CFLKiter said..

BWalnut said..
I picked up the red chute recently but haven't tried it yet since it's super cold water right now. I expect it's mostly overkill as my orange chute was pretty darn good. The red chute is a little harder to pack but I always just tuck mine into the belt during the session. New release handle, belt buckle, and new stitched chute lines look good
A few of the pros posted those videos of them chucking the wing in the air and it set a bad example for others. Just set the wing down in the water, no need to make a scene when deploying it. I've only had super small wings tumble. Put a shorter leash on them and that eliminated the issue.

My strike v3 just keeps yanking at the anchor till it pulls itself free. I think a no stretch leash would help, that and shorter but if you aren't using the quick release you should just buy a cheap anchor off amazon. The quick release is nice, have had shredded a wing in the shore break when the anchor which was stuffed under my rash gaurd was pulled out by the inside wash, wrapped around my board leash, and then the foil just did the rest. Anchorman connection is nice and secure when on the inside, no issues.

I have a couple strike v3s but have not enjoyed that wing much so I never did an anchor drop with them. Strange that it would have continuous pull to overcome the anchor. Roll makes sense but straight pull is strange, I've never seen that. They definitely act funny compared to my other wings though.
I don't think any Amazon savings would be worth it to me on the anchorman. It's $130? I'm fine paying that for the system. Every wing acts differently so I think important to know how your brand and size will act in a low stress zone before dropping it in a mission critical area.

Really appreciate the replies but not sure if it's made my decision any easier or not I was pretty ready to order one this morning but now hmmHonestly I'm fairly new to winging but was after a waist leash/harness at some stage anyways so figured why not get this feature as well. I'll eventually mostly be winging in the surf and liked the idea of being able to ditch the wing should I get caught out in a nasty shorebreakIs anyone also running their board leash to the belt and or added a harness hook to theirs?

drc13 said..
Really appreciate the replies but not sure if it's made my decision any easier or not I was pretty ready to order one this morning but now hmmHonestly I'm fairly new to winging but was after a waist leash/harness at some stage anyways so figured why not get this feature as well. I'll eventually mostly be winging in the surf and liked the idea of being able to ditch the wing should I get caught out in a nasty shorebreakIs anyone also running their board leash to the belt and or added a harness hook to theirs?

I'm not a fan of the waist leash holding both. It's nice and clean but I had a waist leash fail in the surf once (not the anchorman) and I lost my board and wing at the same time. Since then I've always used an ankle leash for the board.

drc13 said..

BWalnut said..

drc13 said..
Really appreciate the replies but not sure if it's made my decision any easier or not I was pretty ready to order one this morning but now hmmHonestly I'm fairly new to winging but was after a waist leash/harness at some stage anyways so figured why not get this feature as well. I'll eventually mostly be winging in the surf and liked the idea of being able to ditch the wing should I get caught out in a nasty shorebreakIs anyone also running their board leash to the belt and or added a harness hook to theirs?

I'm not a fan of the waist leash holding both. It's nice and clean but I had a waist leash fail in the surf once (not the anchorman) and I lost my board and wing at the same time. Since then I've always used an ankle leash for the board.

That's a great point I hadn't considered!Well I took the plunge and have just ordered the red chute anchorman, if it does nothing else but make dealing with shorebreaks safer it's probably a worthwhile investment but I'll be aware not to trust it every time.

Have you tried the bigger size yet?

Super easy to make,costs nothing,square of kite material works perfect,1 cent coins sewn into 2 corners for a little weight,tuck it in my wetsuit (inside chest zip)
and if I feel like wing dropping I just stop take wrist cuff off and put anchor on,I even made one out of netting type material with a bit of kite material at the bottom so it collects water no weights as I wanted it to drag faster so I didn't have to paddle as far back to wing

How about a self releasing anchorman for your board? ( to avoid copping it in your face after a fall)

As some of you may seen Cloud ix recently released a new product which integrated a more sturdy harness with the anchorman leash.

I was initially super keen to grab the harness only as I already had two anchorman leashes I could retrofit into the simple harness.

Unfortunately the price of the harness ended up being much more than I expected so I started looking into ways to build my own.

Enter this Ion Rogue Harness which has some really nice features like a bungeed harness hook that slides side to side and auto centres it's lightweight yet supportive and has some solid attachment points on it.

I was able to use the front attachment hook for my anchorman wing leash, the best bit is the chute tucks nice and easily into the left pocket (easier to pack than the stock leash) while I was at it now having a spare quick release I set that up on the back which runs to a kaohi inviz leash to my board.

Pretty happy with the end result!

BWalnut said..
Stuffing the chute in a larger pouch looks nice!

It shares the space with the excess waist strap but still sooooo much easier to stash in there than the original pocket and looks OEM!