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need help with kink rail!!

Last post 07-14-2009, 4:39 PM by CON$ervative governMENt. 13 replies.
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  •  03-16-2009, 8:58 PM 777426

    need help with kink rail!!

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    ok i was at the mountain yesterday and i decided to try the kink rail they had set up.
    i have the balls to do it but i cant figure out how to stay on the rail when i go through the kink.

    any help would be appreciated

  •  03-16-2009, 9:13 PM 777434 in reply to 777426

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    Re: need help with kink rail!!

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    heya - I did my first kink box this season. It took me about 18 years to work up the balls, so you're way ahead of me already. :)

    I'm not keen on rails as they've bit me too much in the past. But the kink part on the box wasn't disruptive at all really, as long as you keep low and steady and look at the end of the rail, not below you.

    My friend who is a Level 2 instructor was with me - he told me to growl at the kink box in an intimidating fashion before I dropped in. I did. It worked for me, but not sure you want to go there lest you look wacky. I'm past the point of caring personally. :)


  •  03-16-2009, 9:25 PM 777442 in reply to 777434

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    lol ill tryt tht

  •  03-18-2009, 3:02 PM 778482 in reply to 777442

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    Re: need help with kink rail!!

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    approach it just as any other rail keep your center of gravity a little lower itll help you get through the kink and youll have em down

  •  03-18-2009, 4:14 PM 778526 in reply to 778482

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    Re: need help with kink rail!!

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    i assume you are 50/50 ing it?

    for the down part work on keeping your board on the rail, don't air onto the down kink part, when it goes flat again you are going to need to unweight the board and "push it through the kink" sort of like how you pump in a half pipe

  •  03-18-2009, 5:17 PM 778563 in reply to 778526

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    kink as in down flat, down flat down, up flat, up down, etc?

    or kink like an s rail?

  •  03-19-2009, 9:30 AM 778945 in reply to 778563

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    nj2481:
    kink as in down flat, down flat down, up flat, up down, etc?

    or kink like an s rail?

    pretty sure hes talking a down flat down. Thats a kink.

    I wouldnt call an s rail a kinked rail.

  •  03-20-2009, 3:51 PM 779833 in reply to 778945

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    yea i mean down flat down

    im only gunna get one more chance to try it this season

  •  04-19-2009, 10:29 AM 795493 in reply to 777426

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    same thing happened to me. what you need to do is creep up to it really slow. hop on from the side (if you have to) and what i do is i vision each part of the kink as a seperate rail, so you just have to lean with each part differently. maybe this helps, im not sure if it will.

  •  06-14-2009, 11:46 PM 816084 in reply to 777426

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    when u come to the kink keep our balance and get ready because its ganna launch you pretty fast

  •  06-15-2009, 2:10 PM 816213 in reply to 816084

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    i had a prob with that to but im only 11 so i cant tell u much

     

  •  06-15-2009, 3:38 PM 816328 in reply to 816213

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    I heard that when your 11 it's easier to absorb the kinks in the rail.

  •  06-15-2009, 5:43 PM 816348 in reply to 816213

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    Re: need help with kink rail!!

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    Boardman360:

    i had a prob with that to but im only 11 so i cant tell u much

     



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  •  07-14-2009, 4:39 PM 824932 in reply to 816348

    Re: need help with kink rail!!

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    are you catching an edge? or just bailing cuz you don't feel good with the way your riding it?
    if your catching an edge, you need to adjust the base of your board so that it is flat on all three surfaces going down the rail.
    if your aren't catching an edge, just grow some balls and DO IT!!! *which is more than i can say about me, i won't do a kink yet :P*

    EDIT:
    sorry for bumping old thread -_-" didn't see the date on the thing
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