Leash Problems

I would just surf without a leash . I only uses on if its crowded.

I find leashed are confineding and get in my way .

I would just get it fixed properly the next time we have a flat spell

 

^^^this.

hopefully, the experience will teach you to never ditch your board.

 

just rip out the broken plug and glass in a new one

 

did you actually know leashes do not mess you up. even pros wear leashes at all times. and a leash will save you some money so you wouldnt have to pay for some person that got hit by your board and they sue you.

 

For me, the only reasons for not wearing a leash are as follows:

Sea weed in the lineup everywhere. When this happens, I ditch the leash...

And on non-crowded days that are about head high plus, it is REALLY good training. It teaches you total commitment to each move you do. When you go up to snap, you make sure you land it all the way through, and before you do an air, you make sure everything is setup right or you just end up popping out.... A lot of the local pros all ride with no leash for training. And if you do lose it, you can spend the long swim in thinking about what you did wrong.

But day to day leashless surfing, especially in the midatlantic where it is illegal at like every beach, I would not recommend it unless its a long board. I usually ride the logs leashless, because its hard to walk up and down the plank with a leash on...

And I dont really ever see people getting hit by boards that washed into the beach. Unless a guy loses his sh** and you are right in front of him, everyone has plenty of time to duck dive a stray board or get out of the way. I think the person who gets hit by a board is the jerk if they see it coming. I mean, duck dive your board people!

My two cents.,... Get the plug fixed.

 

bull****. you have clearly never surfed sans goon-cord before. the difference between surfing leashed & unleashed is astounding. the only time i surf w/ a leash is when it's really crowded in the summer (unless i'm on my log, then i'm still leashless. leashes & longboards don't mix), really big (DOH+), or really cold (4/3 or 5/4). other than that, i can usually be found surfing w/out a leash.
first off, who gives a crap what the pros do? i couldn't care less. that said, watch the footage of machado at pavones in "sprout". guess what? no leash. there's more, too. i'm just too lazy right now to go look it up.

not once has my board hit someone. never been sued, either (guess that follows).


like zach said, surfing leashless forces you to be more aware of what you're doing. you fully commit to maneuvers, making sure to follow them thru to their conclusion. when you kick out of a wave, you don't just flick the board away & flop into the water, you actually keep the board w/ you b/c you can't just reel it back in like a fiberglass fish.

the whole of modern surfing would be better off if more people surfed w/out the umbilical cord more often. if you wipe out & have to swim for your board, it takes you out of the rotation for a bit & other people get waves. i see far too many people who are good paddlers but surf like crap getting waves b/c they can just reel in their board & paddle back out. same goes w/ beginners on huge boards. swimming for your board teaches you about the ocean...currents, waves, bottom contours, etc...before you learn to surf, you need to know how to paddle & control your board so that you're not a hazard to everyone else in the line-up. too many beginners have no respect, no CLUE about how a line-up works. they paddle out right in front of the take off spot, get in people's way, screw up rides, & endanger themselves. the sad thing is, experienced riders do it too!! i saw it happen yesterday...a guy was sitting on the inside, chatting w/ a buddy, & another surfer was paddling for a wave & had to back out at the last second b/c he would've taken out BOTH guys bobbing around on the inside. that's just careless & disrespectful behavior. what if the other surfer had been sucked over the falls & injured? not likely, but possible.
i'm not saying that surfing should be a group hug, but more awareness of the fact that there are other people in the water would make everyone's life better.

of course, i just don't like the things...they get all tangled around my feet...

 

If there are any pieces of metal bar in there, chip them out with a chisel and pliers. Then, route out the plastic housing and install a new one. You can't just rip it out without doing a ton of damage. Route out a nice, clean hole with a router, hole saw bit, or dremmel, and sink another one.

 

guys leashes really dont affect your surfing what so ever. its all in your minds that leashes mess up your surfing.

 

Leashes dont affect the way you surf if you stay in one spot in the board

I never ditch my board nor have I ever went without a leash on a crowed day. If I paddle out and it a handfull or less guys I will op to go without it . Anything more than that . I leash up . Zach is Right going without a leash makes a person more in tune with whats going on around them .

Leashes started out as being a glorifed peice of rope to help lazy people that dont wanna swim the get there boards when they wipe out.

 

I really wish that it was legal to surf leashless at Wrightsville beach (maybe not summer... too many kooks...) because I feel confident enough to be able to hold on to my board. Even so, I still like to pretend that I'm leashless, because at least I'm not relying completely on my leash... there have been a few times where the velcro just failed and I had to swim in. In waves that I know i'm not gonna wipeout on (i.e. WB slop), I would rather surf leashless... good swimming too if you do lose it.

Longboarding is pretty annoying with a leash too... Wbsurfer, your argument is pointless. You're wrong. the have been many times where the leash ends up underneath my foot, and i spend the whole wave trying to get it out from underneath me.

But if i surf pitching, cape hatteras. I'm gonna wipeout. Last tuesday I had a few "fun" wipeouts where I got launched. Leashes are good for that.

 

terra true longboarding is annoying with a leash. and yes surfing with out them makes you comfortable with everything around you. i know im a good enough swimmer if i need to swim in i will to go rescure my board.

 

Drill the plug out with a 1 1/4" hole saw. Put a piece of tape around the saw bit 5/8" up fro the teeth, this will tell you when you're deep enough.
Wiggle the plug out with some needle nose pliers and you should have a fairly clean hole to install a new plug.

~Brian
www.greenlightsurfsupply.com

 

I hate leashes. They get in the way too much. The only time I'll use them is in crowds, winter, or N. Cali. The only times I've gotten hurt from my own board is when I've worn a leash. I agree going leashless makes you stronger and more confidant on the board. it teaches you to stay on your board and kick out rather than ditch it. ditching the board isnt good technic. However a good swim once in a while is healthy as long as your not in shark infested waters.
Has anyone tried the new leash detangler?

 

I'm gonna say this: Perhaps you think you might be better without a leash, but the way I look at it, if you think you're too good for a leash, then you probably just aren't going big and hard enough. If you're surfing without a leash everyday or every time you go out then to me it sounds like you don't go out on bigger better days. A leash is important when you are trying new things, dropping in hard, going for the lip, trying a new trick. That way when you fail and fall, you DON'T have to swim in to the beach and then back out to retrieve your board.

Especially big stormy days you're swimming through bullsh!t closeouts and rough surf, you lose it at that point you may find yourself in a heavy predicament. Keep your leash, go big, be cool, and play it safe.

On another note, this goes out to you bodyboarders out there: I ordered a Denzien leash earlier last month, which is Spencer Skipper's company. He sends me an email and says he is out-of-country at the moment, won't be able to ship if for another two weeks, and he's sorry he'll hook me up - no problem I tell him. A package arrives for me this past Monday - 2 complete leashes and like 15 stickers! Spencer Skipper you da man!

 

Yeah

Stickers totally rock!

 

Quote Joel Tudor,

"How you supose to move freely with a piece of rope tied around you ankle. So what if you have to Swim for your board its good exercise"

The Leash wasnt invented til the short board came into play in the late 60's / early 70's

I dont see a Leash on Greg Noll's ankle in any of his footage of him at Waimea Bay . I guess he didnt go out on big days

 

We're talking about Mid-Atlantic and 2010. No one here on this forum would go as big as Noll no one here dances as good as Tudor.

The leash came around then when people started going bigger and harder, stomping the loggers.

 

That's okay

Stickers have been around forever.