rail of death

**clif** · 08-14-2008, 06:08 PM

anyone read that article in surf magazine? its ridiculous

**skimmybits** · 08-14-2008, 06:09 PM

nope. link?

**clif** · 08-14-2008, 06:14 PM

http://surf.transworld.net/2008/08/0...photo-gallery/\

edit: it was a good idea but flatland surfing? doesnt really make sense

**YellowSnow** · 08-14-2008, 06:17 PM

ouch

**ejb** · 08-14-2008, 06:28 PM

no thank you.

**omi one** · 08-14-2008, 06:41 PM

Don't these guys know there's a new sport that could benefit from them building some crazy skate type stuff on water...

**daerob** · 08-14-2008, 07:06 PM

that looks like a lot of work put into....painful injuries and broken surfboard fins...

fail?

**dan.nj** · 08-14-2008, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by clif

http://surf.transworld.net/2008/08/0...photo-gallery/\

edit: it was a good idea but flatland surfing? doesnt really make sense

Uh... considering you posted the link, you should know that it was not "flatland" it was in the middle of the ocean. Decent idea but looks like a lot of pain for little reward.

**clif** · 08-14-2008, 07:10 PM

dan.nj that statement came out wrong i should have said something along the lines of "its like flatland but in deep water blah blah"

**dan.nj** · 08-14-2008, 07:11 PM

Oh I got ya... like flatland characteristics. My bad.

**clif** · 08-14-2008, 07:15 PM

yeahhhhhh you get the idea. no worries

**Michael Fk** · 08-14-2008, 07:16 PM

That's sick. I've always thought about that lol.

**Foornyay** · 08-15-2008, 09:27 AM

thats pretty gnarly I could see that being pretty fun on the gulf...kind of airial into it???

**Jukebox Josh** · 08-15-2008, 09:45 AM

They need to make a special surfboard for that kind of thing. Maybe shorter, firmer and smaller fins. They shouldn't have it in the surf either. Maybe they could have them pulled by a boat or a cable of some sort. Evolution strikes again to make a wake skate.

But on a serious note. I don't see this goin anywhere.

**Jim Gordon** · 08-15-2008, 09:51 AM

I'm not sure about this, let me think about it...........looks too dangerous.

**Xstasy_3** · 08-15-2008, 09:58 AM

3 words:

Concussions, Stitches, and Splints.

Sounds like my kind of adventure...but seriously, I wouldnt waste a surfboard on that. I dont even ride rails with my skimboard.

Fact: Skimboards and Surfboards dont like rails, I just got off the phone with them.

Skimboards feel the same about rails as the girl from the movie Se7en in the LUST scene.

**Coastie** · 08-15-2008, 10:17 AM

I'm thinking that there is already enough garbage in the water. Why add to it with more metal?????

**(S3)** · 08-15-2008, 10:19 AM

Unnatural....

However, it looks like they used some flexible trex deck (plastic/wood composite) for the rail. Looks better than PVC.

**warren** · 08-15-2008, 10:28 AM

they made it exactly the same as a skate box. wood and angle iron. it was deadly.

warren

**warren** · 08-15-2008, 10:32 AM

actually it wasnt angle iron, it was that really hard perfect skate plastic shit they use for benches. they made so they could skate it too.

warren

**RexSkimmer** · 08-15-2008, 10:52 AM

it would work better for skimboards

**Fanaian** · 08-15-2008, 11:00 AM

That looks so painful

**thedamnFRENCH** · 08-15-2008, 11:10 AM

that thing is dirty

**Aaron Peluso** · 08-15-2008, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by clif

edit: it was a good idea but flatland surfing? doesnt really make sense

It was either a good idea, or doesnt make sense. Not both.

**ZapBulletRider** · 08-15-2008, 11:37 AM

Why are people bashing this? It's "crazy" ideas like this that keep sports fresh and new. My question is why didn't any of these pussies try to boardslide that bitch?