed i would think just average speed, like 10 km/h. im starting to like taking tons of speed in and not popping off the jump much. that way you grind the rail really fast and you launch off the end
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Oct 25 2003 2:34PM
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johnnypsunami
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its true gorilla style, as much as its pretty flaming, it does help on rails, if you are low and thuggish than its harder to fall and if/when you do fall it doesnt hurt as much
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Oct 25 2003 3:44PM
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Capurnicus
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royale is sooo sick

but yeah just get your feet over the rail, and kinda just gotta let your self chill out..keep both hands in front and don't lean back and don't lean foward...might want to de-tune your edges

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Oct 25 2003 3:48PM
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Oct 25 2003 3:56PM
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mommy
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dropping a cliff and hitting a rail is pretty much the same thing..
Oct 25 2003 4:00PM
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justinm
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just look at the end of the rail and be commited





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Oct 25 2003 4:14PM
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freeskiing04
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now this may sound silly, but what do i think of as i go? do i have think about the rail or something else? would it start off natural? thanks

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Oct 25 2003 6:47PM
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 6
You have to own the rail. Like I find that yelling at it as i approach gets me pretty worked up so that my attention is taken away from only trying to stay centered on the rail. But yeah, don't let the rail intimidate you!


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Oct 25 2003 9:05PM
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smitt
Posts: 227 - Karma: 18
the best thing is to get relly coky a picture your self as tanner or someone and think that its the easiest shit ever and you usually do it pritty good







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Oct 25 2003 9:07PM
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bigpurplebev
Posts: 335 - Karma: 38
don't check within like 5 feet, if you have to , do a pizza or somthin cuz doin a regular check will mess up your being square to the rail.
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Oct 25 2003 9:08PM
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MaryJane
Posts: 193 - Karma: 10
Sounds good! Thanks for the info! As far as detuning my edges....why? Is it really possible to catch an edge on a rail? Or does it keep you from blowing the edge?
Oct 25 2003 10:48PM
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Vtsnowski
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bend your knees




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Oct 25 2003 10:50PM
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hucksterjibber15
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put more weight on the leading foot, and it helps me to kinda point at the end of the rail, then i have a good focus point
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Oct 25 2003 11:22PM
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3ski6guy0
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you just have to experiment man. hard to say on the computer
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Oct 26 2003 12:32AM
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freeskiing04
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thats really helpful! now im pumped for snow...heh not much in upstate NY yet
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Oct 31 2003 4:13PM
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TheWorst
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just come up to it with a good amount of speed with your legz shoulder width apart and then get low and just do 90 degrees n ure pretty much done itz just getting on to the rail thats the hardest part when ure first starting them


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Oct 31 2003 4:55PM
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mckeeman
Posts: 2674 - Karma: 122
Here...this is the easiest way to figgure it out.

Put a skateboard about 10ft in front of you and run and jump on it...if your weight is too far back you will fall on you ass...same with the rail. You have to be committed and balanced...
Most (60%) of your weight whould be on your front foot.=, looking at the end of the rail...

And it is better to fall forward then to slide out and land on your hip on the rail, forward you can at least brace yourself...



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Oct 31 2003 8:18PM
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blind_five
Posts: 327 - Karma: 13
That skateboard thing is gold.

It seems like everytime I get comfortable with a rail, whether it be a flat, or kinked or otherwise, I go a little too fast, or get too cocky, and fuck myself up. What's with that?

Also, I've never had the balls to try a rainbow...

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Oct 31 2003 8:30PM
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C.Royce
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i didn't read most of those ^^ but...get low do the whole gorilla steez..its way easier...bend your knees and just go for it...you usually fall when you're not going to 90 and jumping onto the rail..
Oct 31 2003 8:47PM
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Jib_This
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If you're not above embarrassing yourself and looking gay, find a pair of inlines and a low rail. Then go at it. You should get it within 30 seconds. Then you'll more or less get it when you're on skis. At a minimum, you'll understand what to do a little bit better, and you'll feel more confident when you're sliding on skis. The more speed, the better.



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Oct 31 2003 10:53PM
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What
Posts: 1307 - Karma: 30
for the speed factor, just watch videos, whether they be pro videos, or the ones of this site, just watch them and get an idea of how much speed should be carried into them


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Nov 1 2003 5:28PM
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SkiRoundtopRules
Posts: 158 - Karma: 10
Most of the weight on the front foot? I though it should be on the back foot.
Nov 1 2003 9:09PM
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mckeeman
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if your weight is back, you are going to slide out and fall back and land on your hip...that sucks worse than falling forward...trust me...

just think of the skateboard...if you lean back then your gonna stack it hard...



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Nov 2 2003 12:34AM
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Powderdayz
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if u wear a helmelt, do a helmet slide, its the latest thing...
Nov 2 2003 12:40AM
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Danger.
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jump, bend your knees, and then turn 90 degrees. get low and center your balance
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Nov 2 2003 3:07AM
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the-east-isnt-that-bad
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Almost forgot, never try a new rail before you hit the kicker in front a few times and you know what is at the end. There's nothing worse than greasing a huge ass rainbow first time and then finding out that somebody decided to build a pile of snow just at the end...


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Nov 2 2003 9:21PM
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Mattman
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wow, that a lot of good advice
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Nov 2 2003 9:24PM
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TheWorst
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jibbing is fun


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Nov 8 2003 4:23PM
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midwest_720s
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what fucked me up was leaning the oposite way i was goin and landed strait ontop of the rail. keep your body leaning equally with the angle of the rail, even if its a strait.

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Nov 8 2003 4:29PM
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TheWorst
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i find the trick is just gettin the rite amount of speed then itz super easy


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Nov 8 2003 4:35PM
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Dfresh
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if you take a really harsh bail, then that is the worst that can happen, so go at it and just commit, there are sometimes where you do everything right and you just catch an edge on the rail, make sure the rail is not garbage also, becuse you can be more prone to catch and edge which is not a good thing.

turn the full 90, and don't go from the side, go right at the rail or go at the side where you have to pop over the rail to get on, that way you fully commit.


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Nov 8 2003 4:50PM
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TheWorst
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^^^ yea u make a point, if the rail is shit yo will most likely catch an edge, cuz at the end of last year, im a pretty decent jibber, i took a really harsh bail on my backyard rail cuz it was all rusted at the end of the year


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Nov 8 2003 9:24PM
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scratch720
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keep your knees bent, have the speed (try diffrent speeds) make sure you feel comfortable poping off the jump onto the rail, look at the end and KNOW THE RAIL IS YOUR BITCH
Nov 8 2003 9:26PM
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