Are you better at rails or jumps?

Its_Greg · 2011-04-15 22:19:30

For me it's rails cuz I live on the east coast and don't get too many days of skiing so I do a lot of practicing on my backyard rail setup...

JBlend

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Jumps for sure.

Apr 15 2011 10:26PM

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extravert

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Rails for me, cus they're less intimidating

Apr 15 2011 10:27PM

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DsMoK3

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Ridiculous

rails brah

Apr 15 2011 10:28PM

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brendo.

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I live in Michigan...so rails

Apr 15 2011 11:01PM

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jorb.co

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rails. because im a huge pussy.

Apr 15 2011 11:03PM

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jorb.co

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rails. because im a huge pussy.

Apr 15 2011 11:03PM

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monkatizer

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idk, depends on the day and what features

Apr 15 2011 11:04PM

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Rails because I enjoy them more

Apr 15 2011 11:04PM

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array.

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Jumps! Personaly I think they look better, but I do like screwing around on them when the jumps are slow.

Apr 15 2011 11:06PM

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steezenskis

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im cleaner on rails but i can do better tricks on jumps

Apr 15 2011 11:12PM

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snowdon

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Jumps, but really I suck at both. its k.

Apr 15 2011 11:12PM

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TMiller

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Jumps are fun but too damn intimidating. Rails are fun to hike and get shots on

Apr 15 2011 11:17PM

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alexat955

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Jumps. I am awful at rails and I'm way more comfortable going fast in the air then spinning on a piece of metal

Apr 15 2011 11:26PM

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i.ski.troll.

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Rails by far. live in minnesota, so dont really hit jumps. I do have a few jumps tricks though that are kinda legit.

Apr 15 2011 11:34PM

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NickCage

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I can do 9s on jumps but can't 270 out haha

I just wanna go big, rails bore me

Apr 16 2011 1:56AM

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rails 4 sure

Apr 16 2011 2:42AM

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Both are super fun

Apr 16 2011 2:44AM

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I'm definitely better at jumps. I don't know why though, because I'm from central Ohio haha.

I'm just intimidated by spinning around on rails and switching up and whatnot--I've gotten a few really bad bruises and near breaks (my ex tore her ACL on a rail), but when it comes to jumps I've always been fine.

I don't know what it is, but even when I fall hard, and trust me I take a lot of hard falls, I just never get hurt on jumps. No matter how high or far I'm jumping--I just have it for some reason. Which isn't to say that I'm amazing, I just have learned to not be afraid of jumps and I'm working out that same mental zone for when I'm working on rails.

Sorry if none of this makes sense. Drunkkkkk

Apr 16 2011 3:29AM

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Jumps big jumps in colorado:-)

Apr 16 2011 11:27AM

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im pretty much the same, except the ohio bit

Apr 16 2011 11:39AM

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My home mountain has the worst park ever = no shaping. However, they have good rails though. So rails for me...

Apr 16 2011 11:46AM

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Used to be jumps, but now flat 3 is pretty much the only trick I can do on a jump, I'm sketched out on normal 360s now. I broke my arm 2 months ago doing 270 front swap blind 2 out on an up down box, so I'm kinda sketched out on 270 on to rails now, but since I started skiing again I've got alot better at rails, and am hitting rails I wouldn't have considered before my injury

Apr 16 2011 11:49AM

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Jumps hands down

Apr 16 2011 12:15PM

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yup

Apr 16 2011 12:57PM

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derpina

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When I was a snowboarder and lived in the Midwest I could hit any rail... we only had one 10 foot jump.

Now that I ski in Breck... JUMPS. I can't hit rails to save my life. Well, I can... I'm just a huge pussy.

Apr 16 2011 1:08PM

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corona

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what would someone say is an equivalent trick on a rail to say a switch 5 on a jump?

Apr 16 2011 1:10PM

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railzz

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rails

Apr 16 2011 1:28PM

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even, i can backflip and 7, and k fed on rails. i really wanna get better at rails tho

Apr 16 2011 1:30PM

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same for me

Apr 16 2011 1:33PM

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rails cuz in montana the lips on jumps are shitty

Apr 16 2011 1:49PM

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Emma_Watson

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rails.

jibs > Spin to win/Fuck it Huck It

Apr 16 2011 2:10PM

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i was 10 times better at rails beginning of the season, now i would have to say even, but it all depends on the day

Apr 16 2011 2:15PM

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rails, i prefer canning myself to breaking my neck

Apr 16 2011 2:17PM

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Rails but after this summer probably jumps

Apr 16 2011 2:19PM

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How do you know you'll break your neck if you don't try

Apr 16 2011 2:19PM

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rails

Apr 16 2011 2:20PM

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rails, got hardly any days on big jumps this year, hit plenty of urban though.

Apr 16 2011 3:36PM

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Rails are fun to screw around on but NOTHING beats HUGE jumps that you can progress or throw shit that makes people from the lift cheer. =)

Apr 16 2011 3:46PM

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Jumps, my first year and i can 9, cork5/7, rodeo, front, back and misty. Claim...

rails take too much practice , jumps just take balls.

IMO jumps look better in person too ,

but on vids rails look awesome.

Apr 16 2011 3:48PM

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Rail, but i still suck at both.

Apr 16 2011 3:52PM

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hwagner

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i can do kfed and rodeo 5 so im pretty much as pro as every other NS!

Apr 16 2011 3:55PM

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erazzleski

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I live in WI and its my first year skiing park, I'm way better at rails than jumps, i can 360 40ft jumps, slide rails, front switchup, front/blind 270 out, nollie tail tap out of some features. I'd have to say my favorite trick is a disaster to switch out on the huge flat down box that tyrol has

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