Rail Length?

[Ryan*]

So I know I should of searchbarred, but I don't know how to searchbar within a cult and plus I need an answer specific to my situation.

I can hit boxes with relative ease. If they're really down, I usually fall extra-super-hard, but if it's a pretty mellow up-down or flat-down, I can do it, no problem. Switch out too. I know, I'm cool. Flat boxes are obviously no problem either. But when I get to rails, my situation looks something like this:

Which is to say, I wreck really hard. I am building a set up so that I can go into my backyard in a relatively low-risk scenario and learn these motherfuckers before I'm faced with the oh-so-enjoyable task of learning to hit a rail in the hardpacked, 15-degree ice rinks that are Stratton's parks. So my question is this:

Should I build a 10-foot rail, which would obviously be easier to learn on because it's shorter, but would not allow me to learn much other than a straight slide, or.

Should I build a 15-foot rail, which would be harder to reach the end of but would allow me to progress more?

Keep in mind, every time I've hit a rail, I've fallen backwards and eaten it. It is very, very, very important that I learn this skill, and the right set up would be helpful.

 

[MattWeiss]

well if you build a 10 foot and learn to slide that well, you will find you become limited by the length after a certain point.

if you build a 15 footer, it may be initially harder to learn, but you will be able to learn so much more

i would go with the 15 footer

and if your falling backward, you may want to fix your stance, like make it shoulder width apart and stay centered over your skis and perpendicular to the rail, and don't use your edges, cause that's what causes you to slip out backward like you described

 

[Ryan*]

Lol I made a separate thread in the trick tip cult for my rail stance

 

[El_Barto.]

yep. i have a 10 footer and it is pretty damn tiny by the time you jump on. way to small for me to kfed. dont build a 10, go at least 15

 

[TheTristanator]

what about a 5 and a ten??? you can link them together

 

[Ryan*]

Knowing me, I'd get fucked up at the break in the two. If I could figure out a way to link them really well, it would be awesome, but otherwise I don't think it would work.

 

[El_Barto.]

ive never tried this but what if the first rail was bigger than the second so the second one could slip inside of the first one. seems like a really easy way to connect them but the skinnier rail might suck a little bit. someone probly already said that but its worth a shot

 

[Ryan*]

I'm making it a shotgun rail so idk if that would work

 

[the_moderaper]

my 10 foot rail works very good for me. ive learned every trick i know other than 5050s on it (i board) and ive never had a length issue yet

 

[50in07]

shot gun 12 would be perfect

 

[Lanceasaurus]

10ft rails are prime to learn on I was the same way and that is why we have a setup in our backyard too haha

 

[JahJahBinks]

10 foot is enough to learn more than just sliding a rail on...on my 8 footer I can switch up on it and 270 out w/out a problem, But I still regret that I didnt make it longer. Go like at 10-12 feet and that should be good.

 

[Lanceasaurus]

switch ups on 8 ft crazy

 

[regge]

i have an 8 footer too and regret the short length but switch ups are possible on them...i say stick to 10 - 15 feet

 

[TomTeller]

I'm building a 20' double barrel right now, gonna be SO sick. 10' is WAY to short, it's not fun when it's short, go for a challenge and built a long one.

 

[Panchuk]

Word.

I got 2 15 footers and a 12 footer. 15 feet is primo for making different setups especialy in the winter.

 

[stickerman]

i have a ten foot radio/tv tower i got in the garbage and i can pretzel out and i just picked up a 12 foot rail and haven't triend that yet but 10 is a good starter. if you get tired of it being to short, just make a 15 footer later on

 

[JOHNishi]

i dont know, i've got a ten footer and i can k-fed and do front switchups to opp. front 270 out both ways and back swap 270 out, so it's possible, and easier to build/store, i cudnt even find 15 foot pieces of pvc or metal pole/railing

 

[p-fo]

ya. go at least 10ft. i almost did a sw up on that thing yesterday

 

[TomTeller]

Go with a 20 footer, 10's get old rly fast and a 20 footer is nice because it's a challenge to stay on the entire thing.

 

[WorthDaMoney]

i say build 2 ten footers and use only one of them until you get comfortable, and by that time you would be comfortable enough to have a tiny gap in between your rails (you really dont notice the gap if the second rail is slightly closer to the ground than the first)

 

[Ryan*]

Hey everyone!

I built a 10-footer, now I need to alter my drop in so I have enough speed to actually hit it, most likely with construction fence, but the point is that the rail is built. I'll let you know how it goes when I can finally fucking hit it...stupid friction.