im one of the people that agrees with having a set up dedicated for boxes, rails, etc.i ride the terrain park with a forum manual thats shorter and has more flex than myall mountain board. the flex of the manual is a 3, i can bend it to great degree with myarms. it borders on the “wet noodle” definition of a jiblet. also it has a p-tex base thati can repair on the mountain if i have to. but i also agree that its the riders ability andnot the equipment. a good way to learn rail tricks flat land is on a balance board. a great way to get one of thoseis to either buy a skateboard deck, or hopefully you have one laying around in the garagesomewhere. take the trucks off and place the board on a 2 liter bottle of soda. its bestto take the soda out though and replace it with water, just incase it explodes.standing on the board balanced with tip and tail off the ground dir
im one of the people that agrees with having a set up dedicated for boxes, rails, etc.i ride the terrain park with a forum manual thats shorter and has more flex than myall mountain board. the flex of the manual is a 3, i can bend it to great degree with myarms. it borders on the “wet noodle” definition of a jiblet. also it has a p-tex base thati can repair on the mountain if i have to. but i also agree that its the riders ability andnot the equipment. a good way to learn rail tricks flat land is on a balance board. a great way to get one of thoseis to either buy a skateboard deck, or hopefully you have one laying around in the garagesomewhere. take the trucks off and place the board on a 2 liter bottle of soda. its bestto take the soda out though and replace it with water, just incase it explodes.standing on the board balanced with tip and tail off the ground directly in the middle ofthe soda bottle will help you find your balance point for boardslides. heelside carves still are hard for me after 12 years of riding. some things just dont come toyou. i can make easy heelside turns but nothing as far as a hard carve. i just slide. i gotsick of wasting money taking lessons from people and decided to figure out my own wayaround it and worked hard on 180 flat spins. but i have alot of quirks about riding. frontsideairs and spins are really really hard for me…the most i can do frontside is a 3. backsidesare completely natural to me, the season on the east coast started late and im already backto b/s 5's and plan on starting to learn b/s 7's by the end of the season.i guess what im trying to say with that paragraph is, if things refuse to come to you, figure outa way around them. just concentrate on having fun. thats what this sport is all about 🙂
