Jibbin or Jumpin?

HitTheJim

HitTheJim

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What do you think requires more SKIING ability, slaying rails or jumps? I personally think jibbing, it's all about manipulating and controlling your skis.
 
Rails but urban rails in fact not like boxes in your park.

Once you land a trick on a jump it is pretty easy replicate again now that you have the feeling, but urban rails make everything 10x harder and takes a long ass time for 1 trick.
 
makes a good point
depends on the skier, some people have better air awareness than others, while other people have great balance.
 
Jumps are harder and what everyone that doesn't spend every weekend on the mountian cares about.

Rails, are more what i care about. 450, bindsoul. I know how hard it is.Just saying jumping is cool but rails are steezy
 
It breaks down into two things

how fast it is to learn the basics

and how fast it takes to learn to be good.

For example, most people (not saying all) learn their first 360 before they learn a 270 out or a switch up. So for the first one i'm going to have to say Jumping is easier than Jibbin

however how fast it takes to learn to be good. Both are pretty difficult but Jibbing is more technical than big air. While big air is more gutsy and more of getting a feel for it and comiting.
 
I would rather see a huge floating spin with a clean grab as opposed to say a 2 on, blind swap, front 4 out. I know they both take huge amounts of time to learn, but i guess i just favor people hucking off big shit.
 
both, some people are good at either one, neither, both. no one is more difficult its just what your good at and like
 
^so true. Jumps are scarier but more consistent (for most people), rails require work and effort to get a good trick but are no as scary to me
 
sliding on fake shit isnt skiing. it can be fun, and a hellauva time for people who do it, but it isnt skiing.

normally people are super into rails because they lack a real mountain, and you can only do so much on a little hill, so they get their thrill from rails. good shit. But i am of the opinion that if it isnt a part of the mountain, then it isnt real skiing.
 
Jumps, you don't even have to know how to ski to hit a rail,whereas you have to have good form and a solid pop to be able to get good at jumping. Generally the people who ski longer are better at jumps and the kids who just started skiing like rails better.
 
people should get better at rails. only a few guys in x games were doing unique rail tricks. everyone id pretty similar jumps.

i like rails better. NJ jumps suck anyway.
 
rails take repetition to get good at. as soon as you get over that one time fear of hucking something huge, its all the same. (this doesnt count invert stuff/ and or urban stuff for rails, or basically higher grade anything) just as the basic. sliding a flat bar. vs. hitting a 15 footer. to get that bar down pat you have to slide it a lot. just to get used to it and everything. when hitting the jump its a straight air and then you can start floating spins. (lets say 3's) it all depends. but from a basic standpoint i'd say rails are harder in principal
 
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