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How do people have the balls to do urban skiing?

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FruitBootPro
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On a skateboard you can bail.
On blades you can grab the rail if you fall off.
On skis? Your planks get tangled up on the rail and you most likely slam into CONCRETE or nut on the rail.
How do people even convince themselves to do this? Is it common to land stuff first try in urban?
Dec 28 2019 11:42AM
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Hangry
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Rare to land stuff first try, but there’s something really fun and inspiring about the risk that keeps you trying as long as you know you have the skill or at least are close to having enough skill for the feature you’re attempting to ski
Dec 28 2019 1:11PM
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hi_vis360
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I just stick to tiny rails, rocks, benches, etc. You don't have to go do the gnarliest thing possible to go street skiing
Dec 28 2019 3:31PM
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LivingDaLife
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Learn to ride a flat base down stairs. It still sucks and you will crash hard, but most of the time you can get by. There's no question that street skiing is gnarly and you don't land stuff first try - watch LJ's real attempts for an idea of how long it takes to land a trick.
Dec 28 2019 3:52PM
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smh
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Just have to go for it honestly...I suck at park but my friends are always building backyard setups or finding urban rails so they usually pump me up enough to do them. That being said I'm taking a break from urban. Tried to hit my first ever dfd in the streets and had a couple good slides then some broken ribs
Dec 28 2019 4:27PM
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Lukeobrien
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90% of urban skiing is knowing how to fall

**This post was edited on Dec 28th 2019 at 4:34:59pm
Dec 28 2019 4:34PM
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GayWolf420
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i think the mental part of skiing doesn't get talked about enough. Skiing is half physical and half mental. Its just a matter of trusting yourself, your abilities, and knowing what you're gonna do i guess
Dec 28 2019 5:16PM
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skiguy04
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Full tilts idk
Dec 29 2019 1:27AM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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Some dont have the balls

679137
Dec 29 2019 2:41AM
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TripleXLHoodies
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DeebieSkeebiesi think the mental part of skiing doesn't get talked about enough. Skiing is half physical and half mental. Its just a matter of trusting yourself, your abilities, and knowing what you're gonna do i guess


I would honestly argue park skiing is almost 75-80% mental game. I know for a fact I can do a backflip cuz I have, but I only muster up the nuts to do it once a season. Obviously it becomes more physical when it comes to doing triple cork type shit, but I would imagine the mental game required for that is fucking bananas still.
Dec 29 2019 2:46AM
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Sharkie14
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Seriously watching these made me feel so at peace with every fall I’ve had. I think sometimes we watch so many edits/movies we forget that even pros eat shit A LOT
LivingDaLifeLearn to ride a flat base down stairs. It still sucks and you will crash hard, but most of the time you can get by. There's no question that street skiing is gnarly and you don't land stuff first try - watch LJ's real attempts for an idea of how long it takes to land a trick.
Dec 29 2019 4:45AM
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VISHNU
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Start small and work your way up. It can be fun and extremely rewarding to imagine something being possible and then make it happen
Dec 29 2019 5:01AM
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theabortionator
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Challange rails are fun. Urban adds another element. That said some of the spots people hit are super fucked. Some rails arent bad
Dec 29 2019 7:15AM
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ASSholebomber22
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You're watchin too much skiporn my dude. A vast majority of kids hitting urban are hitting picnic tables and park benches or building small kickers and other low consequence shit.
Dec 29 2019 2:05PM
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skiguy04
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Are you even skiing if you don’t hit hi ge gaps to urban rails ??

no you’re not
Dec 29 2019 2:41PM
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crustyboot.420
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In my experience skateboarding is more painful than urban skiing. In skiing there is usually snow. In skateboarding there's not. But that's just my experience.
Dec 29 2019 3:40PM
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charlie.scott
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10/10 would recommend
Dec 30 2019 12:13AM
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fries
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TRVP_ANGELSome dont have the balls

679137


I skipped to the one minute mark.. a little strange out of context.
Dec 30 2019 12:18AM
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skiguy04
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That’s vicious
Jan 4 2020 3:59PM
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