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Tired of seeing lips onto rails like this...

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skia4life89
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Saw this on facebook and its oooo soo true..
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My mtn has gotten bad about this the past couple of years. Anyone else agree?
Feb 12 2013 8:38PM
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shitpoop
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I fucking hate the skier trains that go through them. Destroyed the whole thing one time........
Feb 12 2013 8:44PM
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BWalmer
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I don't get it...I see nothing wrong with the lip. The point of the "this is not a jump" thing is because gapers side jump off lips thinking they're "jumps".
Feb 12 2013 8:45PM
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-emile-
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it's actually a bit kicky

but yeh nothing really wrong with it if anything that looks like a really fun setup
Feb 12 2013 8:48PM
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skia4life89
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There is no point of setting up a hand rail lips for a flat rail. Its pointless and makes it way less fun to hit. Snowboarders love it of course.
Feb 12 2013 8:49PM
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ILLinoisance
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that doesn't look bad. you can simply absorb the lip and get on just fine.
Feb 12 2013 8:49PM
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JWoods
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You are the biggest bitch in the world
Feb 12 2013 8:51PM
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*ninja*
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you saw this on ski memes didnt you? so did i :)
Feb 12 2013 8:52PM
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Kid.Kelley
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The point is that every gaper there hits them as jumps and ruins them. Am I right?
Feb 12 2013 8:52PM
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skia4life89
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I know this already.....
Feb 12 2013 8:53PM
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danbrown
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not all of us are gapers that hit everything straight on lol
Feb 12 2013 8:53PM
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ColeSpencer
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is that saddleback?
Feb 12 2013 8:54PM
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BMillerrr
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OPs a pussy
Feb 12 2013 8:54PM
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skia4life89
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lol, like omg that is what down rails, dfd, down flats are for. Lol
Feb 12 2013 8:56PM
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BWalmer
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Yeah, unfortunately it all depends on 2 things...1 if the majority of the park crew skis or snowboards and 2 if the majority of the people who hit the park skis or snowboards. For example, my home mountain is park skier heavy and most of the park crew skis, therefore we generally build things that are more fun to hit on skis, so we rarely make urban lips to flat bars, however places like Mount Snow and Killington are snowboarder heavy and most of the park crew snowboards so they build things like this. Also, if there's a split (like a skier heavy mountain with a snowboard heavy park crew...which is kinda rare) the tie always goes to park crew...most crews build things they would like to hit since, well, they hit it almost every day.
Feb 12 2013 8:56PM
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skia4life89
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Very well put sir. Just wish sometimes it was split. But my park crew is defiantly snowboarder heavy.
Feb 12 2013 8:59PM
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JWoods
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You are honestly an idiot.
Feb 12 2013 8:59PM
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Pmoore
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Rails are more fun and legit setup like that. Sack up and learn how to hit those well then they will be fun.
Feb 12 2013 8:59PM
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.ZT.
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Ride on lips blow dick.

This is how I like it.
Feb 12 2013 9:04PM
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skia4life89
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I never said I didnt know how to hit them, I simply said they are not as fun to hit.
Feb 12 2013 9:05PM
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BWalmer
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Did I say never...no...I said usually...actually we rarely build flat rails to be honest. And the reason we usually don't build urban lips onto flat rails is because when we do some dumbass tries to ride on to it (usually on a snowboard) straight on and rips half their base off.

