About Ridgeback

Kerry Rhodes founded Ridgeback Rails in the mid-1990’s.  Servicing pool tables at a local room where he hung out, played league, and tended bar. Fascinated with pool table design, Kerry learned everything he could about what makes a table play well, last long, and remain level.

As Kerry’s service skills and experience improved, pool room customers became the best advertising , something that is still true to this day. After began servicing all kinds of tables: priceless antiques, phenomenal heated bed carom tables, lots of furniture tables and hundreds upon hundreds of floating slate coin-ops, this led to the creation of “A Better Billiards Service,” a company that is now owned and operated by his protégé Carl (Julio) Rice.

As the company’s service area expanded, mostly in the southwestern states of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and West Texas, Kerry recognized a need for a better coin-op rail. So, working out of a worn out Chevy service van and a two-car garage, he designed and started making rails for the tables he serviced. Soon enough, inquiries about these rails started coming in. It was time to move to a larger shop, add more equipment, and work longer hours trying to keep up with the demand.

Today, Ridgeback Rails are played on around the world. They are recognized as the highest quality replacement coin-op rails available. Many of the design features introduced by Ridgeback Rails have been copied by coin-op table manufacturers and other rail manufacturers alike.

A new Ridgeback Rails chapter has begun with the company becoming part of legendary Valley-Dynamo. This has been an exciting challenge for Ridgeback Rails and we are now up and running.

Thank you for your continued support! After all, it is you, the players and table owners that have made Ridgeback Rails the most highly sought-after coin-op rails in the world.