Now they're just getting dangerous

Was this you Lacey?

www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes

I read that earlier,nasty gash again.

Chrispy has invented a new way to stop leg rope trips.He may need a dentists number locked in his phone tho.

Hey Andy, after spending two weeks on the NSW North Coast with long stays in Byron, this article is spot on.

IMHO a leg rope is mandatory if there is more than one person in the water. Sure some of these "HIPSTERS" may be good surfers but accidents happen and a loose board can be deadly, particularly the old tankers.

We need to think of safety and other people even if we are "SUPER COOL".

I have another gripe with "HIPSTERS", and that is that they have unduly influenced the surf clothing market and forced change to surf fashion.
Who wants to wear shorts that only come half way between your crutch and your knee, and who wants to see my sixty year old body in a stripey singlet.
This is not on.

ET.

Novice falls off 9 foot surfboard relying on 9 foot legrope to save a swim. Board flung by the wave, swings around madly in the whitewater. That board has a possible arc of swing of 25 feet ; 9+9+2foot ( legrope stretch )+5 foot (body stretched out ). Person falls and or, jumps off 30 times in a 3 hour session ( obvious learner ). Swing a board through an arc of 25 feet out in the surf and if you do not hit somebody you have been dead lucky, or unlucky depending on your intentions Experienced surfer in 10 surfs, falls off 10 times, board get away once,and he or she ( not wearing a legrope ) has to chase the board. Who is more dangerous? If you can't say, go and watch, you will soon find out.

i have never been hit by a stray board but hit numerous time including yesty arvo by a person wearing a legrope on a wave who decides to jump off the wave and let the legrope do its job.... which was to thrash about and smash me in the leg

Leashes are for dogs...

If you surf like a dog you need 1..

i love how in the article because he has a beard he is a hipster hahaha fkn hell

Legropes mandatory for me , crowds are bad enough these days without flying glass flapping around yer ears especially on days with a bit of juiciness

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thePup said...
Legropes mandatory for me , crowds are bad enough these days without flying glass flapping around yer ears especially on days with a bit of juiciness

I agree. To many people think it is okay to surf without leggies and some don't have enough of an ideas to be in control.

And it makes no difference at all to being abke to walk on the board. Makes you better if anything cause you lift your feet.

ET jump onto instagram look up The Wax Head,he is my hero,my hair cut and clothing style is a mirror image

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thePup said..
Legropes mandatory for me , crowds are bad enough these days without flying glass flapping around yer ears especially on days with a bit of juiciness

+1 here mate I do everything I can to hold onto my board when I am surfing but struggle to hold onto a 10 foot board in anything over two foot when paddling out also if I know I am not gonna be able to hang onto it I reach for the rail saver on the leash and hang onto that which effectively only makes my board arc 10 foot.

I love how Brisbane and Byron are quoted as having the market cornered in terms if housing hipsters......what, no hipsters on the goldie???? Haha

Well i'm deff no hipster but I rarely use a leash, I tend to ditch the leash when its a) small and/or b) uncrowded. There's are real freedom to surfing without a leash and especially when you cross-step like a spaz, well there's less tangles... I probably use it 1 in 10 sessions on the LB

I think the real issue here is basic respect, I was surfing last week with no leash and it got to head high where I really should have had it so I surfed conservatively, I didn't go for the big carve when there was a dude inside that might cop the board when I inevitably F'it up and as the crowd built I went and whacked the leash on...

Basically, when its crowded I would argue there's vastly more incidents where peeps are leashed than where they are not, dropping in, collisions, blocking... show some courtesy and respect and everyone can have a great time. I mean, there doesn't need to be a law, just less tools

as for a law against hipsters weeeeeeeelllll.......

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AndyrooMac said..


Well i'm deff no hipster but I rarely use a leash, I tend to ditch the leash when its a) small and/or b) uncrowded. There's are real freedom to surfing without a leash and especially when you cross-step like a spaz, well there's less tangles... I probably use it 1 in 10 sessions on the LB

I think the real issue here is basic respect, I was surfing last week with no leash and it got to head high where I really should have had it so I surfed conservatively, I didn't go for the big carve when there was a dude inside that might cop the board when I inevitably F'it up and as the crowd built I went and whacked the leash on...