And you, honestly, are an asshole.
Feb 12 2013 9:08PM
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CrotchKiller
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i love it......
Feb 12 2013 9:09PM
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Mr.Sloth
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Ya but skiing isn't supposed to be about fun it's supposed to be about how good you are BROOOO0Oo0
Feb 12 2013 9:10PM
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JWoods
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Sorry but you're implying that flat rails with urban style lips on aren't fun for skiers. If snowboarders try and ride on to the rail straight that sucks for them
Feb 12 2013 9:11PM
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JUP*
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I noticed this too
Feb 12 2013 9:30PM
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DeRizzo
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that looks awesome
Feb 12 2013 9:32PM
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Cotter
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I prefer hitting stuff from the side, the way I see it, there is greater chance of catching if you go onto an urban style handrail with your legs on either side, and ride on just isn't fun. just my 2 cents
Feb 12 2013 9:38PM
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Joonas
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I have no idea of what u are talking there. Thats a normal lip for a straight rail, handrail lips are called side lips.
What do you define as a handrail lip? And how should the lip be there then?
Feb 13 2013 3:58PM
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SloanKettering
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That jump is fine. the point of the picture was that that is not a jump for gapers to go off and cut people off
Feb 13 2013 4:02PM
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I_liketobutter
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thats a dope rail
Feb 13 2013 4:13PM
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bigerbob
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that is some dope arrows, is that som word art stuff or that fancy photoshop?
Feb 13 2013 4:16PM
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icon1234
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That feature right there actually looks more fun to hit urban on than a normal flat rail. If your park has quite a few flat rails there is nothing wrong with switching it up like that. Not to mention on a feature like that it will be much easier to front swap it urban on since you can set your edge a lot easier coming from the side.

Only real downside to that feature it would be terrifying to 270 onto, def out of my league. Also you completely misinterpreted that photo, it was to say gapers shouldn't use the lip of rails as jumps.
Feb 13 2013 4:28PM
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sneezin
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you need to stop complaining. this is my home hill

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Feb 13 2013 4:34PM
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hottate
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My home mountain (Greek Peak) used to put the lip all the way onto the rail and over it. They thought it was dangerous to leave a gap before the rail. IMO it ended up with a bunch of people trying it that shouldn't have getting broken off.
Feb 13 2013 4:35PM
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Hammyslapwagon
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I prefer ride on features....I don't understand all the hate against them
Feb 13 2013 4:39PM
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cooper624
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HAHA im the admin of Skiing Memes and I made this
Feb 13 2013 4:39PM
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will_powder
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Even on ride on flat boxes I go to on side or the other like it's urban style. Straddling boxes is lame.
Feb 13 2013 4:40PM
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J-T
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That doesn't look fun...
Feb 13 2013 4:42PM
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QuinnBestwick
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ride on lips are useless for me unless it is a big up box, which i still will come slightly from the side if im gripping for a frontside spin

Feb 13 2013 4:47PM
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Dibs
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that lip looks fine. I don't get it.
Feb 13 2013 4:50PM
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128368798788
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It doesnt matter for rails, you get better if you are a skiier hitting snowboarding friendly features or a snowboarder hitting skiier friendly features.
Feb 13 2013 5:10PM
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Chief.
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hahahahaha he does have a point
Feb 13 2013 5:14PM
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CrotchKiller
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wow, that's pretty terrible
Feb 13 2013 5:18PM
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Tikayt
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Off holidays, we redo the lips every friday evening. On holidays, every evening. These kidos and their parents are destroyers.
Feb 13 2013 5:24PM
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slugworth
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Is this @ saddleback?
Feb 13 2013 5:32PM
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ESB
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At first I wanted to reply and tell the OP he's an idiot for misunderstanding the point of that meme, that there's absolutely nothing wrong with that lip, that he's either a bitch or an idiot for saying so, that the subject of the meme is gapers side-hitting jumps, but even so nobody should have a problem with that, and if someone wants to side-air the lip, why should I give a shit, and if you think they're "ruining the lip" then you're a little bitch... but then I thought, what's the point?

Feb 13 2013 5:43PM
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ILLinoisance
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Good thing you didn't say anything like that. OP mmight have gotten offended.
Feb 13 2013 5:46PM
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Holte
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I just read this entire thread and I'm still not sure whether the complaint is that the lip is too big or if it's too small.

Regardless, that rail looks really fun.
Feb 13 2013 6:06PM
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450out.
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I concur, good sir
Feb 13 2013 6:26PM
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Peachbutt
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Pop, buui
Feb 13 2013 7:29PM
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jrl
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I think it has something to do with all the tracks that veer off to the side
Feb 13 2013 7:36PM
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