Ill be posting more pictures that shows all of that. Its the same as the malibu stuff but without the actuator. It has a hinge assembly that when the gate is pulled out it locks it out at a set angle. It's actually a leaf support for a table that I altered. There are some lateral force to the platform when its deployed but not much compared to th force already applied to the platform from water when surfing. The net force is actually decreased in my opinion because th gate allows me to not have abiut 1500 extra pounds in the boat on one side causing the boa to list and causing the platform to further be under water.