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YoungTrapLord
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First post, not sure if this is the right place for this. Just gonna go for it.

This season is going to be my second season skiing, and I really wanted to start hitting park features. In terms of sliding stuff, I was wondering if you guys would recommend starting off with boxes, rails, or tubes? Which one's easiest to get the sensation of grinding on skis down? Should I hit a flat feature or something with some incline? Any other general pointers would be appreciated as well!
Nov 11 2014 10:32PM
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L0gic
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Start with boxes and then progress to small, flat rails.
Nov 11 2014 10:37PM
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JahLiam
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we get it you're new here, but just use the searchbar man, this thread has been made countless times already
Nov 11 2014 10:39PM
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perryhunter
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Start with boxes after improving, you can then start with the bigger tubes before proceeding to rails.
Nov 11 2014 10:43PM
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JGWI
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JahLiamwe get it you're new here, but just use the searchbar man, this thread has been made countless times already


What is the search bar going to do? All he is going to find is more threads telling him to use the search bar.l
Nov 11 2014 11:23PM
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YoungTrapLord
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JahLiamwe get it you're new here, but just use the searchbar man, this thread has been made countless times already


I'm not new to forums, trust me I tried to use the search function. Maybe I just suck at using the NS search function but I couldn't find anything of relevance, it was all pointers for doing swaps and other shit that's way beyond me. If you could search those threads for me so I could check them out I would really appreciate it!
Nov 13 2014 9:03PM
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yungsteeze
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lol tired of people saying searchbar without searching to verify that theres already a thread on the topic
Nov 13 2014 9:12PM
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mhuddy_22
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Start with small ride on boxes. Once you feel comfortable on them move to small hop on boxes. Once you feel like your comfortable sliding those, try fairly big hop on's, down boxes, kinked etc... Same goes for rails and tubes. Its all about progression.

Good luck.
Nov 14 2014 12:35AM
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RiccardoMasutti
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Start boxes and 360flat slides
Nov 14 2014 1:05AM
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Shredsterr
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I still remember my first night hitting a box. I was scared as fucking shit, but it was a solid way to start. Keep your weight on your front foot, and I'd say keep your centre of gravity low, but I actually can do tricks better when I'm standing straighter upright. It's really about just practicing over and over, getting down the basics, and then pushing yourself to progress. Don't worry about other people either, one of my regrets was worrying that better skiers were judging me, and I focused more on that than what I was trying to do. So just don't give a flying anus about judgement, and you'll be golden.
Nov 14 2014 1:08AM
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YoungTrapLord
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ShredsterrI still remember my first night hitting a box. I was scared as fucking shit, but it was a solid way to start. Keep your weight on your front foot, and I'd say keep your centre of gravity low, but I actually can do tricks better when I'm standing straighter upright. It's really about just practicing over and over, getting down the basics, and then pushing yourself to progress. Don't worry about other people either, one of my regrets was worrying that better skiers were judging me, and I focused more on that than what I was trying to do. So just don't give a flying anus about judgement, and you'll be golden.


Haha definitely.

Also, I tried hitting a down tube a bunch of times the past couple times I've gone up(hit it probably ~20 times) but just haven't been able to get confident on it. The majority of times my skis slipped out and I just fell backwards, a couple times I managed to get to the end and slide off.

For doing flat slides on boxes what should I be focusing on doing? Where should I be looking, knees bent or not, stance width, etc.?

Thanks again for all the positive feedback!
Nov 14 2014 1:14AM
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fluffyclouds
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JustGoWithItWhat is the search bar going to do? All he is going to find is more threads telling him to use the search bar.l


Lol brilliant.
Nov 14 2014 1:21AM
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