The untrained eye sees only snow pyramids and confused urban infrastructure, but there is method to this madness.
You reach for the pencil that you now realize you didnt bring.
You say yes because theres nothing better for you to do.
You go to his house, play PS3, eat raw pop tarts, and have a good time.
You have made your first friend.
Or, ideally, slide over him like butter, because Charlie is the humble box.
When you begin park skiing, you will not hit handrails.
You will not hit flatbars.
You will not even hit fat tubes.
Then you will muster the courage to boardslide Charlie, who may give you the slip a few times.
That doesnt mean you have to forget about Charlie.
There is a close parallel inunderstandingrail skiing and beingableto rail ski.
I cannot pretend to know how to ski rails like Wallisch or Voll.
Of course, if youre reading this, all you know is Charlie anyway.
Here are some prominent members of the Rail family:
TUBES
Tubes are like White Claws.
Tubes, especially fat tubes, are not as intimidating as normal handrails, and theyre far more forgiving.
Generally, people who vocally hate on tubes are not to be trusted.
You were better off surface swapping the flat tubenever let anyone take your tubes away from you.
FLATBARS
We dont talk about flatbars.
I can say with absolute certainty that nobody hits shotgun railsand anyone who does cannot possibly enjoy it.
Wheres the realski invite?
Those thatcando this, do not take your skills for granted.
Note that the roundrail is unattainable to the average skier.
Your typical vacationer will enter the park and 50/50 boxes.
Some will even brave the fatter tubes, with varying results.
But nobody not one, weekend-warring soul would consider attempting to hit the rainbow roundrail.
Or the flat down roundrail.
Or the cannon roundrail next to the medium jump.
Its absolutely unheard of.
You have deciphered the the notion that sliding metal across metal can indeed be done effortlessly.
So congratulations, because Id estimate theres well under 50,000 people in the world who can do this reliably.
Thats roughly less than 0.00001% of the worlds population.
So thats something going for you, at least.
