Unpopular opinion: Simple rails>technical rails

PimpChimpin

PimpChimpin

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Gonna get attacked for this but simple rails such as a long tube or flat down that I can throw big tricks on are better than technical rails like triple kinks

This is a W take and there’s no arguing it
 
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14423453:PimpChimpin said:
There’s two rails in front of you, 50 foot tube that you can do 40 backswaps on or a triple kink, which one you taking?
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idk you didnt say what kinda rail the 3 kink is, if its a pc double barrel down flat down flat with a nice landing, I might hit the 3 kink.
 
id take the long flat tube because the most technical rail I've done is a very short DFD and it didn't go too hot
 
This goes to the question of what you mean by “better”.

I enjoy greasing a 6 kink more than a tube personally but I get what you’re saying for tricks. It’s just more actively challenging and rewarding greasing harder kinked rails. Flat/down tubes/rails maybe easier and less scary for learning tricks but I don’t think they’re more fun for me. When I’m cruising through the park doing minimal tricks, I’d rather hit a bunch of hard kinked rails than a bunch of tubes I could do each and everytime.
 
topic:PimpChimpin said:
Gonna get attacked for this but simple rails such as a long tube or flat down that I can throw big tricks on are better than technical rails like triple kinks

This is a W take and there’s no arguing it
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Wait you can throw big tricks what are you doing on this sight.

You'd better not be andri in disguise
 
14423473:Deez_Mcskis said:
Wait you can throw big tricks what are you doing on this sight.

You'd better not be andri in disguise
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I’ve thrown a quad cork onto a flat tube, wasn’t too hard
 
Doing tricks on a tube is one thing, taking them to more technical rails is what progression is all about. Better to 2 on to sw a skinny quad kink then super elusive a flat tube imo.
 
99% of Instagram skiing is the same shit on and off and the same swaps on the same rails for 5 shots. Add some trap song and throw in a little b-roll on that and boom you’re a pro skier.
 
imo a park kinda blows if its a bunch of hard and huge rails that only pros can do tricks on. You need some accessible features for people of all skill levels to get clips on. Those same hard features also elevate a park if there are one or two. Id rather lap a park with features that i can learn new shit on and get a line vs a park where i only get to the end of each feature one out of five times
 
14423515:AndrewGravesSV said:
imo a park kinda blows if its a bunch of hard and huge rails that only pros can do tricks on. You need some accessible features for people of all skill levels to get clips on. Those same hard features also elevate a park if there are one or two. Id rather lap a park with features that i can learn new shit on and get a line vs a park where i only get to the end of each feature one out of five times
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Totally agree
 
14423505:270on420out said:
99% of Instagram skiing is the same shit on and off and the same swaps on the same rails for 5 shots. Add some trap song and throw in a little b-roll on that and boom you’re a pro skier.
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That’s why I don’t be really enjoying pro skier clips… yes, the stuff they do is extremely difficult and I could never do it, but it just doesn’t look as cool to me as someone making a creative trick and having style
 
topic:PimpChimpin said:
Gonna get attacked for this but simple rails such as a long tube or flat down that I can throw big tricks on are better than technical rails like triple kinks

This is a W take and there’s no arguing it
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Idk even just a 2 out of the quad kink at my hill feels more rewarding than like dub swaps and 2 ons
 
I wish more parks would have higher handrails, but with a wider rail. Just like 4 inch diameter downrails and kinks higher off the ground would be so nice. It would be a lot easier to transition tricks from a tube to that instead of like a one inch skinny af rail.

Or even just more features high off the ground in general.
 
14423556:PimpChimpin said:
That’s why I don’t be really enjoying pro skier clips… yes, the stuff they do is extremely difficult and I could never do it, but it just doesn’t look as cool to me as someone making a creative trick and having style
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True but there are plenty of pros who are creative and have a nice style
 
i love both honestly. a huge S rail, Z rail or a dfd+ is fun as hell and makes you feel good after stomping it
 
14423455:eheath said:
idk you didnt say what kinda rail the 3 kink is, if its a pc double barrel down flat down flat with a nice landing, I might hit the 3 kink.
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Bruh a DFDF is only a double kink
 
I hear the argument for technical rails, but the fat tube kinked rails (dfd, z, up flat) are my favorite. I just don't really like super skinny rails because you need to land perfect. A quad kink or a thicker s rail are the most satisfying to complete though.
 
my hill took our 36 inch fat tube and made it a spine, park crew couldn’t move it after bc of covid and now it’s unslidable because too many racer kids have rolled over it and made grooves
 
I’d much rather watch someone lace a challenge rail and like back 2 out then throw a bunch of swaps on a tube 6 inches off the ground
 
14423685:keagan.karstens said:
I’d much rather watch someone lace a challenge rail and like back 2 out then throw a bunch of swaps on a tube 6 inches off the ground
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id rather watch the little groms learn their first 2s out than see the challenge rail hit 4 times by the same dude because everyone else sucks

kinda depends if your hill has both tho
 
Lmao thank you for this

14423505:270on420out said:
99% of Instagram skiing is the same shit on and off and the same swaps on the same rails for 5 shots. Add some trap song and throw in a little b-roll on that and boom you’re a pro skier.
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Yea fat tubes will always be my favorite. BE Inspired proved to me that there is no upper skill limit to who can enjoy them, they are amazing for learning new tricks, and they are by far the most approachable rail for park beginners.

And yea, before you ask I am pretty medicore at rails
 
14423777:Young_patty said:
Unpopular opinion: if you do more than one two front swaps on a rail then I'm turning off your video.
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Agreed but it gets a pass if it’s through kinks each time on a bigger rail
 
Simple rails get ovelooked sometimes but both are sick. A lot of times people ask for crazy shit when down and flat rails are usually the most popular.

A nice challenge rail is always fun to hike 30 times to get a trick and curse at the world when you come off 2 feet before the end
 
Sunday River has recently fetishized stacking multiple features on top of eachother and it drives me insane. I would rather hit a nice flat rail and then hit a DFD than have the two stacked up. Maybe I should just be a man and find a way to get better but that’s just my take
 
14424328:galardogod said:
Sunday River has recently fetishized stacking multiple features on top of eachother and it drives me insane. I would rather hit a nice flat rail and then hit a DFD than have the two stacked up. Maybe I should just be a man and find a way to get better but that’s just my take
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wait you mean shit like, e.g. adding a flat after a DFD so it's a DFDF? dude that's the best! i wish i'd known SR was into that shit i'd try to get up there

i hear ya that it's not fun if you're not great at rails but in my experience simple rails are by far the most common. parks will have 50 foot jumps but the biggest hardest rail is a gimme
 
14424460:mobadis said:
The rail is a double kink it goes flat (different angle from straight downhill) 2 times
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down flat down is a double kink, you fucking idiot gaper piece of shit.
 
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