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Jumps to rails

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Thisismyusethegw
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Need some advice. I can hit rails with ease and just started learning how to hit them riding switch. One problem I found was when the jump leading up to the rail is lower or smaller than the top of the rail and you have to literally hop up onto the rail, I crash into the side. Curious if anyone else has had this problem and how they hit rails with jumps like this.
May 22 2017 9:59PM
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Swandog7
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Based on the idea you had posted a while in your profile, Id say first, make sure you are completely 90 degrees on the rail. It looks like your shoulders and hips aren't quite there. Also, widen your stance a bit, you keep falling backseat onto your side. The key to hitting urban style rails are these things on top of the most important key, a good pop.
May 22 2017 10:10PM
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The.Fish
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I just hiked a rail for an hour until i figured it out kind of. For rails where there is basically no kicker, i try to just skip them but sometimes they are the only thing setup. In that case i try to reduce my speed, also you want to make sure that when you pop that your tips don't dip before they come up. That was my main issue with urban rails.
May 22 2017 10:43PM
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Deepskier
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I used to have the biggest fear of that back when I was a huge pussy about everything, if the rail was a centimeter higher than the lip I would get so nervous eventually hit my progression phase and started pushing myself so when I got to high hop on rails, all I had to do was try to jump the whole rail and my confidence went to 100% and that was the end of it. Now I can disaster a hop on s rail.
May 23 2017 12:50AM
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Deepskier
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Also the first 2 times I hit S rails I ended up nutting and dying until I meet this kid Brendan and he throws down and we matched up a ton it was mad nice going from skiing alone all the time or with flakey mogul skier friend (im on the mogul and park team so) but he just told me quit being a bitch and do it and I learned the S rail and a ton of shit, more in my 2 or 3 days riding with him than most of the season I think. But learning is exponential from confidence. Idk why I told you this but im just vibbin on some shit rn, get some inspiration from this. Hmu for more inspired stories.
May 23 2017 12:53AM
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The.Fish
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DeepskierAlso the first 2 times I hit S rails I ended up nutting and dying until I meet this kid Brendan and he throws down and we matched up a ton it was mad nice going from skiing alone all the time or with flakey mogul skier friend (im on the mogul and park team so) but he just told me quit being a bitch and do it and I learned the S rail and a ton of shit, more in my 2 or 3 days riding with him than most of the season I think. But learning is exponential from confidence. Idk why I told you this but im just vibbin on some shit rn, get some inspiration from this. Hmu for more inspired stories.


Yea i went from only hitting ride on rails for the first 2 months of the season to hitting every rail in the park except the ones where the rail is atleast 2-3 feet above the kicker because I personally think that is too much effort. So basically, i went from 1-2 hits in my run to 5 usually (we have a 200ft vertical.) I learned c rails, down flat down rails, waterfall rails, and skinny hand rails in the same afternoon... the only reason why was because there was an awesome vibe there. I even snuck in one of my first front 270 outs on the waterfall.
May 23 2017 8:09AM
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jordanj801
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Definatly just keep trying. When I first learned how to do this it felt super hard an akward at first. By the end of the day it took was less effort and was smooth. Also start mall and work your way up.
May 23 2017 8:33AM
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BraydenNemarich
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dont try and get on too early go like a quarter of the way into the rail before u turn unless there is actually no take off
May 23 2017 11:39AM
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Deepskier
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The.FishYea i went from only hitting ride on rails for the first 2 months of the season to hitting every rail in the park except the ones where the rail is atleast 2-3 feet above the kicker because I personally think that is too much effort. So basically, i went from 1-2 hits in my run to 5 usually (we have a 200ft vertical.) I learned c rails, down flat down rails, waterfall rails, and skinny hand rails in the same afternoon... the only reason why was because there was an awesome vibe there. I even snuck in one of my first front 270 outs on the waterfall.

Same one of the best feelings in the world when you progress a ton and are just vibin.
May 23 2017 1:00PM
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skiznuts
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Go fast so you can pop less.
May 23 2017 6:56PM
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BrawnTrends
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skiznutsGo fast so you can pop less.


This. Also, more speed means you'll land further down the rail, which means it will be lower than your take off point. Just look at skateboard or blading street edits.
May 24 2017 5:55AM
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skiznuts
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BrawnTrendsThis. Also, more speed means you'll land further down the rail, which means it will be lower than your take off point. Just look at skateboard or blading street edits.


And it looks better.
May 26 2017 10:39AM
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arnie_grape
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skiznutsGo fast so you can pop less.


this. speed is your friend.

the more you practice, the more comfortable you'll become relying on your legs to boost you on to the rail rather than a kicky lip. you can also use your skis to give yourself extra pop
May 26 2017 9:18PM
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