Basically, when its crowded I would argue there's vastly more incidents where peeps are leashed than where they are not, dropping in, collisions, blocking... show some courtesy and respect and everyone can have a great time. I mean, there doesn't need to be a law, just less tools

as for a law against hipsters weeeeeeeelllll.......

+1

I can't agree with bs at all on this one.


twisting it around to justify not wearing a leggie.


a idiot is a idiot. a loose board running hundreds of metres through a lineup is unforgiveable.


put it this way.say if a log came running through the flags and took out a kiddie, I wouldn't be blaming the dad if he beat the crap out of the offending owner of the board.


no leggies are ok if your by yourself or a couple of mates. legropes give me so many problems tangling up on lb. I must screw up 1 in 5 waves, but I just can't justify not wearing on in crowds

Lol,this old chestnut again

This a special old chestnut. Not your common garden variety old chestnut.

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laceys lane said..
I can't agree with bs at all on this one.


twisting it around to justify not wearing a leggie.


a idiot is a idiot. a loose board running hundreds of metres through a lineup is unforgiveable.


put it this way.say if a log came running through the flags and took out a kiddie, I wouldn't be blaming the dad if he beat the crap out of the offending owner of the board.


no leggies are ok if your by yourself or a couple of mates. legropes give me so many problems tangling up on lb. I must screw up 1 in 5 waves, but I just can't justify not wearing on in crowds

+10000000000000000

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no leggies are ok if your by yourself or a couple of mates. legropes give me so many problems tangling up on lb. I must screw up 1 in 5 waves, but I just can't justify not wearing on in crowds

Totaly agree..most of the non leggies here are good surfers, but then we get the blow ins who think the're Joel T. and cant keep it safe...pain in the ring..or wherever else it hits you.

its all to funny
hipsters look like they don't own a dollar,so why would they care about a lawsuit ,can't get blood out of a stone
why i wear one….i couldn't afford the litigation + i would feel so bad if i slashed some poor bastard open

keep your leggies on BECAUSE ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FFS.

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BigSpazz said..
Novice falls off 9 foot surfboard relying on 9 foot legrope to save a swim. Board flung by the wave, swings around madly in the whitewater. That board has a possible arc of swing of 25 feet ; 9+9+2foot ( legrope stretch )+5 foot (body stretched out ). Person falls and or, jumps off 30 times in a 3 hour session ( obvious learner ). Swing a board through an arc of 25 feet out in the surf and if you do not hit somebody you have been dead lucky, or unlucky depending on your intentions Experienced surfer in 10 surfs, falls off 10 times, board get away once,and he or she ( not wearing a legrope ) has to chase the board. Who is more dangerous? If you can't say, go and watch, you will soon find out.

same , see more accidents , dinged boards , chops etc from people ditching boards wearing a leggie. ( i have ding repair bills to prove it ) The thought of "it wont go anywhere i can just fall" takes over from the thought ... "i better grab my board"

wether you wear one or not don't ditch your board.

ditching your board accelerates it and i reckon a leggie encourages ditching

grab your board when you fall.

most of the better surfers that DONT wear leggies i see grab their board really well.

stupid article ... feel for the guy but... would of hurt... but wrong angle for the article.

I always surf conservatively when I see anyone out the corner of my eye that has even a small chance of coming into contact if it goes pear shapped. Annoys me at times when there is a lovely section to hit or pull in to but safety first for me is the general rule.

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jasdeking said...

