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Leash Plugs - Regular vs. Goofy

Should the leash plug be on your heel side or toe side?

  • Toe

    Votes: 10 32.3%

  • Heel

    Votes: 13 41.9%

  • Right up the crack

    Votes: 7 22.6%

  • What's a leash plug?

    Votes: 1 3.2%
  • Total voters
    31
  • Poll closed .
sh3

sh3

Michael Peterson status
Dec 1, 2008
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So one of the Stab EAST shapers and I were talking, and I saw he put the leash plug for Dave Rastavich on the left side.

Dave's a regular foot. WTF isn't it on the right?

Response: (mocking voice) "Leash plug at your heel. You would carelessly drag your leash in the face of a pristine wave?!?!"

I'd never thought of it that way... and it pissed me off that it made sense.

I've been surfing since I was a kid, and the leash plug always goes on the toe side. But should it?

For your troubles:

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jkb

Tom Curren status
Feb 22, 2005
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Sounds like you were talking to Lovelace.

My vote is for toe side.......at least for the asyms I ride.

I noticed his leash plug placement on these boards and thought they were whack. Great looking shapes, but silly plug placement, IMO (unless they're twins).

http://instagr.am/p/C_-5wtZPS1G/

If these are twin/quads you'll have to put your tail pad like 2" higher than you normally would. I want the option to have my foot back further than that plug (with tailpad) would allow.
 
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Goofy_Footed

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Either heel or centered for me, depending on the tail shape.

Swallow or asym = heel (as far back as they can get it)
Squash or thumb = center

Plug on the toe side seems like it would be a recipe for standing on your leash and blowing waves :shrug:
 
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sh3

Michael Peterson status
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jkb said:
Sounds like you were talking to Lovelace.

My vote is for toe side.......at least for the asyms I ride.

I noticed his leash plug placement on these boards and thought they were whack. Great looking shapes, but silly plug placement, IMO (unless they're twins).

http://instagr.am/p/C_-5wtZPS1G/

If these are twin/quads you'll have to put your tail pad like 2" higher than you normally would. I want the option to have my foot back further than that plug (with tailpad) would allow.
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They are twins
 
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silentbutdeadly

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Sep 26, 2005
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My last keel I ordered a plug on my heel side. Someone here said are you goofy and I'm like WTF? Maakes more sense to me. But 99 percent of my boards have plugs in the middle.
 
smithgrind

smithgrind

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Dec 25, 2009
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sh3 said:
Response: (mocking voice) "Leash plug at your heel. You would carelessly drag your leash in the face of a pristine wave?!?!"

I'd never thought of it that way... and it pissed me off that it made sense.


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What about when you’re surfing on your backhand? Isn’t that leash dragging in that pristine face? :shrug:
 
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Phil Edwards status
Nov 1, 2003
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If the plug is in the center would the board come back to you a little "straighter" for what it's intended purpose ?
left as right is about as senseless as a traction pad causing drag
 
trifish

trifish

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Sep 23, 2009
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I never thought much about it until I got one too high at center on a deep swallow tail. Stepping on it constantly annoyed me to the point of reordering the board.

The customs I've gotten the past few years have been placed on my heel side when I tell them i'm goofy. No complaints there. I'm frontside more often than not.
 
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Swallow Tail

Michael Peterson status
Oct 6, 2017
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Black said:
Joking apart I'm sure I remember single fins where the leash attached through a hole in the back of the fin.
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Yes- my very first board, early 70s single fin, which I still have, has that.

My dad bought it for me in the mid 80s. Came with old school leash which consisted of nylon rope inside of surgical tubing. I was so fucking pumped when I got that board
 
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Black

Legend (inyourownmind)
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Swallow Tail said:
Yes- my very first board, early 70s single fin, which I still have, has that.

My dad bought it for me in the mid 80s. Came with old school leash which consisted of nylon rope inside of surgical tubing. I was so fucking pumped when I got that board
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Yes exactly my memory. I was going to mention the surgical tubing but my keyboard is stuffed so I've resorted to typing with OSK which means I've just spent 5 minutes typing this!
 
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