Pro tip: A lighter leash string keeps your board from being too tail heavy and bogging.
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Leash recommendations
- Thread starter ChaseTMP
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I've been using one of these for > 1 year on the reg: https://www.dakine.com/collections/surf-leashes/products/kaimana-team-6-x-1-4-surf-leash?variant=40011867914320
I really like it - comfortable, tangle-free, and the bearings on the rail saver / ankle still spin freely.
Best leash I've found so far.
I really like it - comfortable, tangle-free, and the bearings on the rail saver / ankle still spin freely.
Best leash I've found so far.
Yeah, no kidding. I'm exaggerating for dramatic effect, but it wasn't a fun swim in the impact zone after a long spring-summer of flat surf, I certainly wasn't in peak paddling or holding-my-breath shape.
this is duffy u r speaking to. if u can't swim to catalina and back after ditching ur boar and breaking ur leash on a 3x oh day, u do not deserve to surf!
Been using DaKine for ages. It’s good products, started as a local brand and I know both the long time former and new sales reps.
Started using Veia for basically the same reasons
Heard the Pipe guys that aren’t sponsored use the FCS Helix leash the one that has the fiber running through. Say they rarely snap.
Started using Veia for basically the same reasons
Heard the Pipe guys that aren’t sponsored use the FCS Helix leash the one that has the fiber running through. Say they rarely snap.
I just took him at his word. He said he wasn’t in shape enough to swim a football field in OH surf. If that’s the case he shouldn’t surf a football field size lineup in OH surf. Seems like a fairly pedestrian thing to say.
I’ve seen people getting axed trying to paddle their adult learner ass through some little insiders on a Mid and telling them maybe they should consider a different spot or maybe just enjoy watching from the beach. Nothing to do with twenty mile swims and maxed out Pipeline.
It’s amazing how many people in a lineup would be in serious trouble if their leash broke. I was surfing a boat spot once some years ago and we went and checked an offshore reef break. It was fairly large and the closest place to anchor safelyish was a long paddle. The usual anchor spot was getting washed out by random bomb sets. Getting to shore - if getting to the boat wasn’t possible - was even longer. The guy who owned the boat was an adult learner. Good shape, surfed ok - but….
He asked, “should we go for it?”
I asked, “if you lose your board can you swim back to the boat or to land?”
That was the end of that conversation. We didn’t surf that spot that day.
Turns out he was zagerating and he did survive so…
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Dakine makes a terrible leash. Broke 2 in mexico in chest high waves. They were brand new leashes as well. Simply trash.
Stay Covered are also made in the USA.Did anyone mention Crow Haley? Made in 'Murica from what I gather.
Crow Haley Leash
Just a heads up for the boys, Encinitas surf shop is fully stocked up with Crow Haley Leashes. If you know, you know. https://encinitassurfboards.com/forum.surfer.com
Right now I have a 7' Da Kine big wave leash. The sales guy laughed and said the rail saver was bigger than his ankle strap. Thick, stays out of the way and I don't worry about it breaking. If it's small or at the beaches I usually don't wear a leash.
Leash string knot failure got me once at burdock and my bor got fluxed on the rocks.
What is it then surf sensei? I obviously know how to orient the stand-off and can guarantee even if you personally equipped my bort with a leash and fastened it to my ankle, I could get the thing to loop around my leashed leg in a few underwater leg swooshes while waiting for a wave.
I can generally sense when there’s going to be an issue, but sometimes when I’m spinning to go on a wave at the last second there’s no time to tug on the leash and make sure there’s not going to be an issue.
I may have some sort of leash complication one out of 30 waves. It’s not a daily occurrence. Maybe leashes are engineered for regular-footers.
My leash gets tangled/stepped on/stuck between my toes, etc. once in a blue moon. Can’t remember the last time it happened. If it keeps happening to you then it’s something your doing.
What that is i don’t know. I never had the issue so never had to find a cause and a fix.
You’re goofy foot, try putting the leash on your left ankle…
I find that if swivel is directly above heel I step on my leash more. When I put swivel end over the outside ankle bone not as much. Been wearing the shark banz cause of all the sightings this year so I always check if I fall and readjust.
Small Waves: Creatures or FCS
Medium Waves: Da Kine JJF, Kainui
Big Waves: Stay Covered, Stay Covered, and Stay Covered
Medium Waves: Da Kine JJF, Kainui
Big Waves: Stay Covered, Stay Covered, and Stay Covered
when it happens to me, i blame the leash. typically its a 6 footer that probably needs replacing. cant remember it ever happening in bigger surf. which is good thing