Learning rails help!

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Is there any tips you can give to learn rails? i have tried a couple times but i just ate shit right away. I mean is there any ways to improve balance on them ? How do you do it ? how do you approach and how did you learn them ? i can do on a box like 90 on and pretzels of etc... but when it comes to rails it gets harder.

PS: anyone here with Salomon threat 2010 ?
 
Well first off, I started learning the exact same way your doing it. You have to expect that you will take hits.

A few tips though. Approach the rail with a low, shoulder width stance. Keep your arms forward and look towards the end of the rail.

When your hopping on, really try to evenly distribute your weight as much as possible. This will improve stability quite drastically. Most people simply weight their back foot too much which causes you to slip out and land on your side. But if you really focus on getting forward and aggressive on the rail, things will improve.

Good Luck! I hope that helps .
 
FYI you have to spin at least 180 before your opposite direction spin off is considered a "pretzel". Just practice a lot man and your balance will get better. Practice is the only way buddy. Practice. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, practice.
 
Ski up to it with it lined up between your skis. pop onto the rail, you want both skis to fully leave the ground as you turn 90 and jump towards the end of the rail, dont focus on getting sideways, focus on keeping your momentum down the rail. I dont know if that will help you, but i see a lot of people have trouble with rails because they get used to being able to just slide onto boxes. Also, keep your feet spaced throughout the whole process, dont let them come together as you pop onto the rail
 
you probably always fall on your back when you try a rail, just always look at the end of the rail and dont forget to put the same ammount of weight on both of your feet(when i begin with rail, i was always putting all my wieght on my back foot cause i was afraid of fail forward and eat the rail in my face)
 
MY FRIEND HAS THEM. WHY DO YOU ASK?

AND IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT. I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO HIT RAILS ON A STREET STYLE DOWN RAIL.

- REMEMBER TO GET YOUR SKIS ALL THE WAY ON THE RAIL, IF YOU CATCH YOUR TIPS, GONNA HAVE A BAD TIME.

-STAY 90DEGREES ON THE RAIL, IF YOU PIZZA WHEN YOURE SUPPOSED TO BE FRENCHFRIES, GONNA HAVE A BAD TIME.

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- ALSO KEEP YOUR SHOULDERS ALLIGNED SO THAT YOUR UPPER BODY IS FACING DOWN THE HILL, IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO BALANCE. PICK A POINT NEAR THE END OF THE RAIL TO LOOK AT/FOCUS ON.

AND SCISSORING WILL MAKE IT EASIER BUT YOU DONT NEED TO WORRY SO MUCH RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
 
Come into the rail with more speed than you need, as noted. you can always take off more speed then you can build up. keep your skis shoulder width apart. its key. pop 90 a decent amount depending on the rail.you want to pop nice and evenly. you will want to use your entire body to pop so getting on the rail is nice and smooth. if you pop more off your nose or tail you'll be put onto the rail weird. once you're on the rail DONT LOOK AT YOUR FEET. I feel like looking at your feet is the most common mistake. look down hill or at the end of the rail. pop of at the end and ride away. if it helps try point your arm at the end of the rail. don't rotate your body to do this. just raise your arm up. Im guessing when you get on your feet aren't wide enough and you rotate your upper body instead of your head to look down hill. hope this is helpful. if you want more details pm me.
 
Ive become used to boxes but im still new to park. so do you want your upper body facing down the hill or with your feet. when i sometimes get on the box sometimes coming off early is it due to me not paying attention to the end of the box or what. Im trying to get edge grip to stay at a constant slide how do i properly grip the box with my edges. when it comes to boxes or rails that have quite a gap from the rail to the box do i just try not to focus on the gap, cause one time i wasnt confident and totally hit the front of the box and ate it. is it all confidence
 
dude just go for it but make sure to pick ur front edge up and keep the back one flat. when ur spinning off, dig with the front ski never the back
 
i first learned by doing rails where you can put it between your legs then jump on. once you start hitting a rail for the first time you wil start to notice little tips that you like to do and once you do your first one it just goes from there. practice and also commit.
 
It's hugely a mental game, like anything else skiing. If you approach the rail thinking about how hard you may bite it, then you probably will. Own the rail, seriously. When i was learning rails, I was told by Skogen Sprang himself (a big name back in the day) that I should say/think "You're mine, you're mine" to the rail over and over in my head as I approached it, and it worked!

Approach the rail with more speed than you think you will need. Speed is your friend, not only are you more stable at speed, it makes the whole ordeal go a lot faster. If you haul ass at a 10 foot flat rail, it's almost impossible to fall off the side. As you come up to the rail with plenty of speed and your head set to boss-mode, pop hard and turn your shoulders parallel with the rail, your feet will naturally follow (don't look down at them to check! looking straight down is what you wanna avoid the whole time). Focus at the end of the rail and wait for your feet to touch down on it. Weight your front foot with a little more body weight than your back when on the rail. Too much weight on the back and you may slip-out backwards. I would say about 60% weight on the leading foot, about 40% in back. It's okay to have equal weight on both feet the first few slides, but get in the habit of weighting the front foot more for when you learn kinked rails or more technical things.
 
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