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Envixity
Posts: 25 - Karma: -112
Hey guys.
do anyone have some tips on learning railing with the wrong foot and doing switch tricks
May 24 2023 9:44AM
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egirl.ski
Posts: 287 - Karma: 2,813
I want to learn railing
May 24 2023 9:47AM
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Jems
Posts: 7359 - Karma: 94,438
no tips at all you gotta just start doing it, eating shit will be part of that. i spent an entire season skiing rails unnatural and got to the point where i could sometimes front 4 and often back 2 off easier rails.
May 24 2023 9:59AM
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Raf.Diaz.
Posts: 587 - Karma: 8,466
To do unnatural trick the best is not to think about it too much if you able to do it left you’re probably able to do it right or vice versa be confident
May 24 2023 10:32AM
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Vish-shoe
Posts: 1949 - Karma: 14,422
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1071466/trim-7D5A8639-BFBD-41B9-9D6C-0C849AB7B8FC-MOV
May 24 2023 10:52AM
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Vish-shoe
Posts: 1949 - Karma: 14,422
Start VERY small, work your way up, be patient, don’t freak out, look at the end of the rail, and practice a shit ton. Last year I made a point to always warm up with all four 270s off, which was hard at first but by the end of the year I had them all dialed. Get the motion down on boxes, then go to slower rails, and then long rails.
May 24 2023 11:03AM
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Rparr
Posts: 5437 - Karma: 43,447
Vish-shoehttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1071466/trim-7D5A8639-BFBD-41B9-9D6C-0C849AB7B8FC-MOV


i remember there was this one keystone edit like 10 years back where somebody used this trick to mirror a blind 6 off a relatively tall rail. that was back when tons of people skied keystone, so folks figured out pretty quickly just based off of the other rails in the background that the clip had been mirrored. they gave him so much grief, it was pretty funny
May 24 2023 11:10AM
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fredyferl
Posts: 2918 - Karma: 14,562
For sliding rails unnatural start with a small flat rail, and once you get comfortable try to hit as many different type of rails as possible, and eventually as many rails as you can in one run. The key is to do it a lot at first and everytime you ski. Unnatural on rails is very fun once you get the hang of it, but you just gotta do it a lot at first so it becomes more natural
May 24 2023 11:15AM
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BLandz
Posts: 1599 - Karma: 26,074
Hitting rails natty all the time can make it weird to go unnat at first. If ur normally RF forward, that right foot with be dominant so focus on putting the majority of your weight on the other foot when hitting unnat because i’ve been doing it for a while and still sometimes feel like im leaning back too much. Other than that. Lots of practice and learn unnat 360’s
May 25 2023 12:31PM
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christianwearsch
Posts: 214 - Karma: 1,580
I found myself stopping more often in the same direction I slide rails. So I started stopping more the other direction just so my brain wasn’t focused only on balancing one way. This is obviously a minor thing but a good first step in getting more comfortable sliding both ways. Maybe I’m crazy but it helped me
May 25 2023 3:28PM
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