Hey Guys, After your wisdom again.
I'm not a surfer, and have just started having a ball on small waves in the rivermouth on my 11.6 SUP with a leg rope which is just as long as the board. Yeehaa.
Thing is, when I fall off, it's usually off the back, and I kinda fall onto the leg rope and it manages to tangle around me sometimes, which ain't so bad in smallish waves but I can imagine it will hurt when I get game and hit some bigger waves.

The surf shop bloke said its a Knee leg rope, but I wear it around my ankle, as I don't want a white stripe round my knee ruining my tan !! Its a creatures of leasure leggy with a swivel.
Any tips?
Jayne.

Is this something that just happens to girls? Am I falling off too slowly?

Just in case it's this easy, but it's on your back foot right?

And as above I'd suggest using a shorter mal leggie. I use an 8' heavy duty bali cord (thicker) and it is still plenty long enough for me to get right up the nose. Knee cords in my opinion aren't all they are cracked up to be and you don't want to ruin that tan!

I'm using a 10' leggie on my 11'6" that I attach just below the knee. So far no major dramas with getting tangled, but I guess I tend to fall off one side or another rather than off the back of the board. Falling off the back of the board might be something that happens less as you get more waves and improve your surfing.

As for the knee/ankle attachment, I thought the theory was that the knee attachment offers a bit more comfort when a wave takes the board (as these big boards tend to pack a bit of pulling force when picked up by a wave) but it seems to be a personal choice really.

Not sure if any of that qualifies as wisdom, but just my experience so far...

You are doing the right thing having it on your ankle dont know about this knee buisness I have never had the problem you are talking about, maybe try jumping to the side when you fall off.
The only problem I ever have is when I stand back up sometimes the legrope is between my back foot and front foot and you have to crouch down and flick it to the back of the board.
Im sure as you get better it will become less of a problem

Make sure the stiff bit near the strap is pointing towards the back of the board (off your ankle), therefore the bulk of the cord will be dragging directly behind the board where you don't generally fall (you usually fall at least a little bit to the side).

The fact that you are wearing a knee strap on your ankle may mean that it is not tight enough, spinning around and therefore not pointing in the right direction (as above).

Knee strap legropes (which are actually worn at the top of the calf) are not really suitable for SUP'ing - IMO. They are really designed to not get tangled in your feet when doing cross steps to the nose on a longboard. The problem is that the raised cord (from the deck of the board) makes it very easy to get tangled in your paddle when SUP surfing. Leave them to the prone longboarders and stick with a proper ankle strap for SUP'ing.

Surfing tan lines are cool.

I'm getting a tan on the tops of my feet due to plenty of sup action.