I got taxed for my leash by the reef today <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> { i swear my luck with leashes this winter sucks...its the 5th one I sh it you not}
it was really small..maybe 2 ft,but super clean little tubes every few minutes,,got a bunch of really nice cover -ups
anyways, I rode one kinda too far and ended up kinda close to the rocks..no big deal I thought.
as I started to paddle back out I felt it snag the bottom { its happened before..but I always manage to free it by swimming down and un-hooking it.
but there was a full on river moving sideways in inches of water..I tried to shake it loose but it was anchored to the bottom <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> I even tried to make it snap by letting it pull to about 15 feet..but it was a brand new 6 ft thicky..it just wouldn`t budge.
It coulda been serious if I didnt do somthin quick..although, I felt totally calm thoughout the ordeal...I just feel so comfortable at this spot {I surf it almost everyday..I know the bottom of the reef better than a best freind} so I just kinda played with it for a little while,trying to see if it would yank loose by it self...no way, I was stuck good.
I had to release the velcro ankle strap while holding my board with the other arm{if I let go my board and it got free my board woulda ended up in the rocks.
its kinda hard to reach down to your ankle when your stuck in a river..but I finally got it off
I could see people on the cliffs yelling and pointing,but I just laughed cause it didnt scare me,I`ve been through far worse when it was 5 times as big plus I`m a good swimmer..I tried to let the leash snap again by letting it stretch to almost 20 ft ..but it just would not snap.
I finally got the velcro undone on the leash plug and all of a sudden I was free as a bird ..it felt good to get out of that situation without a scatch {suprisingly} cause the reef is really sharp and I was rolling around down there for a while.
I paddled back out and surfed some more leashless...pretty dumb ,but I had to redeem myself..actually got my meanest snap of the morning on the first wave <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
already got another one for tommorow..hope it lasts,its suposed to get big again..
weird..I`ve been manhandled by the ocean ,but never been straight up jacked for equipment...it was like the reef wanted that leash so bad it wouldn`t take no for an answer.
it was really small..maybe 2 ft,but super clean little tubes every few minutes,,got a bunch of really nice cover -ups
anyways, I rode one kinda too far and ended up kinda close to the rocks..no big deal I thought.
as I started to paddle back out I felt it snag the bottom { its happened before..but I always manage to free it by swimming down and un-hooking it.
but there was a full on river moving sideways in inches of water..I tried to shake it loose but it was anchored to the bottom <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> I even tried to make it snap by letting it pull to about 15 feet..but it was a brand new 6 ft thicky..it just wouldn`t budge.
It coulda been serious if I didnt do somthin quick..although, I felt totally calm thoughout the ordeal...I just feel so comfortable at this spot {I surf it almost everyday..I know the bottom of the reef better than a best freind} so I just kinda played with it for a little while,trying to see if it would yank loose by it self...no way, I was stuck good.
I had to release the velcro ankle strap while holding my board with the other arm{if I let go my board and it got free my board woulda ended up in the rocks.
its kinda hard to reach down to your ankle when your stuck in a river..but I finally got it off
I could see people on the cliffs yelling and pointing,but I just laughed cause it didnt scare me,I`ve been through far worse when it was 5 times as big plus I`m a good swimmer..I tried to let the leash snap again by letting it stretch to almost 20 ft ..but it just would not snap.
I finally got the velcro undone on the leash plug and all of a sudden I was free as a bird ..it felt good to get out of that situation without a scatch {suprisingly} cause the reef is really sharp and I was rolling around down there for a while.
I paddled back out and surfed some more leashless...pretty dumb ,but I had to redeem myself..actually got my meanest snap of the morning on the first wave <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />
already got another one for tommorow..hope it lasts,its suposed to get big again..
weird..I`ve been manhandled by the ocean ,but never been straight up jacked for equipment...it was like the reef wanted that leash so bad it wouldn`t take no for an answer.
