Rail Adapter™

$39.99
  • Maximize performance of any skateboard, longboard, or drop-through board equipped with the Surf Adapter
  • Carve more fluidly with additional 30 degrees of deck lean
  • Pump faster with less effort
  • Carry more speed through hard carves
  • Customize your Rail Adapter Bushings. 85a bushings Standard
  • Easy installation - Installation Guide HERE

DESCRIPTION

The Rail Adapter is a lightweight durable rear truck coupling that maximizes the performance of any skateboard with a Surf Adapter or other surf-style front truck already installed.

The Rail Adapter lets your skateboard, longboard, or drop-through board's rear truck lean as hard as the front truck can with the Surf Adapter. The combination of the two makes a buttery smooth ride that can outperform any other carving board or surf skate! Your deck will lean deeply, flowing seamlessly from rail to rail as you drive through smooth, creamy surf-style turns. The feeling of any surfskate with the Rail Adapter is a riding sensation that is even more true to real surfing. 

Ships from: California, Asia, UK

Customer Reviews

Based on 43 reviews
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Tanna

This item worked as described. It basically made my longboard ride like a surfboard. Be advised, though this works in conjunction with the main Waterboard adapter, which is for the front truck this items for the back truck.

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David Greenwood
Love it!

This thing is definitely a game changer. The surf adapter by itself is awesome, but the rail gives it a much more fluid motion when pumping. I swapped the 2 cones for barrels (hard), and that gave it just the right amount of stiffness.

I've got the surf and rail on a Taurus (Waterborne and wide AF) deck, and was able to get my ride height down to 5" (deck to ground). I had to ditch the FIN adapter because both settings, Pump and Carve, were causing wheel bite. Despite this, the original non-FIN configuration still works great!

Warning: Choose your trucks wisely. I went through 3 different sets before landing on one that was fully compatible with the surf and rail. Avoid Sidewinder II's, they are fucking awesome with the adapter but good god, you can damn-near taste Earth's lower atmosphere they ride so high. Really fun for flats, awful on a hill. Gullwing chargers work great, but also add to your ride height and are kinda bulky. I ended up using a basic, cheap set of Krown trucks (RKP), and they work great. The trucks really don't matter once you've installed the full fin and rail system, either way you'll be cranking down the kingpin nut pretty tight. Just use a cheap pair of longboard trucks and you'll be fine.

Customize your Surfskate

HOW BUSHINGS AFFECT YOUR PERFORMNCE

You can further customize the feel of your Surfskate by swapping the bushings in your Surf Adapter and Rail Adapter. Bushings can make a board feel more stable for a biginner, or fine tune the performance of a pro setup.

HOW TRUCKS AFFECT YOUR PERFORMNCE

You can further customize the feel of your Surfskate by choosing between which trucks (TKP or RKP) are mounted to your Surf Adapters.

Style, style, and More style

The Surf Adapter™ gives your board a fluid maneuverability that allows you effortless flow from heel to toe rail to rail. You can link up turns into one endless wave. The system is very intuitive to learn and your own skating style, as well as the characteristics of your own board will be enhanced.

Waterborne vs. the Competition

When it comes to dual pivot surf trucks there are four major systems. Carver C7, YOW Meraki, Smoothstar Thruster and Waterborne Surf Adapter. Waterborne's Surf Adapter is the newest system and the only one that uses a high rebound urethane bushing, just like a skate truck. the Surf Adapter does not rely on a heavy metal mechanical spring and linkages. As a result turns feel fluid and limitless. Furthermore steel springs are susceptible to rust. They need to be maintained and replaced frequently, and there are dozens more moving parts.

Lifetime Guarantee

The Surf Adapter and Rail Adapter have been very well engineered and are guaranteed for the life fo the product. We stress test the Surf and Rail to 1,500 lbs (680Kg) to ensure that they will not break under any circumstance. Each part is made from aircraft grade aluminum for its toughness and lightness, then heat cycled yo ensure stresses are released from within the alloy.

What board is right?

Generally speaking you are going to have the most fun on a board that you are already comfortable with! A board that feels good under your feet is going to feel familiar, yet enhanced with the ability to carve like a surfboard, enter and recover from power slides very naturally, and pump to generate speed. Our riders have tried just about every single setup imaginable, many of which have documented their experiences on specific boards in our review catalogue.

Customer Reviews

Based on 43 reviews
95%
(41)
0%
(0)
5%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
T
Tanna

This item worked as described. It basically made my longboard ride like a surfboard. Be advised, though this works in conjunction with the main Waterboard adapter, which is for the front truck this items for the back truck.

D
David Greenwood
Love it!

This thing is definitely a game changer. The surf adapter by itself is awesome, but the rail gives it a much more fluid motion when pumping. I swapped the 2 cones for barrels (hard), and that gave it just the right amount of stiffness.

I've got the surf and rail on a Taurus (Waterborne and wide AF) deck, and was able to get my ride height down to 5" (deck to ground). I had to ditch the FIN adapter because both settings, Pump and Carve, were causing wheel bite. Despite this, the original non-FIN configuration still works great!

Warning: Choose your trucks wisely. I went through 3 different sets before landing on one that was fully compatible with the surf and rail. Avoid Sidewinder II's, they are fucking awesome with the adapter but good god, you can damn-near taste Earth's lower atmosphere they ride so high. Really fun for flats, awful on a hill. Gullwing chargers work great, but also add to your ride height and are kinda bulky. I ended up using a basic, cheap set of Krown trucks (RKP), and they work great. The trucks really don't matter once you've installed the full fin and rail system, either way you'll be cranking down the kingpin nut pretty tight. Just use a cheap pair of longboard trucks and you'll be fine.