Guess I need a new leash?

If I'm surfing a beach break and it's knee high I'll surf w/o a leash. It's good practice. But you gotta be careful cuz no one wants to be that guy. F*ck that guy!

 

If I'm surfing a beach break and it's knee high I'll surf w/o a leash. It's good practice. But you gotta be careful cuz no one wants to be that guy. F*ck that guy!

 

I sent them a message with a picture of one that did the same thing and they promptly sent me a new leash. No questions asked.

 

That sucks! It's different if you're leash breaks, you tried at least. This dude didn't even try, he just thought he would show everybody how cool he was and paddled right up next to the Jetty so that he could get priority on everybody on every wave and lost his board on like the 1st wave he attempted, boom smack thud is all you heard when his board was hitting up against the rocks repeatedly, I was actually cracking up at him and pointing at him from across the lineup, f'ing dip sh*t.

I watched him climb the rocks to get out and then he inspected his board and when he realized it was toast he smacked it on the ground. Shoulda been mad at himself and just knocked himself out for that display of kookery. Oh ,and all this on a 3 foot day LMAO

 

I use a leash

 

Yep. I'll surf leashless up to maybe waist high if it's clean and there's not a ton of swimmers in the water. I usually dawn patrol, though so no swimmers. If there's swimmers, especially kids I'll use a leash because I'd never be able to forgive myself if my fin decapitated some kid. I rarely if ever lose my board, but you never know what could happen. But I think some people never learn to control their board because they use their leash all the time. That's not to say you can't learn to control your board and use a leash all the time, but there's not much incentive to. I also feel like it makes you more in tune with what the wave is doing and what it's about to do because you can't just fall off and bail if it closes out or the bottom drops out.

I've only been hit by someone else's board twice and both times the person was wearing a leash. They just felt it was OK to ditch their board because their leash would save them.

 

I see lots of dudes not using leashes and I also see them chasing their boards quite a bit.

 

It's pretty common here for guys to not use leashes. Not just longboarders either. I don't see many people chasing their boards, though. Usually the totally clueless are wearing leashes, thankfully. Not saying I'm a good surfer or anything, but I don't lose my board. If I fall, I fall in such a way that I can hang onto it. I am a full supporter of going leashless when appropriate. It really can make you a better surfer.

 

using a leash makes me a better surfer. A leash lets me get more radical without subconsciously worrying about the board getting away from me if I fall. Only time I go without is when the waves are super tiny and I'm really just getting wet

 

+1

 

I wear a leash if I want to get radical but that's not really my style anyways. I'm not out there doing throw away airs or any airs. Just different cultures I guess.