How to Rail Drive

Learn to RAIL DRIVE by doing exercises in the video!

What is it?

Rail Drive is a way of taking off into the air by driving the rail into the water where the fast moving green water hits the hull of the boat and forces it up out the water. This is a foundation skill of most wave moves and is used as a base from which we can build most tricks. It will be assumed as included part of the trick later.

Step by Step

1. Set up at the top of the wave and put your boat at 11:30 or 12:30 (where the oncoming water is 12 o’clock).
2. Press your feet down and then bouncing them off the water bring them up doing a small hop.
3. After your bow gets into the air, slam your leading foot and knee – opposite side to which you intend to rotate – initiating the front of the rail with the green water.

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