We got some great swell on the Gold Coast on the weekend.Headed out early with the boys on Saturday morning , the bombie was messy at 6 to 8 feet so we cruised around in my boat and found a nice bank . Solid 8 foot with some bigger sets and had a great 3.5 session in some of the best sup waves I have ever surfed.

With the big waves comes the big hidings and getting caught inside , when we got home I measured my 10 foot shapers leggie and it's now 13 feet I'm just glad it didn't snap.

5 of us went out 4 leggies were super stretched and one snapped at the swivel. Surely there is a leg rope out there that can take the pressure.

Rob

yeah snapped my leggie Sat too , thankfully didnt have to far to swim.

Piros said...

My mate who's leggie snapped was a 500m swim , luckily a guy on jet ski helped him back out , I been through a dozen leg ropes in the last 12 months I've tried all brands, it's really starting to sh!t me I can't find a good one.

Rob

Balin have some super-duper heavy duty leash cord.. They could make you a one-off using it I'm sure.. Ask John Wilson at Balin.

DJ

Have you tried creatures outer reef? They stretch a bit but I have not broken one after snapping 5 different brands in a couple of months.

Rob,
I used the creatures 12 ft cord that is about as thick as your little finger and it did not stretch at all. I didn't have a 12 ft board attached to my leg either

I think that it is the best one I have used as all other have stretched like spagetti.

Got it from the Boardroom after returning 3 pieces of spagetti that used to be called legropes.

Waz

goatman said...

hilly said...

Have you tried creatures outer reef? They stretch a bit but I have not broken one after snapping 5 different brands in a couple of months.

I have 2 of em and no snappages yet.

never been a prob in sizey waves with my creatures OR

Has anyone had any experience with the OAM leggies?

I've got a brand new OAM 10' big wave model still in packaging on the floor of my car to put on a board which I bought coz I needed a leggie quick for an afterwork surf.

When it is a decent size I use two leg ropes. It is a little uncomfortable but it beats swimming in.
Div

ive tryed 5 different brands and all different sizes they all break in juice + sup ! go hard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! adios .

CREATURES OUTER REEF!!!The only way to go in all conditions Robby. After going through a heap of leggies (especially O&E, there new ones are crap imo) I also rate the OAM leggie (on my mal). Only prob with the outer reef is the stretched leg when over 6ft with a 10'10 Walden.