Standerd Slides

Subject: Kevin Henshaw
Photo: Joey Meddock
TSQ Location: Book 1.4, Black & White Section, Page 62-63

This damn rail weighs a ton. Well, not quite a ton but it’s pretty heavy for two people to lift.

Henshaw and I got the bright idea to load this thing up on the back of his brand new Malibu boat and drive it across his lake to set up for a shot I had in mind.

We idled through the chop and wakes for about 45 minutes until it was finally time to unload it.

As Henny and I wrestled the awkwardly large and heavy rail, we couldn’t figure out how in the hell we even got it up on the boat in the first place, much less how to get it off of the boat.

He insisted on waiting for more help, but I disagreed and figured surely we can lower it if we just raised it.

The slightest bit of friction with the rail against the upholstery gave me first very first tear in a boat seat in 29 years of my existence.

Never a board fin, broken bottle, zipper, fingernail, anything, have I ever been the one to blame for a rip in the apolstry.

It was a sad, sad day in my book. I couldn’t believe it happened so quick. I never saw it coming. Guess we should have waited for some more hands to help.

Ended up removing the whole back panel and taking it to get re-upholstered. Sucked.

- Meddock