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tahoe20
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ok, i am a pretty good skier, but i want to learn how to do rails, i've heard that the best thing to do is build my own small rail and practice in my backyard. if anyone has any ideas on building a rail, or points for getting started, please help me!
Jan 6 2004 9:02PM
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cams
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 27
commit.. turn 90 degrees, keep your bases flat and your weight forward, focus on the end of the rail, stay balanced, don't move unless it is necessary, don't get scared, and commit, commit.. and uhh commit.. that should help.. the main thing is just going out there and charging it, even if you eat shit, just get up and try it again and learn from how you died last time


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Jan 6 2004 9:07PM
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CrazedSkier1080
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^what he said sums it up perfectly


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Jan 6 2004 9:08PM
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TimmyP
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find a PVC pipe and set it in the snow, wear wrist guards(I hurt my wrist bad falling off a rail)
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Jan 6 2004 9:22PM
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TimmyP
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jump onto the rail, don't turn onto it
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Jan 6 2004 9:25PM
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bridgerider
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^ Definately Jump and turn 90 IN THE AIR- I've just learned the rails in the last 2 years or so, but they are definately easier if you Pop really big on tho them, and, this might just be for me, but i find, the faster you are going, the easier. -- Oh yah- keep looking at the end- don't get distracted


nice onepiece
Jan 6 2004 11:27PM
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bailer
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rails are like 70% mental adn 30% skill
Jan 6 2004 11:51PM
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ByeBye363
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the thing i think that helps people is first try sliding small rails on the ground, slick benches,or even plastic ski lodge benches first, with SKI BOOTS ON. I did this my first time on a small rail i ran up 2 it and slid it and got the hang of what turning 90 and grinding stuff, how to keep weight 'slightly' foward, (ull know what i mean) and then tried it on skis. have confidence when you jump.
Jan 7 2004 12:45AM
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*i<3snow*
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My brothers already had several rails, but they built a small one or so feet high one so that i could learn, and that they could learn more stuff on rails. It is a wood frame.. and PVC is the best slippy thing for rails. Just commit, turn the full 90 degrees, dont drag your back ski, keep your weight distributed equally to each leg... and about everything that the first poster said. (I dont feel like repeating him) I just learned too, so it can be done. Just have fun, and dont do anything stupid... because then you hurt yourself.


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Jan 7 2004 3:36PM
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bridgerider
Posts: 277 - Karma: 10
Don't try to slow down on the rail. your edges won't grab and your skis will just slide out from under you. also, it is def. easier to start on like a 4' flat rail or a double round or something


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Jan 7 2004 4:24PM
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freeskeemcghee
Posts: 188 - Karma: 10
just ball up and hit one in the park make someone else make u do it if u wont and when u do it make sure u have a wide stance when hitting it and pop
Jul 29 2007 6:51PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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WTF dude your bumping all these old ass threads stop
Jul 29 2007 7:07PM
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