How to Choose Board Leash
How to Choose Board Leash
The chord length:
The lengths announced by manufacturers are generally those link, rope. Add them that of attachment and rail saver over the cord and plug it makes easily 30 cm more. It’s a good margin of safety generally advises taking a leash a little longer than the board. So a leash 9 ‘on a 9’ will be tens of centimeters more. What to try the worst attitudes nose.
Note that this length will stretch in big waves, break up. In the final session, it will happen that your leash makes a good meter longer than on paper!
Rope diameter:
A leash is a real drag. The pullback generates it’s incredibly powerful.
In the big waves, we do not care a bit. In small, this is a major handicap. But the safety of users and hardware is the price. Attention finer says that says more fragile. As soon as it will get stronger or bigger, he can break without warning.
The clip:
Make sure that it is comfortable and safe.
If you do not feel tight spots against you, all is well. If you feel a hard point had to tie reinforcement link, forget it immediately.
A good leash does not hurt ankle.
Inspect the surface of what is going to touch your skin. An irritating surface will be a nightmare and destroy your combination as well as your skin! Attention a surface that slides much can be rather unpleasant because the leash turns, over the smooth surfaces are often fragile.
Be careful closing system. Banish the complicated systems that you’ll have trouble dropping instinctively in the water in case of problems.
The type of fastener:
An ankle leash is often nicer in real waves. It is preferable to attach it to the back, but it forms the loop is smaller than on one knee leash and takes less SUP paddle in it.
In the large, some prefer to be pulled by the ankle.
The leash allows the knee to take the board faster with fewer hands because you have to bend your leg to access the leash. So one can board faster the bar. It also allows walking on at least not crossed.
By cons, if it is not turned into the hollow of the knee, back to you, the paddle can pass through the loop that formed behind the board and it is annoying. We must, therefore, put and tighten.
Conclusion :
Everyone’s opinion and feeling, the best rule must surely be in everything related products near the body, usually takes precedence over the rest of the arguments so it’s personal.
