As an adult who also didnt ski park as a kid, rails absolutely terrify me as well. Job well done.

Wow that was impressive for a first time hitting a rail ! It took me a lot longer to learn how to hit a rail so good job man !

Great job man! I've been teetering on hitting a small rail for a while now, I think you might have inspired me to push myself a bit more

Would love to see more videos of your park progression!

This gave me the confidence I need to actually start trying rails

If you look at the end of the rail and spread your feet out a little more it'll help so much. Good luck.

Awesome stuff! i know it sounds and seems intimidating, but with rails and boxes, speed is gonna be your best friend! in my experience it is much easier to maintain balance on a rail when i have some speed behind it, if its too slow the balance becomes difficult and the rail will spit you off of either side. Keep it up man!

Ahh I've been hitting the jumps sometimes but avoiding the rails for the same reason. This gives me the confidence to give it a shot. It would be great if KZfaq would stop recommending clips of people smashing their backs on rails.

Hell ya man! Never too late to learn the park! Keep grinding, it only gets more fun!

bro this is so relatable, an advanced skier in everything else BUT park, jumps and tricks and steep stuff dont scare me but the thought of busting my ass on a hard metal tube just scares the crap out of me, this is inspiring me to try and hit some rails next time im up, keep at it tho man

This is solid progression for your first day. I remember that commitment being so scary the first time. Once you start to feel more comfortable you'll realize it's actually a lot easier to hit rails with more speed, the momentum keeps you balanced. Boxes are a great place to start learning tricks too, I learned swaps and britney/kfed on narrower boxes. Nice work man!

SPEEEEEEEEEDDD!!! Speed is the way to go on rails easier to balance and it goes by faster!

keep up the work man I love how people try learning stuff on skis and snowboards!

Gotta be the first time ive seen someone attempt a rail for the first time without eating it. Impressive.

U are so brave bc i have learned like railing in 2-3 WEEKS and you do it in 1 day💪💪

This was really fun to watch! Great job 👏

You know the snow is good when it’s groaning under your feet. This is exactly what my first time trying rails looked like

Im trying to learn to park ski this year this gave me more confidence thank you

Please make a longer version of a video like this, its so entertaining to watch this, as you progress and get better. PLEASE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS AND LONGGERRR :)

I also am a pretty good skier but less experienced in park. Reminds of myself seeing you do it haha. Proud of your improvements.

HA HA. Having just learned rails this season this is SO relatable. Great job. You should practice on some skinny boxes to get reps in that'll help.

I have only just started trying to do rails too, I tried practicing on a box and totally wiped out jumping off it haha. I would love to see more of the series

excited to see the progress!

Sick Dude! I am also gonna try to hit the rail in a few days!

This is my backyard resort. Love Lee Canyon, absolteuly ate shit last week and letting my shoulder heal up. Expecting monster snow this coming week though, over 20" 😍

I just got back into skiing after doing a little bit as a child, and I really want to learn rails. I'm decent enough at skiing on my own, but I think it would be fun to be able to hit parks.

Man, I felt all your emotions when I tried park for the first time 😂 Keep trying! You’ll get there

It’s a great progression in one day. Continue like that men !

Hell yeah! I learned to ski last year (lifelong snowboarder) and just starting to do straight airs on skis this season. Maybe rails up next, thanks for postin your progression!

When I was learning rails I found that going faster then you feel confident with helps alot, speed is your friend, just gotta make sure not to slip out

I'm going to teach myself rails in less than a month from now. 😊

MOREEEE SPEEED! Love to see it man! Keep it up

You gotta commit and get way more speed! You got the technioque in start!

You went from barely being able to do a rail too being able to do a rail super smoothly and just one video

Hehe me too just used to jump as a kid and only learned to rail recently, terrifying but rewarding when you learn it.

Good job I am try also trying to hit rails I will do everything you do keep up the good work

This video was what i needed thanks:)

Great job man and you have every right to be scared of the park becuase you can mess up your body pretty bad. I rode park a lot in high school and after a ton of back pain and messed up knees I tend to stay away. Now I have too much chronic pain for someone in their 20's lol.

