any suggestions. i finally broke my dakine straps so looking for replacement.

preference for light and comfy.

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Gestalt said..
any suggestions. i finally broke my dakine straps so looking for replacement.

preference for light and comfy.

Dunno about light, but the Dakine freestyle ones are super comfortable.

Has anyone tried just using standard straps but without the neoprene cover so just the 3webbing straps with the Velcro?
could a a bit rough without boots but I wear 3mm boots nearly all the tiime

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Ben1973 said..
Has anyone tried just using standard straps but without the neoprene cover so just the 3webbing straps with the Velcro?
could a a bit rough without boots but I wear 3mm boots nearly all the tiime

This could work but may not hold it's shape so may be difficult to slip your feet into quickly. Costs nothing to try if you have an old set kicking around.

i dont wear booties so need some comfort

Dakine contours are hard to beat for comfort, plenty of nice soft padding and they keep their shape.

thx Faff, I'll look into them.

Hey Mark,

I have the contours and really liked them. only issue I find is they stretch. the one I broke was the contour. pretty much exactly what I'm chasing but without the stretch.

Could be tricky but Gorilla Grip made some super light comfy straps back in the day. A shop may still have some floating around.

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Gestalt said..
thx Faff, I'll look into them.

Hey Mark,

I have the contours and really liked them. only issue I find is they stretch. the one I broke was the contour. pretty much exactly what I'm chasing but without the stretch.

I had fanatic ones before. They always felt either too loose or too tight. In a way, I was always aware of them. I never think about the Dakines. It's like with boots - all the ones I had before were always worse than sailing barefoot (I made a lot of progress when I ditched boots). My current ones - no different to sailing barefoot.

next time I'm in surf fx I'll check out freestyle dakines.

I love the new Drake footstraps that Starboard ships with their new boards. Issue is getting a few extra for my other boards.

there are videos where people compare their straps

Dakine slims .