Unfiltered | Elizabeth Gerritzen X Faction Skis
  • Forums
  • Ski Gabber
  • Practicing rail balance over the summer with no summer setup?

Member of the Month

partyandBS
December, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Practicing rail balance over the summer with no summer setup?

profile picture
Tanner_McClune
Posts: 28 - Karma: 347
does anyone know how to practice rail balance over the summer without a slope?
Sep 22 2014 12:51PM
59 1
profile picture
Threshy
Posts: 444 - Karma: 938
Put a rail on a hill and step on with your skis.
Sep 22 2014 2:38PM
2 1
profile picture
Toaster-Tony
Posts: 3531 - Karma: 5,850
Slackline works the best
Sep 22 2014 2:45PM
7 0
profile picture
filipoio
Posts: 293 - Karma: 1,569
Use a foam roller as a rail
Sep 22 2014 3:27PM
2 0
profile picture
theabortionator
Posts: 51835 - Karma: 164,689
Get a small skate rail and throw down some inline tricks. Being able to balance on a stationary rail doesn't necessarily mean you're going to be able to hit crazy rails in the ski season.
Sep 22 2014 3:52PM
0 0
profile picture
Simon.k
Posts: 918 - Karma: 1,053
step 1-buy 2 liter soda
2-empty out soda and fill with water, screw cap on tight
3-roll duct tape over the middle
4- grab a blank skate deck and go crazy
seriously endless amounts of fun on a DIY balance board
Sep 22 2014 5:45PM
2 0
profile picture
brett_fisher
Posts: 2419 - Karma: 10,503
i slack line and skate board to help my balences
Sep 22 2014 6:41PM
4 0
profile picture
.FRY.
Posts: 5620 - Karma: 22,862
brett_fisheri slack line and skate board to help my balences


I wish I had more room in my sig for some new brett fisher quotes, because this would definitely be going in there
Sep 22 2014 6:45PM
28 0
profile picture
Garebear
Posts: 378 - Karma: 4,908
simon.kstep 1-buy 2 liter soda
2-empty out soda and fill with water, screw cap on tight
3-roll duct tape over the middle
4- grab a blank skate deck and go crazy
seriously endless amounts of fun on a DIY balance board


i got really comfortable doing this over the summer (to the point where i didn't even need to think about it), does that help a lot with rail skills?
Sep 22 2014 7:53PM
0 0
profile picture
APunx176
Posts: 1189 - Karma: 2,628
Take a straight bar (from the weightroom probably) that can roll around and put it on the ground and balance across it. then do it backwards, change up your position, try doing tricks on it, etc.
Sep 22 2014 8:48PM
0 0
profile picture
casey_cope
Posts: 675 - Karma: 3,398
Blading/ slack lining. That's what I do. Also blading is fun as balls and you get really comfortable with landings and balance.
Sep 22 2014 9:13PM
1 0
profile picture
Simon.k
Posts: 918 - Karma: 1,053
Garebeari got really comfortable doing this over the summer (to the point where i didn't even need to think about it), does that help a lot with rail skills?


It cant be bad..If your real comfortable start messing around with doing swaps, shuvits, and different variations that make you fall. I learned how to do bigspins from the ground up onto it, that took a while to get. You can even attach a thin piece of wood down the middle of your skate deck to make it so you have to balance on another axis too
Sep 23 2014 11:38AM
0 0
profile picture
uyghur
Posts: 993 - Karma: 2,028
.FRY.I wish I had more room in my sig for some new brett fisher quotes, because this would definitely be going in there


You started out terrible but now I think you've grown on me
Sep 23 2014 11:49AM
2 0
profile picture
GoPrado
Posts: 34 - Karma: 46
Definitely get yourself a slackline. That is how I maintain balance and core in the offseason. Also either start skating or inline. I longboard as I think it helps maintain that inner flow of skiing.
Sep 23 2014 1:03PM
1 0
profile picture
Annabelle.
Posts: 133 - Karma: 2,145
Today I took the trucks off my skateboard (if you don't have one, visit a skate shop and buy a blank deck, they're pretty inexpensive) and bought a foam roller. Put the skateboard deck on the roller and start practicing! Hope this helped!
Oct 5 2014 8:30PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)