How long it take all you "pro's" to master rails? (left/right foot, switch ups, 270 on/off etc....)

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slimbruddah

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SO how long it take all u super gnar rail guys to master mostly everything for rails? Like sliding both ways, spinning on and off, switch ups, that kind of stuff?

Are rails hard in general? Like for you dudes who can 270 on, 270 off in the same slide, how many trys does it take you to do?

ALso, for you guys who can 270 on, how well can u do it? Like out of every 10 trys? 5 out of 10? 3 out of 10?

I'm just really curious as to how good the good skiers are at rails. Like how persistent. There are very few skiers that will even try rails at my hill. Just wundering what the level of rails is like right now in the newschool community.
 
it took me about 2-3 seasons to go from scratch to spinning on and off and switch ups (but not blind sw ups...yet). The first year of that I learned sw off and frontside 270s out and sw on to unnatural. The second year I mastered blind 270s out, frontside sw ups and I began to start learning how to spin on. Last year I mastered both natural 270s on (reg and sw) as well as nosepresses/tailpresses (on some rails). There are def rails I havent tried a lot of this on, for instance double kinks or s rails.
 
rails come fairly easily to me, I just dont have as much trouble on them and there not that scary to me so Ill try alot on them.
 
it took me like half a season to get 270s down and stuff i dunno, im relatively proficient with pretzels and switch ups now just like on my backyard rail and stuff
 
last year was my first year and i got reg to reg, reg to switch, unnaty to reg, unnatty to switch, switch to reg, switch to swithc, frontside sw up, unnaty frontside switch up, 270 off, sketchy 270 on, sketchy switch 270 on, but all that took me a good 25 days of riding
 
its not like I went out and just said I'm going to learn rails. Like I jsut did rails cause they were fun, and I got good and was like lets try that, and then I tried something new. You progress that way not by standing 3 hours at a rail and forcing yourself to do stuff your not ready for. so a bunch of years I guess
 
rails have always been easier and less intimidating for me than jumps

its easy to progress with rails , all the tricks are in your head , if you start looking over your shoulder at the end of a jib youll spin out, if you tell yourself your gona switch up and pop and look at the same time, youll switch up etc
 
my first season i learned 270 on/off onto boxes and one rail...switchups either way..270 out both directions switch onto boxes...its all about practice man...i was up there almost everyday trying and learning new stuff
 
i can rail anything, and hit is up switch, and unatural, but no 270s, and no switch ups

 
just started attempting rails seriously last season (due to peer pressure and icy landings on jumps) and figured out how to slide them without my legs kicking out and hip sliding. commitment! dont be afraid. if you are afraid the rail will own you. switch out was easy to get, uphill 270 out took more time (and lots of hiking). goals for this season are normal 270 out and switch on. switch on switch out would be nice. i lived at a house with an insane long steep driveway leading down to our yard so we made a 30 foot long box (4" wide trekdek surface) for practice. because of the driveway you could slide it as fast or slow as you want. it was nice to have it, we practiced often (usually at night) and it was long enough that you couldnt grease it every time (kept things exciting). so my tip would be build a backyard rail, then practice your ass off on it. pce
 
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