Strapping on

Discussion in 'Surf Travel' started by chicharronne, May 31, 2014.

  1. chicharronne

    chicharronne Well-Known Member

    Jun 22, 2006
    yer boards. Fins forward or the retarded way, and why.

    Forward for me. I figgered it helps keep the board from sliding back if the bindings go slack for any reason. It'll stay on for several miles without being strapped down at all, I have found the hard way.
     
  2. rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

    Jul 26, 2009
    I put the board sideways on the roof, rail facing forward, nose and tail hanging over each door. Is that not how ya do it?
     

  3. DosXX

    DosXX Well-Known Member

    Mar 2, 2013
    Last edited: May 31, 2014
  4. ClemsonSurf

    ClemsonSurf Well-Known Member

    Dec 10, 2007
    Do you work for bing or something?
     
  5. rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

    Jul 26, 2009
  6. DosXX

    DosXX Well-Known Member

    Mar 2, 2013
    No, it's just how the search on this computer is set up. I'm technology challenged.
     
  7. nynj

    nynj Well-Known Member

    Jul 27, 2012
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  8. bbandy

    bbandy Member

    11
    May 31, 2014
    Isn't the fin forward preference a sheep thing? Sounds like you have proven that the strapping down is the important part.
     
  9. EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

    Apr 16, 2013
    Bro. I don't typically snort or chortle or sound like any type of equine while exploding with laughter, but......

    Thanks bro. Just when I was able to come up for air I see this.
     
  10. DosXX

    DosXX Well-Known Member

    Mar 2, 2013
  11. Zippy

    Zippy Well-Known Member

    Nov 16, 2007
    A sure fire way of telling a beginner from a veteran is fin position. Fins belong forward, just like turning a baseball hat backward when heading into the wind.
     
  12. rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

    Jul 26, 2009
    Or when you are serious about an arm wrestling match like Shark Humper.
     
  13. bbandy

    bbandy Member

    11
    May 31, 2014
    Of course. Just ask any of the hall-monitor types who will tell you so. Also:

    Don't carry your board wax side in, no matter if you are wearing a wetsuit and are about to go belly down on the wax anyway.

    Don't wear the wrong kind of slippers. Everybody knows the kind that real surfers wear.

    Always keep to the right walking down the hall. (And don't skip!)
     
  14. yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

    Sep 26, 2008
    I like to drag my board along the beach. Why waste energy carrying it....?
     
  15. natkitchen

    natkitchen Well-Known Member

    776
    Mar 29, 2011
    Always slide the tail at least a foot in the sand behind you for photo ops, and try not to block the weight bench.