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What was your first rail experience?

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Sneaky_Aziz
Posts: 691 - Karma: 230
hit my first rail on monday (yeah i know im gaper trash), ended with a couple of bruises. Still fun tho
Feb 22 2012 9:36PM
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danderson.
Posts: 6560 - Karma: 5,252
It was a late Saturday night at Jake's place...she was drunk...I had the rubbers...
Feb 24 2012 10:36PM
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Kjell
Posts: 434 - Karma: 100
The first time I hit a rail was two years ago, I rode up next to it, threw my feet up on the rail.  They proceeded to hit the rail and then slide forwards faster than greased lightning resulting in me being very grateful that I always wear my helmet.  After that it's taken me two years to hit one again.  I am very proud to say that when I tried a couple weeks ago it worked super easy and I was having a great time until I took much speed coming into a flat-down rail and aired the flat part resulting in me losing my balance and eating shit.
I do love rails though.
Feb 25 2012 5:42PM
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nine50seven
Posts: 576 - Karma: 686

got laughed at by some foriegn girls that were killin it haha but i got it after a few trys

Feb 25 2012 6:58PM
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lucasicool
Posts: 94 - Karma: 15
i used to "50-50" boxes all over the place, then i tried a rail and ate shit from here to Europe and back. Then i got decent this season.
Feb 25 2012 7:47PM
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Snowpeck
Posts: 267 - Karma: 367
Well im about to do this. I'll update on what happened.
Dec 28 2016 5:19PM
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Not_Good
Posts: 214 - Karma: 872
The rails claim another soul
Dec 28 2016 5:59PM
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weastcoat
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i always used to hit this flat bar and would come off early 9 out of 10 times, then i started to rotate a full 90 degrees. Then i built a pvc rail and waited for snow, i mustve hit it for a good 6 hours
Dec 28 2016 6:14PM
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Snowpeck
Posts: 267 - Karma: 367
Not_GoodThe rails claim another soul


Lol naw. I pussied out.
Dec 28 2016 6:30PM
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Cole_
Posts: 75 - Karma: 677
Toco Town
Dec 28 2016 8:17PM
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SkiaNZ
Posts: 125 - Karma: 301
First rail was a pvc pipe in my backyard. Did everything wrong and ended sliding out every time. First day of ski season tried a box a few times and failed bad and got scared off. Eventually tried again and got it. Still persevering on my summer setup and (slowly) getting better. Is harder than it looks. Especially if you have bad balance.
Dec 29 2016 2:27AM
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DominatorJacques
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SkiaNZFirst rail was a pvc pipe in my backyard. Did everything wrong and ended sliding out every time. First day of ski season tried a box a few times and failed bad and got scared off. Eventually tried again and got it. Still persevering on my summer setup and (slowly) getting better. Is harder than it looks. Especially if you have bad balance.


I posted a thread for this one. I think it can really help folks out.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/851717/Deep-Meditation-For-Riding-Boxes--amp--Rails
Dec 29 2016 6:41PM
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ghoti_hook
Posts: 243 - Karma: 1,225
My first rail was a 15 foot Cuban. Half of it was buried so it was hardly 6 inches off the ground. The vibration, sound, and thrill of coming up to it with speed is something that not many outside of our sport will understand. That feeling was addictive.
Dec 29 2016 10:43PM
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Raz.
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I only was really only into park when i was really little, and my first real memory of a 'urban' style rail was a dfd that i hiked until like 11pm because our weird local hill was open that late. smashed my face once. was so fucking stoked the first time i got it, because i always thought it was the coolest rail i had seen
Dec 30 2016 1:32AM
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ronders_
Posts: 568 - Karma: 2,325
Ah, my first time. I'll never forget it. I slid out, of course, but what made it worse was that my hip bone landed right on top of the rail, but also on one of the metal snap buttons in my jacket. It drew blood. I then got angry at the rail and proceeded to hike the fucker 1.3 million times before I got it. My pride left the hill relatively intact, but my hips, knees, and shins did not. Then I built a backyard setup so I didn't have to fuck up in full view of a lift.
Dec 30 2016 8:56PM
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Jesse_
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SnowpeckLol naw. I pussied out.


Meh you'll get it eventually when you decide you won't pussy out. We've all been there Mr. Snowpeck
Dec 30 2016 9:34PM
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GoldFlameChain
Posts: 110 - Karma: 79
i did a k fed
Dec 30 2016 10:07PM
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fries
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When I was like 9 I tried a rail on rental skis and bruised my hip pretty bad
Dec 30 2016 10:50PM
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Christy_H
Posts: 17 - Karma: 21
First day hitting them I got a blood clot on my hip/arse from impact. Took 8 months to go down and swells like a balloon when I land on it now.
Dec 31 2016 7:11AM
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skippy_
Posts: 66 - Karma: 124
Hit so many boxes in the lead up so that in the end, progressing to the smallest, ride on flatbar at the local park was a bit of a non-event. Learning street style downs was a very different story however.
Dec 31 2016 7:53AM
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