Replying to Sidejumpers

I was at Granite this past weekend, and it was really crowded because it was winter break. Anyway I was hiking a rail in the park and the amount of gapers was astonishing. They weren't just little kids there were also a lot of adults. They would side jump everything except the box at the end of the park, whose landing became so pitted it threatened to delam my skis. Anyway, one time I hit the rail this kid comes through at like Mach 4 and side jumps the lip while I was ON the rail. F me sideways. I was wondering how you guys stay safe in the park under conditions like these, and prevent your throat from being cut by rental skis.