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Staying "light" on rails

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feezy
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 23
WOW.
last season was my 3rd on skis, and I still am really heavy getting on rails.
what i mean by that is I come down pretty fuckin hard, and its neither stylie nor pleasureable for me.

my question? are there any tips for getting on smoothly? i have tried simply absorbing the shock but i slide off forwards.
Sep 13 2006 4:24AM
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Andre.B
Posts: 1638 - Karma: 155
the only thing i can think of is come from the side and step on, it helped me. visulise!
Sep 13 2006 7:47AM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
dont pop so much onto the rail...if it is an urban style lip it is going to be alot easier to do it...but if it is just normal lip and gap, just dont pop so much...try and get just above the height of the rail and then get onto it...you will get it...just need practice./
Sep 13 2006 7:53AM
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creighton
Posts: 3836 - Karma: 3,386
dont jump at all
Sep 13 2006 10:33AM
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psychkub
Posts: 1788 - Karma: 16
I usually make one run down the park before trying anything. I usually go off the lips off each jib to see what the feel of the launch is like. Next time around I'll know how fast of how slow I need to go so that I don't really need to pop. Just use the natural launch of the lip and let it do it's job.
Sep 13 2006 10:52AM
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Scottness
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 10
MORE SPEED, seriously, not trying to be a jerk. speed will help your flow onto and off of stuff.
Sep 13 2006 11:17AM
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K-Thomas
Posts: 2700 - Karma: 604
be more conscious of your skis, and and the amount of pop you need to get on the rai
Sep 13 2006 11:36AM
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icecoastn
Posts: 524 - Karma: 15
pretend like youre gonna land on glass...
Sep 13 2006 11:39AM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
get Heedy
Sep 13 2006 11:46AM
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tupac@shakur
Posts: 8 - Karma: 10
HIGHT TILL I DIE LOW TILL I SMOKE THIS SHIT OWN STOP TILL MY CASKET DROP
Sep 13 2006 11:54AM
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Fuckanig
Posts: 12 - Karma: 10
dude that always wodks hod'd du learnded mi secret biatch
Sep 13 2006 11:56AM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
don't pop above the rail and land down on it, pop to the rail so its a smooth transition. I dunno if that made sense to you
Sep 13 2006 12:25PM
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steezy-joe
Posts: 452 - Karma: 10
yeah, more speed and dont jump, let the lip do most of the popping, and yeah get heed steez cuz hes the steezyest.
Sep 13 2006 2:20PM
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feezy
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 23
that makes perfect sense.
shit.
amazing help there... i hope.

oh, and i will start going faster.
but i now have another question:

how do you turn your skis if you dont pop? when i used to try not popping on my tails would catch on the lip.

thanks for all the help guys... awesome shit.
Sep 13 2006 3:37PM
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robbieA
Posts: 1371 - Karma: 30
watch heed videos all day untill ur brainwashed into believing that the only way to get on a rail is by stepping on
Sep 13 2006 3:58PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,012
sounds like you are popping to much off of the lip
Sep 13 2006 4:27PM
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lyndon
Posts: 7266 - Karma: 127
yeah, i kinda pop downwards sort of...and i land super flush...
Sep 13 2006 5:07PM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,184
u gotta get good enough pop so that you dont eat shit and catch an edge but dont do too much either
Sep 13 2006 5:13PM
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Love_Wins.
Posts: 5536 - Karma: -1
Most times you don't need to 'pop' if there is a good lip, I usually only pop to get on a rail urban style(from the side), or if you need to clear something, say like, if you want to gap to the flat on a battleship...just use the lip and instead of loading up your tails and launching, just suck your feet up to meet the rail.
Sep 13 2006 5:30PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,537
dont jump like super mother fuckin high u need to only get like 5inches above the rail
Sep 13 2006 6:50PM
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