BigSpazz said..
Novice falls off 9 foot surfboard relying on 9 foot legrope to save a swim. Board flung by the wave, swings around madly in the whitewater. That board has a possible arc of swing of 25 feet ; 9+9+2foot ( legrope stretch )+5 foot (body stretched out ). Person falls and or, jumps off 30 times in a 3 hour session ( obvious learner ). Swing a board through an arc of 25 feet out in the surf and if you do not hit somebody you have been dead lucky, or unlucky depending on your intentions Experienced surfer in 10 surfs, falls off 10 times, board get away once,and he or she ( not wearing a legrope ) has to chase the board. Who is more dangerous? If you can't say, go and watch, you will soon find out.

same , see more accidents , dinged boards , chops etc from people ditching boards wearing a leggie. ( i have ding repair bills to prove it ) The thought of "it wont go anywhere i can just fall" takes over from the thought ... "i better grab my board"

wether you wear one or not don't ditch your board.

ditching your board accelerates it and i reckon a leggie encourages ditching

grab your board when you fall.

most of the better surfers that DONT wear leggies i see grab their board really well.

stupid article ... feel for the guy but... would of hurt... but wrong angle for the article.

Both spot on, seems pretty obvious really "don't be a Barney, Barney"

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Ted the Kiwi said..
I always surf conservatively when I see anyone out the corner of my eye that has even a small chance of coming into contact if it goes pear shapped. Annoys me at times when there is a lovely section to hit or pull in to but safety first for me is the general rule.

I was paddling out when I saw a young guy with a beard fall and fling his board at me,” he said.

^^ that is from the article ...wtf ? you are spot on Ted , what was the guy doing paddling into this section anyway ... hey i wasnt there just reading between the lines too.

I bet that bastard had boat shoes on farkers are evil

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thePup said...
I bet that bastard had boat shoes on farkers are evil

I saw him drinking hot chocolate before he went out

Surfing Balian last week and a fella on a mini mal mid length hybrid type board ditched his board twice in front of me when a set broke outside us and both times he didn't bother to look behind him,just bailed,bet he wouldn't have done it if he didn't have a leggy although i think long boarders in crowds should wear them for sure.This guy just needed to grow a set and duck dive and cop a thrashing or esky roll and hang on, at least have a go.he was a nice bloke as i was chatting to him earlier and i thought about letting him know to check behind him before he bails-probably should have.

^ Doesn't hurt to not place yourself behind someone in the first place mate lol

Personally I guess because I've used a leggy all my life, wearing one doesn't bother me. I know they add a little drag, I feel a big diff between the 6ft comp leggy on my shorty & the big thick chunky 9ft leggy on my 9'3. They can end up under your feet on late takeoffs sometimes, making you do a little skip to fark them off. But apart from that odd event, I don't have a problem with tangling.

I never coil my leggy up. I let it hang out of the board bag & when I get home I stretch it out to the nose of the board & lean the board against it to keep it in a straight line. First thing I do with new leggies is stretch them out in the sun for a day. That way you don't have the buggers wrapping up around your legs when your sitting out the back waiting for a wave.

I can understand surfing without one in up to waist high fat wally uniform breaking beachies with only a few crew out. But other than that, no matter how good you think you are. Accidents can happen that are too easily avoided.

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Ricardo1709 said..
Surfing Balian last week and a fella on a mini mal mid length hybrid type board ditched his board twice in front of me

say no more

actually he paddled in front of me trying to get around the wave.I love how people makes assumptions on situations that can't be fully detailed in print oh well

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MickPC said..
^ Doesn't hurt to not place yourself behind someone in the first place mate lol

Thats the key IMHO. But then if they are in front of you but a long way off, if they have a leggie you can judge the chance of getting clubbed by a board. I say anyone who wants to surf with out a leggie, force them to swim in against a ragging rip on a cliff face were you can only land on one spot.. When you come close to drowning, you soon release you never want to let go of your board, leg rope or not

The people i hate are the ones that peg their boards sideways when bailing under wave..

Disclaimer my experience is mostly SB so yes duck diving is easier, having said that i recently got caught on the inside of maybe a 6 wave large set with a Urchin reef on my tail and with a long boarder to my left. I laughed and though "Sucks to be you" Until this guy promptly motored out of the break like he had a engine on board. Turtle rolls into over head and half foot waves is impressive to see..