Learning how to hit a rail on skis is complicated. There's a lot of small things that if done incorrectly will result in a failed rail slide. Today I go over 7 of those mistakes and ways you can correct them!
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Messed up the titles for mistake #'s throughout the video :( my bad!
Shoutout to those with hip bruises from learning rails!
I don't know if you covered this yet, but the mental struggles and the commitment needed
Best price of advice I’ve heard for rails is pointing the tips of your skis at the end of the rail when you pop off the lip. Especially when going switch
Yeah that's what I do and it works really well
Point up or down
just hit my first rail yesterday, looks way more intimidating than it is
When my hand is un-broken im gonna try and find a tube or pipe to put in my backyard
All of of your observations are on point. I found #7 to be really interesting. As you’ve pointed out, weighting towards the front, or better yet being balanced is probably the most important aspect to riding a full rail. With that in mind, it makes perfect sense that your front foot should control the speed of the slide. I haven’t ever tried a rail, but I can see that getting that front inside edge to bite as you catch the rail actually let’s you control the balance point on the rail, and helps keep the trailing ski parallel with the front ski. 👍
Fire vid🔥
2:08 the ski flying by im dead
🤣you saw that too? I was like damn, someone's brakes just failed.
Runaway ski!!
Do you have your camo and neon green saga pants still and if so, would you be interested in selling them?
W vid
I've been hitting tubes and rails now with modest success but I don't have much control so about 75 percent of the time I land switch. Is pedaling pretty much an answer to that?
yep, use a heel pedal to lock in and land forward
What about the difference between approaching centered with one ski on each side vs approaching with both skis on one side of the rail
For any feature that sticks up above the lip, you'll want both feet on one side. I usually suggest that even for ride on features!
which foot should be fowards? (i snowboard with left foot forwards, and my strong leg is my right leg,)
It depends which way you want to rail, both work. For you left foot forward would be most natural
man i tried to do it today, did it twice on a tube, but it wasn full 90 degrees rotation. I dont struggle at all with weight distribution, but its some kind of a mental block for me to rotate 90 degrees onto it, maybe i was trying it on a way too small and already melting from the hot temperatures lip
You'll get it eventually. Just keep on practicing you won't get it perfect first try.
Why absolutely no video talking about the ski cutting on the rail. I buyed my first pair of twin tip and everything i try a rail my ski cut and i dont even slide i just crash and it sucks
5:40 someone lost their ski :(
The biggest mistake is being a 🐱and not committing
Not mentioning catching an edge is a mistake
Very true