How long does it take to get "good" at jibs/rails?

Slick.Rick · 2010-12-03 19:01:55

I have never hit a box or rail or jib in my life. I have always skied big mountain, but this year i want to focus in on my jibbing skills. I will be skiing at a resort with a park that has only rails and jibs. How long do you guys think before i will be able to be "good" at rails/jibs?

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as long as it takes you to not be a pussy and learn a bunch of tricks... no but honestly, if you read that question what kind of answer would you give?

Dec 3 2010 7:02PM

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rails take time. do next expect to be doing stylie k-feds and bbuttered 450's by the end of 1 season, unless you are a super fast learner or live somewhere with a gigantic season or perfect park.

basically, a long time.

Dec 3 2010 7:05PM

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Depends on how dedicated you are. If you have a mountain that has nothing but jibs (*cough* mine *cough*) and injury doesn't absolutely take you down everytime you fall, you could do it in 2-3 years. I literally will not stop skiing for a little sprain or such, unless it really gets me (knee or such). In my first year I learned all 4 270 outs, all four switchups, 2 450 outs, and a couple other rail tricks. Hope this helps a bit.

Dec 3 2010 7:07PM

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Slick.Rick

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What would be a realistic goal for the end of the season?

Dec 3 2010 7:07PM

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check this 2 page thread i made last year on the same topic.

https://newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/494739/

Dec 3 2010 7:08PM

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All four 270's, depending on how comfortable you are on sliding both ways. If you get that, try switchups. How old are you btw, age CAN, but not necessarily will be a factor in how fast you learn.

Dec 3 2010 7:10PM

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It really depends, I mean I went from doing sketch kfeds to doing pretzles and 360 swaps in one day, but then it took me months to learn any more tricks so it's really just depends what you want to work on.

Dec 3 2010 7:12PM

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Also this. Just work and build on what you're most comfortable doing and build on it.

Dec 3 2010 7:13PM

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typo, sorry. It's pretty obvious.

Dec 3 2010 7:16PM

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If you push it, get scared, try hard things, fall a ton, and get hurt all the time, you will progress really fast.

If you are timid and afraid, you won't progress very fast, but you will have less bruises I guess?

It's your choice.

Dec 3 2010 7:19PM

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66 and a half days, approximately.

Dec 3 2010 7:19PM

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joshua

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It depends how much natural talent you have to start with, how ballsy you are, and how much you are willing to work at it. Could take 6 months or it could never happen.

Dec 3 2010 7:22PM

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"good" is pretty impossible to define, and depends a lot on who you're skiing with. If you can master most or all 270s out and switch ups I would say that's a good first year. Since you already know how to ski you could definitely learn a lot more if you're motivated.

Dec 3 2010 8:56PM

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If you sack up and commit to things, It will come pretty easy.

Dec 3 2010 8:58PM

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If this was directed towards me, I have never stepped on skis before that. A mix of snowboarding, ice hockey, and good balance was enough to teach myself.

Dec 3 2010 8:58PM

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just work hard and i mean your first day u could be sliding all the rails and getting 270ss it depends on the person

Dec 3 2010 9:06PM

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Moo

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70% of tricks are mental

Dec 3 2010 9:24PM

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if u were to spend 70-80% of your tiem just hitting rails,

1. you'll probely going to get most rails down and probely most fo the easy tricks.

2.u might start to get some style but if your all ready just a super steezy mother fucker ull be fine.

3. ull destroy your skis , so i would recomend getting some skis that are going to hold up a couple skis that i would go forare

-k2 disordlys

-line invaders/a bangs/anthoms

-armada ar6

all going to be fun park skis and are usuly going to hold up on alot of rails!

hope that helped a little bit!

