Whilst sup surfing at mets, i came off a wave, in the infamous rock garden (a bed of towering coral stacks a couple of metres high and half a metre wide about 1-2 ft below the surface)
My leggy wrapped around one of the stacks quite deep down, the board went one way around the stack and I went the other, the force of the wave pushing the board then started to drag me under.
It took me a while to work out what the hell was going on, I was coming up for a breath, then another wave would come, push the board away and drag me under again. It was like a see saw effect. And i couldn't fight it.
A fellow surfer came over to see what was up as I was getting a bit panicy, then the 4th wave washed me under again, I knew now, i had to get out of my leggy quick time; i was running out of O2!!!!!!
Fortunatley my new creatures outer reef leggy has got a little loop on the velcro strap, (surefire system), making it a really easy to find and undo. I floated up to the top and took a well anticipated gasp of air and the leash and board were released from the stack.
My old leggy was a real prick of thing to undo, and if i had been fumbling around much longer i could have been a goner.
moral of the story;; it's something i had never contemplated before BUT make sure you can get out of your leggy quick stix, it could save you from a trip to the harp farm
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Got some awesome long, fast big waves that were closing out at the end, if you couldnt kick out quick enough you were in for a hell of a thrashing and i got some good beatings
I t was really rippy and heaps of water moving around, it was a fair swim in with the paddle
I managed to kick out the back of a couple still standing and keep paddling fast out the back before getting caught inside
and didnt go the way of Mark Foo at Mavericks 
