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Rails not important?

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schlopy
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It seems that rails arent that important in contests and that jumps are most important. Rails are in my opinion only cool in videos.
Feb 27 2007 10:50PM
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Sholte
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yeah unless youre 610 ing on to the rail, then i matters.
Feb 27 2007 10:55PM
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T-Wash
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I think that jumps are judged more in comps but i think are more stylish and more important but i think that urbans are sick for videos but rails and jumps should be evenly judged
Feb 27 2007 10:58PM
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Albino
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word - if u can make it stand out, it counts. same reason sw 10s dont win big air anymore. man im glad we can say that now.
Feb 27 2007 10:58PM
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T-Wash
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sw 10's are still winning comps. I saw schlopy on the SI next snow search on TV on sunday he did one and he won. by the way that was sick
Feb 27 2007 11:00PM
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shoenice22
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dont u guys think rails are easier though because to a certain extent if u get the right balance u can do most of the rail tricks out there plus u can really die a lot easier on jumps
Feb 27 2007 11:01PM
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Drail
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yea, switch 10's don't win 'cause they're throwing 12's and 14's and doubles...
Feb 27 2007 11:02PM
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kolekaine
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i think everything is more important... they just go more towards jumps
Feb 27 2007 11:02PM
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shoenice22
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yeah but its still spin to win cause a 14 beat a kangy and a switch 12 won
Feb 27 2007 11:04PM
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unchyll
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i completly disagree rails are harder than jumps personaly ecspecialy when you start getting into the the switchups and shit jumps you just commit it and dont have the chance of losing your left nut
but yeah its kinda retarded like in x gaems the judges were having a convo while all these guys are 450ing onto rails and shit it makes me mad
Feb 27 2007 11:04PM
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T-Wash
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Ya i mean its gonna be spin to win for awhile till it gets way to gnarley I mean even the 12 year olds on the SI thing was spin to win but schlopy was the only one to land a sw 10
Feb 27 2007 11:06PM
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shoenice22
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yeah im thinking that the 14s gunna become the new cab 10
Feb 27 2007 11:07PM
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slaydave
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comps are pretty lame...
Feb 27 2007 11:12PM
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schlopy
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like i know kids who fucken anialate rails and cant jump to save their life so what i mean is that if you cant jump... your screwed foo
Feb 27 2007 11:16PM
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T-Wash
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so fucking true unless you can murder urbans but you still have to have a few jump tricks
Feb 27 2007 11:19PM
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james44
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im damn good at the jumping but on rails i cant even 270 off

Feb 27 2007 11:22PM
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J.D.
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Then work on something creative. Try to nollie. Butter more. Shifty onto a rail for chrissakes. A good lipslipe nosepress would win any contest I was judging.
Feb 27 2007 11:24PM
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chewy15
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^ya but no other judge has that mindset
Feb 27 2007 11:27PM
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FUUUCK
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if rails weren't as important jon wouldve won ever x-games slopestyle
Feb 27 2007 11:31PM
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ry.will
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hmmmm....
Feb 27 2007 11:41PM
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Piste.Off
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he noly won with that is because hes only 13 yrs old if dumont threw one down and expected to win he wouldnt
Feb 27 2007 11:43PM
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Dustin.
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and a lot of skiers who aren't even pro can do them with style now
Feb 28 2007 12:15AM
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schlopy
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14 and if dumont did a switch double cork ten he would win... noob haha
Feb 28 2007 12:16AM
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Casey
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well its like, even look at the x-games. that first box/rail set up everyone did basically the same trick, 270 on, or sw 270 on, switch up. Which like, you'll see someone doing something harder than that in your own park. And the people that did harder rail stuff in the x games didn't really get rewarded for it that much.
Feb 28 2007 4:00AM
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Gharf
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candide did a sw6 to rail. and it was rewarded. But i agree the rail weren t thant bad in x game, it would be more fun if they were like 5-kink, or super gaps..
Feb 28 2007 8:12AM
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snowXrider540
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eh...

i think the sports going more to jumps again

Feb 28 2007 8:23AM
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PCjea
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i think that rails help the run flow more... plus they add variety
Mar 6 2007 5:47PM
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mohawkskier
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they are what makes slope etyle  not big air
Mar 6 2007 5:49PM
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WeK
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skiings going more towards jumping imo, but personally i prefer rails. comp wise, id definetly say jumps, but everything else including myself and vidoes i prefer rails
Mar 6 2007 5:52PM
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miroz
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agreed - jumps take more guts than rails, no doubt, but to all the rail tech tricks people bring out now are soooo sick.
That first box at X-games slopestyle was awesome
Mar 6 2007 6:01PM
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chickenwang
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its 630 noobzor lol
Mar 6 2007 6:01PM
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jp14
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yo schlopy, i saw the nextsnow on tv, and there was a kid named schlopy in it, and he absolutely killed it. Was that you?
Mar 6 2007 6:08PM
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STACKS
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i'm pretty sure rails count always try to go for a rail unless your going to spin a 450+ onto a box
Mar 6 2007 6:11PM
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i+am+ghetto
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it´s not "a sw 14" ... that thing was perfectly stomped..... long hold grab good air time good landing.... sw 12 octo was sick man.... did u ever seen a video of that big air?
Mar 6 2007 6:18PM
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quebecfreestyler
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I would like you to judge more comps.
Mar 6 2007 6:32PM
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quebecfreestyler
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I could do 30 cab 7 off a jump and they would look pretty much all the sme if i want to and I couldnt do 30 urban style 270 on pretzels ourt in a row to save my life.

and you say jumps are harder....
Mar 6 2007 6:42PM
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DUBIE
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rails are super sick
Mar 6 2007 6:46PM
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