Rail tip

mattj

mattj

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I guess it's not much good now, but I'm just kind of curious for next season: is it easier to lock on to a rail at a high speed or at a slower speed?

-m

 
if you go too fast you just kinda glide over it. the slower you go the more balanced you will have to be.

'Surrender pronto, or we will level toronto.'- Canadian Bacon
 
if you really want to test yourself, go super slow and slide the rail. it's way more fun than just flying through it.

but yes, going faster is easier

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play with various speeds on various rails, some you need alot of speed for some you need none.

oh and you dont REALLY need snow to do rails... just wet wood or carpet

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Cool thanks. I just learned rails in the last couple of days this season and I have been doing them fairly slowly. The left-right balance is not that hard I have difficulty with getting on and sometimes getting off the rail. Will different speeds of approach help with these problems?

-m

 
yeah....but keep in mind, if you go really fast on the approach and dont make the full 90 degree turn.....hah!

We'll have you dead pretty soon.
 
imagine having a skateboard 20 feet in front of you. Now run up to it and jump on it. That is how you ride a rail. If your weight is balanced too far back, you will end up on your ass on the concrete. Same thing goes for a rail. The skis will slide the rail as fast as the skate will roll. Try it out.

-ryan

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...fuckin send it

work to live...not live to work.

work to ski...but only if you ski to work. The simple equation to skibumming 101
 
^ that's a good exercise for the balance on the rail, but the places I have trouble are popping off the end of the rail and popping off the takeoff onto the rail... I think time on rails is all I need before this becomes second nature just like hitting a jump...

-m

 
i'm confused.....you have your uphill/downhill balance fairly dialed (if i read that correct), but you're having trouble getting on/off? are you coming off the side of the rail? what side do you normally come off on?

or are you just not popping off the end? i didn't pop off the end for a while when i started sliding rails, you just need to get more comfy on them and the pop off will become more natural, especially if your slide is right at 90 for the whole rail.

as for trouble getting on, maybe you aren't popping and turning in the air? or maybe you're like me and you're always sketched about hooking your back ski on the rail

-Strode

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The main problem is the popping off. What happens is I just kind of go flying off the end of the rail in the grinding position... A couple of times I have clipped one of the skis getting up on the rail but this has never caused me to bail yet. As for uphill/downhill it's fairly good on flat rails and rails with tiny kinks but rainbow rails or severely sloped rails are still above my level. Will have to wait until next year to try those again... Left and right balance has not been a problem yet. Basically I have greased a lot of rails, only to do a zero-spin off them and land in that 90 degree grinding position, not very steezy...

So I guess my original question should have been: would modifying my grinding speed change my ability (inability) to pop off the end of the rail?

-m

 
i would say put more effort into your pop on and commit to your landings, go slower on rails as you build your confidence

 
find a rail with a good kick onto it, and pratice. popping off the rail, just slide right off it.

'The only way you can ruin the present is by worrying about the future'
 
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