Learn unnaturals?

ToonaShould I learn how to slide a rail unnaturaly before I attempt any back or front swaps? I've been trying but I keep bodyslamming the rail whenever I try and slide my unnatural way so I'm wondering if I really need em

It would help you

After skiing park for 7-8 years I just recently started hitting more rails unnatural. It makes a hugeeee difference. I am now way more confident at swapping more aggressive rails (kinks, etc) and I am more confident at swapping earlier on features.

Just start off small with low to the ground, ride on features. It’s kind of like relearning rails but a bit faster because you know how it feels to slide a rail already. Just commit, put more weight on your front foot than you think you need to, and you got it.

The sooner you start going unnatural the better. The longer you wait the harder it becomes (but I guess if wait really long and get really good then it will get easier, but why wait). Skiing certainly isn't pipelined or the same progression for everyone, but I recommend: slide small rails both left foot and right foot forward, both ways to witch, both ways with both 2 outs, and then starting swaps. After swaps 2 on and switch on will come a lot easier.

Learn your unnatural side and then learn every new rail trick both ways. It doesn’t matter too much if you can spin left and right on a jump but nobody wants to see a rail line with zero variation. Also it makes it easier to swap

Just got em down feels good after thinking about it all day in school

I learnt them through the 270 in on boxes. Then accidently hit the next rail unnatty from forgetting which way was natural at the last minute.

Switch on to a box is a good way to start unnatural slides because you end up going straight of and you can turn on your natural direction. I thought the hardest part was commiting to the turn onto the rail. Also if if you go straight on unnatural doing a switch off will help u commit to the rail instead of just shifty with your feet onto the rail/box