Anybody here had a mate or child injured by a stray board Put the thing on or your going to regret it.

it would be like a car with no brakes, just wear a leg rope- seen some big gashes from stray boards

chrispychru said...

my family are all pretty good with a right hook

What's boxing got to do with leg ropes?

husq2100 said...

chrispychru said...

my family are all pretty good with a right hook

What's boxing got to do with leg ropes?

Hint, stray board without a legrope, collects someone.... Family member delivers a right hook to the person who is stupid enough to claim the board....

husq2100 said...

chrispychru said...

my family are all pretty good with a right hook

What's boxing got to do with leg ropes?

whats the point of starting a thread and not reading the replies? maybe you should put a leg rope on your submit finger

whoa, this is getting nasty.

sure you should wear a leggie but plenty don't.

it's not against the law, it's not like a seatbelt.

if it's not against the law and you go punching someone out, you may find yourself on the wrong side of the law no matter whether you think your right

laceys lane said...

whoa, this is getting nasty.

sure you should wear a leggie but plenty don't.

it's not against the law, it's not like a seatbelt.

if it's not against the law and you go punching someone out, you may find yourself on the wrong side of the law no matter whether you think your right

Even if it was law you can't go punching people out. It leaves too many bruises as evidence, first learn the gentle art of pressure point therapy, then locate areas applicable ie; rails, fins and bottom of board just to name a few.

or at least this is what I've been told.

I say no legropes means no KOOKS!

Hi guys,

I'm sorry, I must be a bit simple. Why wouldnt you wear a leggie? Can someone please explain?

DM

laceys lane said...

whoa, this is getting nasty.

sure you should wear a leggie but plenty don't.

it's not against the law, it's not like a seatbelt.

if it's not against the law and you go punching someone out, you may find yourself on the wrong side of the law no matter whether you think your right

Not one to get involved with discussions much, but will done the flame suit.
(Lacey, not an attack on you here, just my thoughts)

Correct it's not against the law not to wear a leggie, like a seat belt, which is required by law. However, why did this become law..IMHO, because even though it would be common sense to wear something that protects you and others... it seems common sense may not be that common, hence it became law.
Leggie protects the other person and to some extent your property.
Just imagine a child gets hurt..... some legal boffin gets hold of it... negligence is proved... etc etc... You may find "the leggie" may become law. We need to have common sense.
(If you do not think this is possible... consider recent events that lead to, that you now need a "special" licence to ride a jet ski, yet a std recreational boat licence allows you own and drive a vessel far larger, far quicker and potentially require far more skill to operate. No I do not own a jet ski).

Personally I witnessed a child get hit last year in Caloundra buy a board. Yes a small kid was hurt... No leggie and board was lost in only small surf. It was handled very well by all there, but the rider in question was very disturbed emotionally by his actions. And I mean he was very very upset at what he had done. I am sure that none of us would want that on our conscience.

In regards to punching someone out.. be wearing a leggie or seatbelt legal or not.. you will find yourself on the wrong side of the law.

Wearing a leggie is just common sense. It should not need to be the law!
We should not need the law to protect us from ourselves... this is our job!

husq2100 said...

chrispychru said...

husq2100 said...

chrispychru said...

my family are all pretty good with a right hook

What's boxing got to do with leg ropes?

whats the point of starting a thread and not reading the replies? maybe you should put a leg rope on your submit finger

Ok Rocky, maybe Mac posted his reply about his daughter the same time as i posted mine, so it wasnt there to read.And it seems you were already in the know about his situation...maybe quote or put it in sime context for others.....as for punching someone out, would you do this to the guy riding a clubbie ski, the person or people in Oc's or the kid on a clubbie mal??? last time I looked none of these had leggies.....what the difference between not wareing one and punching someone out? Some old mals dont even have a spot to attach the leg rope.

Mac, you say lost your daughther, some would read that as death...but Im assuming she just doesnt want to surf anymore?

eye of the tiger you people get so serious. i would never advocate that violence is the answer to problems,but sometimes some people need a short one to the chin,in the water or out. i do like the pressure point idea though. lighten up champ dant..dant dant dant eye of the tiger

I surfed without a legrope for about 7 years 1966-1973 and even then they were pretty lousy for about 5 years. Peter Clark in Torquay, did a lot of testing I think he started Balin (I'm probably wrong). We all thought they were a godsend at the time. This argument/thread is stupid. Wear a leg rope for all of the reasons outlined above. Don't hit anyone ever because it is ILLEGAL even threatening to do so is ILLEGAL I agree with Climber who used my favourite saying "Common sense is not very common!" Wake up to yourselves and Ben go hassle some kid at Burleigh for the inside position in one foot slop, it seems like the nice type of guy you are. Have you ever been out in 6ft waves and over? Probably not or you'd know why you wear a leg rope!

Sorry, any SUP over 8 foot is Gay!!!

Leroy13 said...

OH yeah, I forgot to say discrimination against Gays is ILLEGAL. On the other hand we live in Australia and being a dickhead is not ILLEGAL

husq2100 said...

I don't know what's funnier, being told to lighten up by someone who punches people out, or the responses to this thread that was started as joke because somone lost there bundle in the surf when they paddled out and a guy on a wave came close to him. At which point a leg rope would have made no difference and maybe he should have given the guy on the wave some room. But chose to carry on like a pork chop about lack of leggie, all the while said mates sup buddy also didn't have a leggie....irony

On that note can we add to the common sense debate that rages here quite amusingly that if someone is coming towards you on a wave when you are paddling back out that you turn to face them instead of leaving your 10 feet of broadside as an obstacle sideways. It's just a little bit easier to get around 3 feet than 10.