Pro tip: A lighter leash string keeps your board from being too tail heavy and bogging.when’s the last time you chekced uour leash string tolerances? remember - few more mm of slack is a lot!
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Pro tip: A lighter leash string keeps your board from being too tail heavy and bogging.when’s the last time you chekced uour leash string tolerances? remember - few more mm of slack is a lot!
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.You shouldn’t be out there at all if this is the case.
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!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.
It’s not the leash.I still haven’t found a leash in my 40+ years of surfing that will reliably not get looped around my ankle or get stepped on/snag between my toes at least once a session if I’m catching a lot of waves. I’ve had ones that float, ones with little grommet floaty things, cheap ones, spendy ones, all different brands and thickness, hex ones (those f’ers hurt if you get your foot squeezed and go for a sleigh ride). I don’t wrap my leashes and I’m good about getting them straight when they’re new. I keep different ones on my main rotation of borts and they’re stored almost fully extended. I would pay a king’s ransom if I ever found one that never f^cked up a wave for me.
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.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!
I know the feeling.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.
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.
And deservingly so! Leash string basic awareness can never neglected.42 pages here we come!
Leash string knot failure got me once at burdock and my bor got fluxed on the rocks.so leach snap but leach string no snap
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.It’s not the leash.
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 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.
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 thingWhat 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.