Settle an argument: In my mind, rails prolong the life of my board, especially for the skating I do (mostly low impact/curbs/skatepark). They protect the graphic/bottom ply of my deck and I think they provide additional strength. That being said, I'm a HUGE idiot and this is mostly based on *~*ViBeS*~*
Some of my friends disagree. I also know that some people think drilling the screws into the board will weaken it. I'm mostly wondering what other peoples thoughts are.