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First rail yesterday!

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petesguitar1
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So I've been through the park heaps of times and love hitting kickers etc but never been down with rails. I've been straight over boxes etc but never had a proper go. There were some guys from TBR (Team Buller Riders) prcacticing and they helped me out heaps. Unfortunately the box I was sliding was reall short but I still got away with a few successes. I'm now hanging to head back up the hill and try it again!
Jun 28 2009 6:32AM
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gaku
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you are lucky.
where are you skiing?
Jun 28 2009 6:37AM
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Phatt
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Congrats man, keep it up and you will improve very fast from here. Jelous though i go to thredbo in a week hopefully been waiting way to long for the snow
Jun 28 2009 6:37AM
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petesguitar1
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I was skiing at Mount Buller (Victoria, australia). The snow was pretty poor which is kind of why I ventured into the rail section of the park - that and no kickers built yet!
Jun 28 2009 7:46AM
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Atypical
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keep it up man, it just gets better from there.
Jun 28 2009 9:39AM
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Aaaron.
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southern hemisphere HATE.
Jun 28 2009 9:54AM
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Mr.Huck
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How many times did you bust your ass?  I think it's actually harder for gamers who grew up skiing on straights.   Jumping and turning your ski 90 degrees to your direction of travel was something we never did.  If you were going across the fall-line you were carving and had way more pressure on your downhill ski. 

I have worked with a bunch of older skiers on sliding boxes and they usually go straight to their hips the first time.  No matter what I tell them, old instincts usually take over.  They jump, spin 90 and land with their feet too close together, leaning up hill, with most of their weight on their downhill ski. 

I started to worry that I would be directly responsible for someone having to undergo a total hip replacement.  Now, if I am helping out someone like that, I usually start them on one of the big fat butter boxes.  I get them on it, put them in the right position and pull them down the box.  I just decided that next year I'm going to get my mom to slide a box.  She'll be turning 70 this year, so I figure it's a perfect time for her to learn how to slide.  

Jun 28 2009 10:37AM
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petesguitar1
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Actually the guys that were helping me eased me into it really nicely. I was on a box about a foot wide. They had me just ski over it a few times - no problem there. Then I started to just twist at the hips (not the ankles knees where I would turning) and my skis would gradually come a bit further around towards 90. I kept my feet about shoulder width apart and got used to sliding on flat skis - that is definitely weird! lats couple of times I hopped up and on. Still a bit shaky but no bruises yet (I'm sure there are more to come though!)
Jun 28 2009 8:19PM
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Ham.and.Cheese
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Thats sick that you got such good coaching and that they eased you into, its takes bruises and bones to really progress hard but you gotta just put your mind to it and just use hard crashes as learning exoiriences, keep it up man
Jun 28 2009 8:39PM
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.peter
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Rails are soo fun. its what I started with
jut make sure your knees are bent and you aren't in the back seat for takeoffs and you'll
be set!

Australia sounds sick btw wish it was winter here lol.
Jun 28 2009 10:05PM
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Spacekroft
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congrats man. keep up the good work
Jun 28 2009 10:33PM
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ECfreeski3
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just a friendly reminder to LEAN FORWARD
Jun 28 2009 11:08PM
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petesguitar1
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It's kinda funny because I searchbarred the hell out of rails etc, read tips and watched vids thinking that I might get the chance this season. And then in one quick hit these young shredders laid it down really easy for me - "Go a bit faster than you think you should, put more weight down the hill than you think you should and watch the end of the rail!" - So good.I'll try to get some vids next time I'm up (you can all lol at my expense!!)
Jun 28 2009 11:14PM
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Guma317CV
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Good..that's cool..i can understand u at all..i'm a beginner too..and i know what it is lock things for first time..i'm getting maid with the 3..can't stomp it..no problem to spin..but almost all the time landing backseat..but i have a lot of fun on boxes..next season(i'm italian) wanna try good rails..spinnin on boxes..and stomp this fuckin 3..mayb tryin some grab..eheh..good purpose..keep on..
Jul 2 2009 1:09PM
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toominator
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haha word I spent a few hours hiking a box at remarks last week. the snow was average so I thought what better time to learn than now. I was getting the hang of it pretty well. No major bails haha I felt good when I realised I was doing better than the majority of boarders who slid straight on and 5050'd it. and the skiers who slid straight over it. I guess it's worth just sticking to it and learning.

Pretty stoked for next time I'm up now. Hopefully I'll be able to step it up and do some longer / higher boxes and eventually rails
Jul 2 2009 7:27PM
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skinakedfast
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Right man like kids that never skied before progressed much faster than me at park their first year. after i was just on groomers for 8 years and kinda into the hole speed demon/race skiing park was so different and more difficult. Especially rails. 

Man i can't even get my 50 year old mom to ski once props on getting her in the park! 

Jul 2 2009 7:57PM
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skiEER
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good way to teach people
Jul 2 2009 9:07PM
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