Good question man… REALLY good. OK, here's the scoop. What your friends say is true to a certain degree and only to a certain degree. Let's say 10% of doing freestyle is the specific gear you have. MOST of it is your own skills and level of confidence you have. Do not transfer responsibility to your gear. Seems like you have really nice stuff. I have been riding for over 17 years and rails always frighten me. If I am really ON a certain day i might do them, but if any seed of doubt exists in my style I pass em up. If some jerk wants to criticize me for it then forget him, I stay healthy enough to ride another day. Doing rails WILL screw up your board after some time and you will most likely get really hurt when wrecking on one of them. That's just the way it is. Use your head and go for what you know. Gear is only a small fract
