that is 100% the sickest rail of all time. the one thing we always (well i always) get worried about is building a rail and having someone that we don't know who isn't ready to hit a rail like that hit it and get hurt. we built a pretty sweet rooftop 2 summers ago and made sure the ollie was high enough that it deterred most of the people away but there is still that risk, and when push comes to shove, you are the one who is getting sued and can lose everything. People don't realize the difference between hitting a rail on a boat/ski at 22-23mph vs hitting rails at the cable at 18. The rail comes at you much faster, you have to be mentally prepared of when you need to ollie and realize the consequences are 10x greater because we generally dont cover the sides with ply. I close lined our roof top landing me in the ER for a possibly ruptured spleen and it was just a flukey fall ts front boarding it, slipping off and hitting one of the wood posts. I still have a fear of backlipping on to trex style rails to this day (as dickey or proses can confirm) and it was because of that fall, when i used to be just as comfortable backlipping just a standard boardslide. I still am when it comes to anything made out of pvc sheeting because frankly the falls just aren't as bad, but the trex/wood combo rails can really put a hurting too ya.
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