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Good length for rails

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oobagooba
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i made a rail and its about twelve feet and i havnt put the final leg on should i cut it down a few feet or leave it the same lenght +k for ideas
Sep 8 2011 7:47PM
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SteezoSaurus
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Leave it the same length. Even if it is too long you can always adjust your setup so that you don't have to slide the entire thing. Remember, its always better to be a little too big that too small.
Sep 8 2011 7:49PM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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15+ ft is ideal
Sep 8 2011 7:50PM
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Blunttip360
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Agreed^
Sep 8 2011 7:51PM
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oobagooba
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ight thnx guys +k
Sep 8 2011 7:53PM
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monkatizer
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i would say 17-20 feet is fine for backyard, any more and it gets hard to complete and get speed for

mines 17 feet and its perfect for k feds and stuff
Sep 8 2011 7:54PM
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cheener12
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I have a ten foot rail that I use and it sucks. You can't switch up and the only tricks you can do are 2 outs 4 outs.
Sep 8 2011 7:55PM
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Elmo.
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this...


one of my boarder friends just made his 25 foot pvc rail. it starts at 2 feet tall and ends at a foot and 1/2 tall so its a tiny bit down to help carry a little bit of extra speed and i guess it worked pretty well
Sep 8 2011 8:14PM
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oobagooba
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yea mines pvc to i mite just wax the shit out of it ile put pics up soon
Sep 8 2011 8:19PM
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Six.0.Tree-ski
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pvc should slide just fine without wax.
Sep 8 2011 8:26PM
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SteezoSaurus
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I think pvc may actually be a bit less smooth with wax. I would definitely just try to run it dry and see what happens.
Sep 8 2011 8:27PM
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oobagooba
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ight thnx for the info guys
Sep 8 2011 9:02PM
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penguin_steeze
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my setup has a 21 foot 4" single barrel... its fucking huge for the backyard but anything over 15 feet will work
Sep 8 2011 9:40PM
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Travapple.
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12 ft is tiny
Sep 8 2011 9:56PM
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k-fred
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shut up bitch, i can k-fed, 2in pretz 2 out on my 8 ft rail and its only 1 feet high.
Sep 8 2011 10:04PM
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Emma_Watson
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I have a 15 foot double barrel pvc.. It's meh, I would say 15feet or higher would be a good length.
Sep 8 2011 11:09PM
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EricaMN.
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depends, if your just learning, this is a perfect length. if you are experienced, a shorter rail will likely make you improve your tricks on snow since you will have less time to react, therefore improving your muscle memory
Sep 8 2011 11:11PM
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Mcfottley
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go long. it will offer more options and you will be happier.
Sep 8 2011 11:13PM
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jabroni.
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this guy^ went hard
Sep 8 2011 11:19PM
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GavinW
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I had two 8 foot boxes that i put together and it was ideal. easy to move around the yard and good for learning.
Sep 8 2011 11:25PM
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GBS
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4 - 5 meters... (12 - 15 feet for u amreican outsiders)
Sep 9 2011 2:02PM
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Style+eeze
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20 feet
Sep 9 2011 2:04PM
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Newschooleri.
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i think the best is to have 2 rails. I have 2 rails each 12 feet and we just set them up differently everythime. We can make a down flat, an up down, 24 foot flat, just up rail, just down rail, c-rail and so on. more variety with 2 rails imo
Sep 9 2011 2:16PM
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Bock
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I'd say 13-17 is perfect. I have a 10' double barrel pvc and its long enough for quick swaps and the occasional k fed, but nowhere near big enough for someone like me to do a pretzel.
Sep 9 2011 2:21PM
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oobagooba
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thnx again guys
Sep 9 2011 8:41PM
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