Park tips

B_stan

B_stan

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Okay so i kinda started skiing park last season. I am looking for some tips on hitting jumps to toss 180s and 3s. and alot of tips for getting sideways on rails cause i was sketched out to do that last season.

Im just looking for some honest help so i dont feel like a dipshit in the park this year.
 
Get a solid pop, and put pressure on the shins of your boots. Don't look down, look at the horizon then your landing. initiate the spin with your hips. The harder you throw it, the more you spin. ALWAYS COMMIT(this applies to every trick).

For rails just pop at the end of the lip, turn your hips 90 degrees, look at the end of the rail, and put pressure on your front foot.

Remember the most important part: Have fun!
 
Best way to get up on your rail game is to just make an easy backyard setup. Buy a 4x8 and a couple pieces of schedule 40 pvc pipe and screw em together. Seriously, even the most shitty of sketchups will help tremendously if your just learning.
 
Commit, commit, commit. The more you pussy out, the harder you're going to fall and the worse of habits you're gonna make.

Start with boxes, 50-50ing them(straight on) and then do like a little shifty to get sideways and to get a feel for going sideways. Then start by popping, turning with your shoulders and hips and landing 90 on the box with more weight on your front foot than you'd think. Seriously, it's a bit uncomfortable at first but you'll slip out if you have too much weight on your back foot. Also, don't try to hockey stop. You will not have a good time. When you're comfortable with that, hit narrower boxes and then move to flat bars(rails). After you get those dialed in, you'll be able to figure out hand rails, tubes, etc pretty much naturally.

For jumps, always make sure you have pressure with your shins and boots. That's really important. Get comfortable on a smaller jump and getting used to being in the air. Throw in a couple grabs(safety, tail, etc). Then when you wanna throw 1's or 3's make sure when you throw it you throw it parallel to the ground or else you'll go off axis. Like keep your torso uptight, not leaned anyway.
 
Hitting rails (and jumps for that matter) is a huge mind game...It helps me to remember that skiing is fun and eating shit on this tiny handrail isn't going to kill me. Once you get past that you will catch on very quickly. You won't look like a dipshit if you're having fun and trying to learn, everyone has respect for that. As for actual tips everyone has already got you covered, the only thing I can add is that when you're ready to commit to sliding a rail, going into the rail slow is not going to help you. Watch to see how a comfortable skier will hit a rail, watch the speed they hit it at, try to work towards that. Sliding rails slowly is harder than at a faster speed IMO, commit, hit the rail looking at the end and plan to slide it the whole way.
 
Everyone has been giving good points. Don't be afraid to ask for tips from other people on the hill. Ask if you can follow someone around for a while and watch how they approach different features, most would be happy to let you. It also allows you to get to know people. Surround yourself with good skiers that have a good attitude and you will learn fast.
 
What helped me the most was to ski with older people that were better than me and push yourself to try the tricks they were trying. Don't give up and have fun.
 
What helped me the most was to ski with older people that were better than me and push yourself to try the tricks they were trying. Don't give up and have fun.
 
On rails, you'll probably fall the first few times you try to jib them. But once you fall, you realize it really doesn't hurt that bad, and your confidence will go up. that's how it was for me, just make sure you commit. honestly, under committing to a rail or jump is going to end much worse than over committing will.
 
no pain no gain mother fucker. fall fal fall and fall some more your never going to land everything first time but just keep at your shit man.
 
As most guys/girl said, commitment is a big factor. If you want to get comfortable on 1s and 3s scared of the park kickers, try small jumps from the side of groomers.

For 3s, the key is really your pop and head/shoulders: you don't need a lot of momentum for a 3, even for a 5, so don't focus on trying to spin your body too much, you'll go off axis. Pop as high as you can at the lip, and more importantly pop up (not front, back, or sideways) the movement of your shoulders/head needs to be flat, so focus on looking behind you turning your head, but not down or up.

You can prep with your arm before popping but make sure you don't start spinning before you're actually airborne (again, with bigger spins it's not the same, but with 3/5 it'll make you easily go off axis, reason why big spins not corked or flipped are quite rare/hard). Once you get more comfortable, focus on popping, starting the spin and tucking you knees up. Once you feel that it flows well, you can try adding a grab, japans are pretty easy, then safety then mute. Or tail grab too, which can actually help you straighten you axis if your going backwards a bit.

For rails, just get comfortable board sliding boxes, then tubes if your park has them. They're essentially the same, tubes are just not as sticky and you need to think "lighter, smoother" on them. If there are only side entry rails at your park, make sure you don't come at an angle, or you'll slide off everytime. It's hard to do it fast at first, but try to hop on, lifting your front ski first and doing a quick 90, and keep looking at the end of the rail. Don't think of putting more weight on the back or on the front ski, just think light and smooth, almost life if you were skimming the rail. As you get more and more comfortable, you'll come to know how to apply more pressrun where it feels right really.

Good luck bro!
 
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