I've been getting MX SUP leggies from the US over the last year ($30 instead of $65-70 here...why we need to pay so much for them I'll never know) but after snapping another one at 3ft Torquay Point today, I've about had it with them. The cord at the ankle is the main culprit, so I'm over cord.
Does anyone have a recommendation on a double-swivel leggie that can handle the force of SUPs with confidence? I don;t like the idea of the new 9'1" meeting the rocks.
thanks Tang
All the thicker creatures leggies are good. I think mine is the 8ft Teahupoo. never broken one yet!
DaKine Kainui 7 footer for my 8'6, and the 8 footer for my 9'2.
Both are 5/16 thick with double brass swivels.
When it gets really big, chuck on a creatures of leisure 10 foot outer reef ,8mm thick.
If you break that your going too hard!
Anchor chain , I've broken every brand already mentioned with multiple failures on the creatures but I have found the Dakine 7mm x 7ft the toughest.
I've been break... using different brands and they all break in a given moment.
I think that Creatures's urethane cord is the strongest I've used so far, but the connection between the swivel and the ankle/cuff is too weak. Almost every leash from this brand ends the same way. At least, we can use the cord another time since you can unscrew the swivel.
Right now i'm using dakine and I feel they're strong enough, they're a bit unconfortable on the leg. There is a leash sold by NSI which is really good bang for your bucks, but hard to find. Recently I ordered some starboard leashes for my SUP academy but I'm yet to get them. Any reviews?
Creatures standard longboard leggies. Also I spoke to a legrope manafacturer recently and they said that using ropes shorter than the sup puts excessive strain on the leggy and should be discouraged.
Yes but if you go shorter it stops you being towed BB
, I've been using Creatures SUP & Outer Reef for a while now 
After breaking my first ever leggy recently (not creatures and shorter than the board) I'm going back to being dragged - I'd prefer to be dragged through a shorey than swim through it with a paddle, wondering how many people the sup cleaned up on its way in to the rocks
I had some surfs over Christmas at a well known mal wave just north of Coffs that had me wondering about the consequences of a failed leggie - board on the rocks or even worse with plenty of people sitting down the line a stray board taking someone out. My board has 2 plugs and I was contemplating doubling up the rope that attaches the leggie to the board for some insurance (or even doubling up with a second leggie).
Sounds like we have all had similar expereinces and there is an opportunity for one of the manufacturers to come up with something that could sell well.
Cheers
Herb
Picked my times as best I could to avoid the crowd and the solid swell we had kept the lineup a little less busy. Enough waves going through to surf myself to a standstill on a daily basis. Cutback heaven
Just as I thought - as many opinions as the front bar on a Friday night! I'd have to agree that there's a good opportunity for a manufacturer to make a decent thick leggie with reinforced connections. Sounds like Creatures might be the go for now, thanks.
I'd much rather get carted underwater (having finally figured out how to put the paddle to good use as an anchor underwater, getting the blade into the water underneath the turbulence) than swim and throw with a paddle, watching as your board gets closer to the rocks, unable to bodysurf properly....fr*ckin hate it. Maybe anchor chain is the go after all...
Thanks for the info, folks, keep it coming, and here's hoping your leggie never breaks.
cheers
I think I have broken every brand of leggie available in Oz over the years but found Creatures outer reef and Dakine have lasted the longest on my mals and 2 sups. I have also creased my 12 footer Starboard twice in the larger stuff and have come to the conclusion, big waves and big sups are a f**kin handful lol. I use a 12 ft creatures leggie on my big sup and the retrieval factor is tiresome but easier on the leg. 
Yep. Creatures,tested at Bluff reef west Tas over the where I copped a flogging.
Almost every holiday in proper waves I break a leash (or 2), and every time its on the swivel.
Because of that I really like the Ocean & Earth One without a swivel :)http://www.oceanearth.com/oe/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=359&Itemid=267
Bought one, crashed a couple of times in november at Fuerteventura in good double overhead and got worked well but the leash is still doing fine.
An option one of the guys of Dakine wrote me when I requested them about a big wave sup leash is to braid 3 thinner leashes and fix them in a D-ring the kiters use and stitch that heavy duty to one ankle leash (knee was not a good idea, too much risk on tendondamage)
Till now i did not make one because the O&A is doing fine but it is something to keep in mind.
There is a company in Vic called surfcoast accessories that make super strong leggies that are hand tied for better attachment strength. I have heard nothing but praise for these leggies and I will be buying one when Im more financial. I think they are also cheaper than the "big names"
I just checked an email I got from them and they make a 7.3 standard and a 8.5mm Magnum cord and they are around $50 plus postage.
Two things fellas :
1) I fell out of the top of a couple of 5-footers at Johanna last year and was wearing an ankle leggie, which nearly ripped the cartilage off my right knee. It cost me May, June and most of July out of the water, so I'm off the ankle leggie option. I wear my leggie now above my knee, and this works really well (never mind that I look like a kook). Do Creatures make that 12-foot leggie with a knee cuff at all?
2) I got Surf Coast Accessories (here in Torquay) to make me a custom travel cover, and they were great - thanks Fox - I'll give them a buzz.
cheers
Be carefull with wearing the kneeleash above your knee.
When it gets nasty it can get pulled down and then all the force is pullin your kneecap down.
That could injure you pretty seriously.
After all I think a strong ankle leash with a proper band to spread the presure would be optimum
