Abstract: A laminated composite roofing hip comprising a flexible, foldable panel having a central fold line along its horizontal length, a leading vertical edge and a rear vertical edge, a riser strip positioned over said panel having a leading vertical edge, a rear vertical edge conterminous with the rear vertical edge of said panel, a central fold line mateable with said panel central fold line, a longitudinal dimension between about 117th and about 2/3rds the length of said panel and a height approximately equal to that of said panel, said riser strip being laminated top said panel in a restricted 0.5 to 3 inch vertical area along the length of the riser strip so as to allow free vertical displacement of the non-laminated riser strip portions over the surface of the underlying panel. The invention also relates to the process of installing said composite roofing hip at an edge, a ridge, or a valley of a pitched roof and to a roof finished with the laminated roofing hips of the present invention.