what really really helped me get over my fear of rails (which was huge due to many many many skateboarding mishaps) is nose/tail slides, but riding hard on the boot side and trying not to be so stylish and far out on the nose/tail.the whole fear for me was wacking my head on the rail, so i went this route and it had me confident within a few weeks (tip/tail slides are a bit tricky so it'll take longer to learn) but when you fall, you fall just as if you had caught an edge (which if you snowboard, this has probably happened many times before and many times again)also, taking an old 2 liter soda bottle and a skateboard deck (no trucks) and standing on it helps with balance as far as boardslides. just put the board in the middle of the bottle kind of in a plus formation and see how long you can keep both ends off the ground. when you can keep it up as long as you want effor
what really really helped me get over my fear of rails (which was huge due to many many many skateboarding mishaps) is nose/tail slides, but riding hard on the boot side and trying not to be so stylish and far out on the nose/tail.the whole fear for me was wacking my head on the rail, so i went this route and it had me confident within a few weeks (tip/tail slides are a bit tricky so it'll take longer to learn) but when you fall, you fall just as if you had caught an edge (which if you snowboard, this has probably happened many times before and many times again)also, taking an old 2 liter soda bottle and a skateboard deck (no trucks) and standing on it helps with balance as far as boardslides. just put the board in the middle of the bottle kind of in a plus formation and see how long you can keep both ends off the ground. when you can keep it up as long as you want effortlessly then you've got a pretty good standing balance for boardslides. now just factor in forward motion and you're set. and there are plenty of youtube videos on how to make a balance board out of an old skateboard.