You made learning rails look easy

Dude i grew up never skiing park as well, would be sick to give it a shot

Awesome

bro is so wholesome

Same here terrified of rails at 28, about time i combat fear myself and go for it! goal of 2023 is to hit a back flip and front flip of a jump!

I'm about at your level. I'm trying to learn some park skills in my late 50s. I can do some things, like hit a jump switch and land switch, or hit it going forwards and 180 to land switch. It's all just step-by-step for me. Better late than never.

awesome job man, the intimidation is the worst part!

Just keep going man🤘🏽👏

nice progress man, definitely good that you learn hitting from the side first. just try and pop harder and get a good 90 deg rotation and youll be locking into them in no time

as someone who's never really been a park rat but always wanted to be, this is so relatable in the fear of hitting rails. still have yet to hit one. i'm more interested in learning how to do bigger jumps as far as park goes but i have nobody to go with and i feel like i'm gonna break something or get a concussion if i get too eager lol

Good work bro!

Dude i relate so much to this i felt the same way 😂

Focus on jumping high, and getting your pop good. Then getting the rotation, then getting ur balance down on The rails.

i can slide them easy one the other side. but been trying to learn right foot forward now and it look very similar :D

Keep it up it takes time bruh i recommend doing both sides i went back to the basics and I'm feeling good about it a lot more xP

Let's go!

Just some tips, try to have more speed, turn your body 90 degrees and look at the end of the rail, it helps a lot just spoting where you want to go.

Ski straight in line with the rail, if it's a small one like these you can put it right in between your skis. Small pop at the start of the rail and commit to turning your hips to get your skis on. I'm watching the end of the rail the whole time, don't look down at your skis. If you can commit to this, you'll notice you will ride the rail under your arches and stay on all the way to the end. You can ride almost any rail this way, they just get more advanced and bigger but the idea is the same. Hopping on from the side is way harder, it's how you have to get on urban rails and such. Avoid that and take the variables out of it, go straight on and commit.

more park videos please!

u are a gentleman

My biggest tip would be to just be confident and don’t be afraid to ask other people how to do stuff, 99% of the time people will help you.

HOW DID YOU LEARN SO FAST ive been skiing park for 2 years and im still terrified to full commit to a rail how do you get over the fear man!

My issue is all the rails at my local hill are sketchy as hell, all of them require a high pop and they ride up so by the end of it you're 4 or so feet off the ground... One day

This is great progress! 🎉 a park rat is born🎉

This week i hit my first rails after 15 years of skiing and i can tell you that it hurts alot more if you dont commit. If you commit usually the worst that happens is that you slide off. But if you dont commit you can land on the rail and that hurts like hell.

He said we’re not good enough 😊

The more speed the better. Seems counterintuitive but the slower you go, the more time you have to balance on the rail. When your going faster u just kinda glide. Then when you get more confident slow down and work on pretzels.

a tip. do a smal pop/jump. But very good job

I’ve never ever had anyone say no when asking to ride with them that was so strange. I feel like asking is more a of a formality.

no hip smash, fake news. JK good job man

you forgot endless falling on your butt and not being able to walk, but phenomenla job!!

tip: the more speed you have the easier it is

Equal weight on both skis, concentrate on getting that lead ski flat on the rail. Speed will help your balance. Keep at it!

Another video with more progression?

part 2 ?

How did you not even fall once, I fell so much when I learned rails

Speed is your friend pop a good amount look at end of rail lean forward

The one thing I spotted was you need to go a little faster.

Head mount or chest ?

Are you doing this with your boots open or closed?

They rejected my boiii ! How dare they?

what skis are you wearing?

I can’t do this the rail are all 2-3 feet off the ground

speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

So sick that ur out learning on your own and pushing through the fear

So much progression in a day wow! Try to learn how to pedal, pedaling helps you balance yourself!

it will help if you go a little faster

In know in might be scary but hit it Even faster

Yg

oh speak of the devil😆

The lips for the rails look awful. Good job though

What a waste of time to watch this video.

"Intermediate skier"

Head mount or chest ?