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Any tips on C-rails? Yeah, Im that bad

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IanIsBored2000
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Well, just started doing rails. I can do boxes fine now, and sometimes real rails. Theres some C-rails at the mountain im going to the next few days and im gonna give them a try. They look hard to learn, but once you get them they look fun. Is it basically just like hitting a box, but you gotta do it kinda fast so the centrifugal force or wtf its called keeps you from sliding backwards off it? Or do you just wanna lean up or something? Any tips would be sick. thanks, Ian
Feb 8 2007 9:04PM
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Grimace.
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are they c rails or c boxes?
Feb 8 2007 9:09PM
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spere
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lean into them, stay centered, dont lean back
Feb 8 2007 9:09PM
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IanIsBored2000
Posts: 210 - Karma: 10
whoops, sorry meant C boxes not C rails. Id change my tital but i dunno how.
Feb 8 2007 9:22PM
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TheQuailman
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^ cant change the title

but yea, Its almost impossible to get a c-box your first time hitting it. its all about timing. there not hard, you just gota figure out your speed, angle, length, curve, etc.

hit it like any box and usually the curve will take you around. hit it again and again and you'll know the speed you need and how much to lean.

don't lean back and keep oyur stance wide

as for any rail/box look to the end not down to your feet
Feb 8 2007 9:26PM
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KillerMonkey
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hehe, C-rails are quite a different experience than boxes. For boxes just hit it like a regular box the first time. You'll probably either go over it or fall down cause ur not going fast enough.
Feb 8 2007 9:28PM
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shrEddie
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c boxes are super easy. the only thing that matters is getting the spped right. then just let it slide you around the corner.  rails are harder because you actually have to balance yourself
Feb 8 2007 9:38PM
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MadSteezin
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skis shoulder width apart and lean with it
Feb 8 2007 9:51PM
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Billiards.
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doood. Hop on, get centered. Then leeaaannnnn.
Feb 8 2007 10:16PM
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oiECSoi
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you can lean with it and you can rock with it haha i hate that song hahahaha
Feb 8 2007 10:23PM
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CTD
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a nice C rail is one of the most fun things ever
Feb 8 2007 10:24PM
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ineedarealname
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crails are the fucking coolest snowboard grab ive ever seen.
Feb 8 2007 10:24PM
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tha_CF
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hahaha there talking about c rails. but yess i agree with you there super sick looking.

as for the guy needing help, c boxes are easier then flat boxes. or easier then flat rails i shud say

Feb 8 2007 10:28PM
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IanIsBored2000
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Haha, thanks for all the help, I tried them today, took me about 5 tries to get the right speed/angle to get on, but once I got my first I got like 10 in a row. I gotta admit its a lot more fun riding rails when your sliding around a corner than just going forward. Uh oh, this means now I gotta find the balls to try some S boxes!! nah just kiddin, ill wait on that. Thanks though.
Feb 9 2007 11:14PM
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Literature
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Do it. S rails are double the fun.
Feb 9 2007 11:34PM
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Aclique_Clothing
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yup s-rails are super fun, they take a while to get use to tho, i remember the first time hitting htem and i fell proabably 20 times b4 i got it. i cant believe no one has critized this kid about c boxes... this is how NS should be like all the time
Feb 10 2007 12:46AM
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FigmentFilmski
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i got both c boxes at canada olympic park in a row my first time, both facing different ways (no poles too)
Feb 10 2007 12:47AM
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bondi011
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i se3cond that
Feb 10 2007 1:09AM
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Gtweaker
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speed is a big factor 2 jus find it
Feb 10 2007 2:14AM
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scratchproteen
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speed is probably the biggest factor...if you go to fast you will just throw your self over the edge and if you go to slow you will just slide down...

once you have the perfect speed you just let the box take you
Feb 10 2007 2:57AM
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IanIsBored2000
Posts: 210 - Karma: 10
Ya thanks for not being gay about this... I read some old posts, and they were full of kids being like "wow your fucking terible at skiing, you cant even 360?" and stuff like that. I bet half those kids cant even puull the stuff themselves. Whatever, its my first year in the park, and if I'm not as good as you, than feel free to tell me, just dont expect me to care. Thanks for all the help....Ian
Feb 10 2007 4:47PM
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PatVigorito
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hit it up a few times and get used to it but get speed so you just come off the back side rather than eat it
Feb 10 2007 7:58PM
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Alex_thedroog
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Have one ski directly in front of the box and the other one the the inside of the curve, get centered, lean into it and crouch your knees.
Feb 10 2007 9:58PM
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doublexl
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if theyre set up like the c boxes on my mt. i gotcha covered. come at it at a slight angle and sort of jump on to it from the side. keep forward cause if you lean back, your done. look at the end and be steezy as fuck while taking all steps into consideration.
Feb 10 2007 10:23PM
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t_rob
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i'm probably almost as bad as the kid who created this threat but do you guys go into the box facing out of the curve or into the curve.
Feb 10 2007 10:56PM
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IanIsBored2000
Posts: 210 - Karma: 10
facing into. you want your tips like pointing off the higher part, out of the curve. I doubt it would work very well the other way. Plus Im pretty bad at spinning unnatural.
Feb 11 2007 7:19PM
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=nick=
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want a cookie?




anyways....its all about speed. if ur too slow you'll come off early, if ur too fast youll go over the top.
Feb 11 2007 7:33PM
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SkiMN
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ALMOST. I did one my first ever shot at a C today, dinky ass piece of shit and sketch as fuck but i got off the end.

People go too fast, you dont need as much speed as you think, the curve carries you through, they are sooooooooo fun.
Feb 11 2007 7:55PM
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skithesprings
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a tail press around a c box is the steeziest thing ever
Feb 11 2007 7:59PM
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BFFset.
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yeah but they're wayy hard to get right
Feb 11 2007 8:01PM
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SkiMN
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I concur.
Feb 11 2007 8:03PM
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