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For all you rail rats out there..

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commander2984
Posts: 859 - Karma: 40
simple question: round or flat?

FINALLY getting snow up here in vt, tryin to decide what to set up today (pvc tubes vs rails vs picnic table)

just wondering do you prefer round rails (tubes in this case) or flat bars (not the super wide ones that are pretty much boxes)

for the record: fuck boxes, they are for noobs, snowboarders, and pussies

personally i prefer round, easier to grip
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
ROUND...Our mountain finally got two of them and i wont even hit the flat bars anymore
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.RYAN66
Posts: 5381 - Karma: 225
Single barrel all day long.
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penguin_steeze
Posts: 2311 - Karma: 241
round all day
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p-fo
Posts: 9372 - Karma: 6,156
Lift towers. Simply the best. You can literally do anything on them.
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why
Posts: 2064 - Karma: 65
round.
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E.C.
Posts: 3211 - Karma: 319
boxes are great for recovering after an injury and getting used to the motion or rotation of tricks, finding your edge on pretzels and you can be pretty creative with some tricks on them..
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Emma_Watson
Posts: 4491 - Karma: 6,798
Round rails. Boxes are gay.
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OldDirtyPete
Posts: 453 - Karma: 299
Round rails are easier to grip and they do a little less damage to your edges compared to flat bars. Round rails fa life!
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Trace.
Posts: 1460 - Karma: 635
I love round rails, but my local hill only has flatbars...
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BROSEIDON
Posts: 3702 - Karma: 1,495
soo fun. this
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
round rails, flatbars are fine too
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 1,990
I've never really thought of this :P
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jeR.
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 58
honestly i like flat bars the best, good for practicing swups and 2s on/off. round rails are fine but super narrow ones are harder for me to trick than flat bars. literally fuck boxes, they are not that chill.
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Round, flat bars tend to be way sticker IMO.
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deepblackout
Posts: 11 - Karma: 10
round bars every day, double round bars are my favorite
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GypsyLovin
Posts: 656 - Karma: 109
Round for sureeeee and I totally agree, Lift towers/riblets are the bestttttt
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AGOF
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 3,608
i love round bars more than anything else, but flat bars are so fun for bluntslides
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theabortionator
Posts: 52609 - Karma: 174,418
Fat tubes. like an 6 inch down tube mmmmmmmmm
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Janky
Posts: 1323 - Karma: -100
my favorite feature, feels soo smooth. lol
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
*up my ass
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salomon097
Posts: 1345 - Karma: 301
damn a lot of hate on boxes here. boxes are great you can literally do anything on them. but when it comes to rails nothing says scissor like a nice single round rail
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 256
fat barrels like these...

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Milksteak
Posts: 9948 - Karma: 832
Flat boxes all day.
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
BLUNT RAILS

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.RYAN66
Posts: 5381 - Karma: 225
and this is why people dont like you.
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Bock
Posts: 748 - Karma: 1,652
double round rails are the way to go
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QuinnBestwick
Posts: 693 - Karma: 751
my preference  is round rails i find it easier to do tricks
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,571
3 or 4 inch wide flatbars.

Fucking love that shit
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GORILLA.
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 72
thissss

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i also like those reeeally skinny round ones because they're typically really smooth and make a cool sound.
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
c'mon man, i just sounded too funny. and i contributed to the thread before so, i should be able to pop a joke
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GavinW
Posts: 574 - Karma: 89
ROUND!
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james6345789
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 464
ROUND! I actually had to learn rail on round rails because that's all my hill had, but they made a bar rail this year, and it's incredibly easier
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kootenayklaus
Posts: 3914 - Karma: 2,179
T-Boxes no wider than a foot, larger in size round rails (4 in. diameter and above), and shotguns. The motherfucking best.
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Crispy.
Posts: 6126 - Karma: 7,753
Round all day!
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GORILLA.
Posts: 1112 - Karma: 72
yeah or learning new tricks...

nobody goes for their first 450-on on some round urbanstyle d-f-d.
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,018
double barrel (shotgun) rails are my favorite
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
I like them both. I really with my hill would put up on of the lift pole tube things that are really wide, they look so damn fun.
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,464
any round rail from 4 to 12 inch diameter is perfect for gripping and spinning off. shotgun rails are fun too
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whoa-dere
Posts: 10596 - Karma: 7,105
Yum
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freestyler540
Posts: 13231 - Karma: 20,383
Our mountain has both types and both are great. But I prefer square or flat bar. It forgives pop lazyness on the switch up and 2 ins
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Elmo.
Posts: 4320 - Karma: 669
snow making tubes or like lift tubes... or any big diameter tube. they are so fun. and you can do a ton of stuff with them
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SpliffyJ
Posts: 778 - Karma: 565
Round or skiing rectangle rails ftw
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207
Posts: 8969 - Karma: 3,852
the lift tower rails fo sho
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
I wouldn't completely write off boxes, are you guys saying you don't enjoy a nice big whaletale box?
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Woodhouse
Posts: 390 - Karma: 158
Fat ass turbo-tubes are tied for my favorite with double barrel rails.
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