I have noticed that flat water and down wind paddlers often wear their leashes attached at the waist. Does anyone use this set up in the surf? The reason I ask is I sustained a nasty injury to my right knee about when surfing 10years ago and it's never really come right. I'm having it x-rayed for arthritis. I find being dragged along by a leash in the surf agravates the knee. I actually wonder how much stress we put on our knee using leashes on bigger boards like sups and mals, my injury occured after 10 years of riding mals.
Also can anyone recommend a good shop in Sydney that would sell a waist leash, I'm visiting my daughter who lives in Glebe in a couple of weeks.
Cheers