Dec 3 2010 9:37PM

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this

Dec 3 2010 9:40PM

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chardi

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heres all the basic rail tricks. i just got into rails pretty recently and this is the order of the tricks i learned.

nat fr 2
nat fr swup
nat blind 2
nat blind swup
unnat fr 2
unnat fr swup
unnat blind 2
unnat blind swup

work on those until you get them. and practice sliding in both directions. by natural i mean spinning (not really spinning, but you know) to my left and unnatural spinning to my right, so you can tell which way i was going, its good to learn both. and i learned 2s on in like the middle of all that and i'm still kinda getting the last ones down. then when you start getting comfortable with them start putting them together, thats where its starts getting really fun

Dec 3 2010 9:44PM

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depending on hpw many time to lift stops :P

Dec 3 2010 9:47PM

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titsLOL

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My whole post was about what to try to learn in your first year... why would you think that was to you?

Dec 3 2010 9:51PM

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chardi

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you gotta hike.

the truth in learning rails, unfortunately, is that if you really want to get good at them your gonna have to pick up your skis and walk, a lot. A LOT.

Dec 3 2010 9:51PM

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chardi

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it will be much easier to learn rails if you buy this equipment

Dec 3 2010 10:06PM

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Depends on the motivation you have. I myself do not have that much motivation so it has taken a couple years to actually learn some legit shit. Almost can do all 8.

Dec 4 2010 12:40AM

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Please listen to my advice.

Don't progress too fast. That's how someone develops sketchy style. Doing a trick is no good unless it's smooth. Tons of people can do blind 270's out but few look good doing it. Strive to be one of the few who looks good when doing rail tricks. Nobody likes to look at ugly tricks.

Dec 4 2010 1:55AM

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agreed. I'd rather watch a blind surface swup to 270, than 9 switch ups with arms all flailing.

Dec 4 2010 7:00AM

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start with boxes, i would wear a cup when starting with rails. and a goal for this season would be 90 on maybe a switch up and 90 or 270 out

Dec 4 2010 10:04AM

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how many different ways can you spin 270 off a rail lol?

unless im missing somethin..

Dec 4 2010 10:10AM

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broto

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left ski forward frontside and blindside

right ski forward frontside and blindside

Dec 4 2010 10:15AM

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ahh i see..that makes sense haha

Dec 4 2010 10:22AM

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hanksy

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May be too late this year to get into it, but a basic small rail and some rollerblades works wonders.

Dec 4 2010 2:12PM

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What? What's 90, do you mean sliding a rail? And how do you not do a 90 out?

Dec 4 2010 3:18PM

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Holte

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I would worry most about not landing in those giant unmaintained bomb holes.

Dec 4 2010 3:21PM

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hauser

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You can leave the get hurt part out but this. You will get fucked up good in no time. Just dont dress all steezy and not do tricks. Get out there and try shit. Doesnt matter what people think just do it for you

Dec 4 2010 3:56PM

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chicken

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It took me 4 years to get good at park, and then about 2 to get bad again.

Mostly because "good" was relative to the average park rat.

Dec 4 2010 4:01PM

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the_king

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wait, whatt!? Please tell me people don't do this !

Dec 4 2010 4:45PM

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majora

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i'm struggling switch 270's on, and backside out, but can switchup fine...

Dec 4 2010 5:04PM

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definitely depends. If you sack up and commit every tome you ski, you can improve quickly. Personally, i set a goal for myself everytime i ski, and try to reach it no matter how tough it might seem.

also it helps if your park is soft and well groomed, as crashing wont be too bad, as apposed to a sheet of ice with bomb holes everywhere.

Dec 4 2010 6:04PM

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I know this thread is about jibs, but damn, does any1 like jumps any more? seems like every year booters become more and more the minority.

I'll gladly go around rails to get enough speed to huck off a sick booter.

Dec 4 2010 6:42PM

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Last year I was timid and didn't try much but my first day this season I just started trying stuff and not worrying about falling and I got so much better in just one day. So it really does depend on commitment.

Dec 4 2010 8:47PM

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i'm sure you could be pretty solid after one season.

Dec 4 2010 8:56PM

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if you get snow and have a hill in your backyard just set up a low risk rail and ski on it every day. thats wat i did and i learned so many tricks really quick. then once your comfortable on low rails take it to the park. if your rail is like 10- 15 feet long all you need is like a 3-5 foot hill .

just my $0.02

Dec 4 2010 8:58PM

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