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Fischer_Pro

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Wannabe

What do you guys like the most rails or jumps? what do you think is more stylish or more cooler to watch?

Feb 27 2011 4:55PM

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ndye

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50 foot jumps onto rails

Feb 28 2011 10:21AM

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Jpurd

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i love the feeling of falling through the air while spinning! jumps ftw!

Feb 28 2011 12:15PM

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jason...

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Crazy Fool

RAILS. jumps i feel dont offer much for change. you can only spin and flip so much before you're maxed out and cant do anything else. rails you can do pretty much anything you want, and then theres all the different types of rails. and urban.

Feb 28 2011 12:18PM

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TheButterHashira

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Crazy Fool

Jumps are cooler, but rails are arguably more difficult to get good at.

Feb 28 2011 2:48PM

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Willard

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No Life

I suck at spinning jumps but i like the feeling. Jump park

Feb 28 2011 2:49PM

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chris.G

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Loner

definitely jumps give you the best feeling ever, just getting so much air and you're like oh shit i want to do that again but rails are definitely sick to chill on, if i had to pick, id say jumps are my favorite, i just wish i was better at them

Feb 28 2011 2:53PM

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Jake.K

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Newb

rails if im tirred, jumps if i feell more awake

Feb 28 2011 2:55PM

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jeR.

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Insane

rails if I'm high jumps if I'm not

Feb 28 2011 3:10PM

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Orrin

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Insane

My personal preferance is jumps mainly because i'm far more comfortable with them. I do have alot of respect for people who nail rails though. I plan on getting better at them >.>

Feb 28 2011 3:13PM

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shreddenator

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Loner

Good Weather/conditions: I'm skiing pow. In the trees, in the backcountry, anywhere I can get the stuff, natural features and smearing turns are way more fun than anything in the park, IMHO.

Bad weather/conditions: If I was forced to choose between the two or die, jumps. Rails are fun, don't get me wrong, but it gets really tiring destroying skis.

Feb 28 2011 3:36PM

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Elmo.

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No Life

it does make it fun. to do a 3 on a bigger jump than your used to is the best feeling for me.

the feeling of practically flying off of a 50, 55 foot kicker is unrivaled (so far) for me

Feb 28 2011 3:44PM

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Me_Ski123

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Lame

I like rails so much more. Just fun to learn something new on.

Feb 28 2011 3:45PM

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BITS

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When I wrote "Good Weather/conditions" i didn't mean fresh powder - I was just relating to good average conditions with partly cloudy weather and a good temperature :)

Feb 28 2011 3:46PM

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shreddenator

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Loner

Many pardons...I see good weather I am thinking powder, it is just a impulse I cannot control. When it snows or it has snowed recently, I think fuck the park and all that engineered jibbery I want the real stuff.

Feb 28 2011 3:53PM

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BITS

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Insane

Powder = Heavenly weather :) And if it is so, I'm feeling just like you. Powder's fantastic.

Feb 28 2011 4:03PM

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dom_daq

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Loner

I personally think rails are the most fun thing you can do on skis. Better than jumps, pow, whatever. But that's just me.

Feb 28 2011 5:32PM

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NWPA

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no powder is the best. sorry.

Feb 28 2011 5:33PM

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Fischer_Pro

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Wannabe

i would have to agree with Lab. ^^

Feb 28 2011 5:44PM

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shreddenator

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Loner

Ummm you are part of a small minority....or it is just you by your lonesome....sad.

The question remains: what has powder done to make you hate it so? Did you have a bad experience with tip dive? Did you get burried neck deep for hours? Find forgiveness in your heart and turn towards the powder and embrace it lovingly like a lost brother, you will be rewarded...

Feb 28 2011 5:49PM

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304NordMan

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Eeeehhhh... I haven't really had the chance to hit very many jumps other than the tiny 40 footers at my mountain... so at the home hill, rails. Or all-mountain in general.

Feb 28 2011 5:52PM

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Fischer_Pro

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Wannabe

i do like the natural jumps in the trees and off the trail cuz you never know what to expect.

Feb 28 2011 7:09PM

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masterhatin

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Ridiculous

jumps. if im trying a new trick, or pretty tech trick and i land it, the adrenaline is insane. i just dont get the the same thrill with rails.

Feb 28 2011 9:29PM

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hfisher

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Pro

Depends on how well built the Jump is. If its nice like a breck, park city jump than nothings better than floating and spinning perfect booters, but if the jumps suck than sessioning rails is always fun

Feb 28 2011 9:37PM

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Tspoon

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Lame

Very close but in my opinion rails are better because you can fiind rails way easier then building a jump and i find it more fun to jib a rail then a jump. thats my opinion :)

Feb 28 2011 10:06PM

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