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Help with rails

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beau90
Posts: 109 - Karma: 52
Hey so I know this is probably stupid but how do you ride kinks? Last year I hit our down flat down and ate shit a couple times. So I would really appreciate the help. No hate please thanks guys!
12 years ago
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SimplyClean
Posts: 556 - Karma: 1,754
You have to commit and stay centered as you hit the kink, or you'll slide off the side at the flat. But make sure to have soft knees to absorb the kink and make sure you're looking down the rail.
12 years ago
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life_is_hood
Posts: 503 - Karma: 1,993
To quote the great Tammy Whamsticks: "You just hop on, and grind it all the way to the end".
12 years ago
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Plankton
Posts: 3226 - Karma: 6,840
if its going from flat to down, adjust your center of gravity so you are still centered above the rail and your bases are parallel to the rail. also keep looking at the end of the rail as you slide it
12 years ago
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Meeds
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and dont come off early. thats important too
12 years ago
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beau90
Posts: 109 - Karma: 52
Can you please elaborate on where your edges should be and when? Thanks man!
12 years ago
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.Duncan.
Posts: 1375 - Karma: 459
On the rail…
12 years ago
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beau90
Posts: 109 - Karma: 52
I may be stupid but not that stupid I was talking about like if you lean your ski back right before the kink or something
12 years ago
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snakerton
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Honestly just do it a bunch of times and get a feel for the rail. Don't think about it too much
12 years ago
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Plankton
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When a lot of people are first hitting rails, their first instinct is to lean back on their edges, because that makes them feel comfortable for some reason i guess. this makes them slide out and have a bad time landing on their back on the rail. the trick is to keep your edges perpendicular to the rail, and the bases of your skis flat to it-not leaning down the rail or back. I don't remember what the first kinked rail I hit was but I remember that if you just keep looking and let yourself kind of naturally adjust it wasn't hard at all
good luck!
12 years ago
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beau90
Posts: 109 - Karma: 52
Thanks man!! K+
12 years ago
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tvonny
Posts: 209 - Karma: 660
suck your legs in right before the kink
12 years ago
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270on420out
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Might sound stupid but as you hit the kink try "stomping" down on the rail. Stay centered and look at the end of the rail.
12 years ago
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Nuno812
Posts: 432 - Karma: 1,794
athletic position... stay loose and absorb the kink...practice
12 years ago
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averageMIskier
Posts: 600 - Karma: 1,385
Just go for the disaster. Once you learn that you can easily hit the kink because you learned how to do the last part first.
12 years ago
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.Rybak.
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Don't let the rail control you.
12 years ago
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theabortionator
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Hit it with your ski pole once or twice to let it know who's boss. Then simply jump on the rail and clean it.
12 years ago
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awhipple
Posts: 191 - Karma: 1,134
just take in the kinks almost. If its a down flat down rail always remember to have your weight shifted forward
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