Things You'll Need:
- Skiboards
- Rails
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Step 1
Practice the sideways jump move that is essential to all basic rail grinds. Keep your body weight balanced over your legs and bend at the knees slightly to give your legs more flexibility. Avoid a common mistake among beginners--leading with 1 foot--by pretending that both of your feet are attached to the same board.
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Step 2
Begin your rail grind experience with the frontside and backside move. These basic moves require a simple sideways jump onto the rail with both of your skiboards aligned at 90 degree angles to the rail. Maintain your form as you glide across the rail and hop off with a sideways jump.
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Step 3
Advance your rail grind experience by practicing the backslide. The backslide starts out like a frontside or backside move but differs due to foot positioning. The first board onto the ramp needs to be raised in the air slightly and you need to grind solely on your rear skiboard.
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Step 4
Impress your fellow skiboarders by learning the frontside unity move as a part of your repertoire. The frontside unity requires the rider to cross their skiboards while they are grinding on the rail. You can do this trick easily if you remember to place the lead skiboard underneath the rear skiboard.
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Step 5
Familiarize yourself with the backslide tabernacle as a way to demonstrate your skill on the skiboards. Skiboarders start the tabernacle with a sideways jump and adjust their skis to increase difficulty. Each board is angled outward from your body as you grind along the rail on the board's edges.
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Step 6
Complete your portfolio of rail grinds with the frontside cab driver. This move requires the skiboarder to bow her legs outward so that the weight is distributed on the outer edges of each board. This move is one of the most difficult in skiboarding and requires a familiarity with other tricks for a successful performance.
