Preparing Urban Rails

[RussellK141]

Some friends and I were thinking about hitting up some urban rails this season (once there's enough snow, of course). I was just curious if there was anything we should do to the rail before hitting it to ensure the smoothest and safest slide, such as WD-40 it or wax it or something. Any suggestions?

 

[WIllW]

run your ski along the full rail to check for sticky spots and wax it if need be

 

[ItsPhil]

yea always check first, you could fuck yourself up big time by hitting it if you dont

 

[skier27]

i use a bar of soap

 

[quebecfreestyler]

use your edge to get rid of sticky rusty spots

 

[AKjibbarailer]

grind the rust off with a file, you usualy dont need wax-urban is usualy prety steep.

 

[imotion]

what does that mean

 

[windhamskibum]

i think he means like the rails are at a steep angle, so you would have momentum, but still you hit a slow spot, your done

 

[AKjibbarailer]

ive gone over urban rails and found rough chunks but i have a crazy friend who tries anything so he just hits it and you dont see anything funny. So the momentum you have usualy out does the friction of a rough spot.