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 44 reviews
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Rich B
Experiment, and be rewarded

If I had written this review on the day I fitted the adapter, I might have given it a low score. But I experimented with the setup, and this has proved a fantastic surftastic addition to my board!

The summary: I love the balance of pumping speed and deep carving my board now has, and the number of different setup variables adding the rail adapter gives me. It’s weighty but worth it.

The longer story: I fitted the FIN front adapter to my board with Indy 169 TKPs and a dewedged rear truck for more lean and less turn on the back. That worked fairly nicely, except it was destroying the rear bushings due to the extreme lean and just didn’t feel as manoeuvrable as I’d hoped. So I thought I’d give the rail adapter a try…

Riding over moderately rough ground gave a knocking noise, presumably from part of the top plate or the kingpins coming into contact with the board. The board was really tippy no matter how much I tightened the trucks or the adapter, and I was still getting way more lean (and therefore unwanted turn) from the rear truck than the rail adapter. Buyer’s remorse at this point.

So, I put a thin PU riser between the board and the rail adapter, and swapped out my truck bushings for some Bones Hardcores (which I feel was a key change). Now there’s no knocking noise, most of the back lean comes from the adapter as I wanted, my truck bushings aren’t being shredded, and the board returns to center after leaning. A great balance of pumping, acceleration, and deep carving, and I’m really glad I experimented.

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William Tippit

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.

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 44 reviews
95%
(42)
0%
(0)
5%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
R
Rich B
Experiment, and be rewarded

If I had written this review on the day I fitted the adapter, I might have given it a low score. But I experimented with the setup, and this has proved a fantastic surftastic addition to my board!

The summary: I love the balance of pumping speed and deep carving my board now has, and the number of different setup variables adding the rail adapter gives me. It’s weighty but worth it.

The longer story: I fitted the FIN front adapter to my board with Indy 169 TKPs and a dewedged rear truck for more lean and less turn on the back. That worked fairly nicely, except it was destroying the rear bushings due to the extreme lean and just didn’t feel as manoeuvrable as I’d hoped. So I thought I’d give the rail adapter a try…

Riding over moderately rough ground gave a knocking noise, presumably from part of the top plate or the kingpins coming into contact with the board. The board was really tippy no matter how much I tightened the trucks or the adapter, and I was still getting way more lean (and therefore unwanted turn) from the rear truck than the rail adapter. Buyer’s remorse at this point.

So, I put a thin PU riser between the board and the rail adapter, and swapped out my truck bushings for some Bones Hardcores (which I feel was a key change). Now there’s no knocking noise, most of the back lean comes from the adapter as I wanted, my truck bushings aren’t being shredded, and the board returns to center after leaning. A great balance of pumping, acceleration, and deep carving, and I’m really glad I experimented.

W
William Tippit

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.