not from a surfing background... how long for a leash in surf (same as board?) and do they make any like boogie board leashes with a coil in the middle so less trails in water.
when would you choose a calf or ankle attachment or is that just preference?
Usually as long as the board is the rule in the surf.. For flat water you can go a little shorter.. and Balin make a good knee cuff sup leash that is half coiled so it doesn't drag in the water.
I use a knee cuff and coiled leash in small waves and straight leash with an ankle cuff in bigger waves.
DJ
hi mate
the size of your leash deponds on what you want to do on the board, i have a 9'11 board and use a 5 or 7 foot ankle leggie depending on the surf, this is my performance board so itend not to move around on it, but on my 11'6 where i tend to walk around a bit and noseride i use a ten foot calf leggie, this is so it doesn't get in ur way as much when your moving around and cause you so fall etc but this is just preferance and experience cause you find what works for you, coiled leashes are good for racing or downwinding but i dont know anyone that uses them in the surf, i would assume they would sort of sling the board back at you a little and you dont really want that, a straight leash has hardly any effect from drag anyway so it wont make that much of a differnce that you'll notice it.
Jarryd
My 2 cent's worth is leash as long as board, and the bigger the surf, the longer the leash. I do use a 6' leash on an 8'6 at a reef when the waves are very small. Foolishly I used the same short leash in head high waves last week and copped a pintail between the eyes... I shoulda known better.
My 2 cent's worth is leash as long as board, and the bigger the surf, the longer the leash. I do use a 6' leash on an 8'6 at a reef when the waves are very small. Foolishly I used the same short leash in head high waves last week and copped a pintail between the eyes... I shoulda known better.
Yeh I've got a nice little scar on the side of my face from a leggy recoil when one of the side fins stabed me in the cheek.It was in about 4-5 foot onshore ****,I'd actually taken the paddle home and was riding the SUP as a prone board just to see what it could do.It was a big wave long board leggy probably about 9' long.But I've used the same leggy on a diffrent longer and narrower board and it was fine in bigger surf which leads me to think that weight,volume and shape play a big part.What I mean is some boards want to come back and some don't the ones that don't when they do,do it in a hurry.
was the leash plug on the center?
It seems having the leash plug on one side dramtically reduces the risks of getting the board back on you
