No leg ropes are so cool....

How is the influx or loggers , foamies & twinny spud riders all riding without a leash as they all think they are getting back to real surfing . Just watched this video of a Hawaiin dude ripping on a 5-6 Twin fin and this was one of the comments " Soul Surfer, no surf leashes old school greatest style."
WTF I have copped so much grief over the years saying Sups are dangerous and now I'm on the foil I'm copping the same sh!t but I'm now sitting 50m wider than anyone else & I get to see the whole picture. Having foiled The Pass at Byron a few times over the last few weeks sitting out wide I have seen multiple collisions of 3 or 4 riders from these wanna be Soul riders just kooking it on their loggers and rasta inspired shapes trying reverse hang tens and loosing their board taking out kids and other surfers.

It's ridiculous no one should ever surf without a leg rope .

The good think about these soul surfers is they only ride old school pu glass boards, so when their riderless log comes flying past you, one swift hit to the rail with your paddle and their board is out of action for a few days.

Jokes aside, I'm a member at the local surf club and it's becoming quite a problem. Particularly on hot days when the swimmers are all up and down the beach. There was at least a dozen leashes idiots in one small corner of the beach on Good Friday when the beach was packed with people trying to teach their kids. I'm going to have to take a claw hammer on patrol with me to help grab any wayward boards that come flying past.

Down at Manly there's even a SUP dude that frequents the south end that thinks he's rocking it not using a leash and throwing the occasional jazz hands with batton. Dick.

foiling in crowded breaks, KNOWN for beggines on surfboards and sups, and many different craft in general, is not a good idea anyway

What kind of irresponsible farking idiot goes out surfing with no legrope? Hopefully that's just a northern trend not affecting our sensible southern state...

Do they also take off the brakes from their bikes to be soul riders with leverless bars?

mmmm yes all these cool young things on their old school logs that weigh god knows how much. Personally I love the stuck on beards that make them look a bit older and the nodding knowledge that they know much more than all us old guys. I really really like it when they point out that I have no business in the break cause I am on a stand up and that is just not surfing, I do like pointing out that in many cases I have thongs that are probably older than they are and they have probably been to more surf spots then they have

Dont get me wrong I'm on your side but I reckon you will find you would not have a leg to stand on if you wanted to sue because the activity is classified as potentially risky and all participants were aware of the risk of injury when deciding to do the activity.

Eg Your snow skiing and some out of control spanner crashes into you and causes you an injury - unlikely to be able successfully sue

How did the foil go out at Byron?

That is ridiculous!! I sincerely
hope that trend doesn't come over to nz. Surely we have better common sense..

Absolutely right , its a trend and its also happening down on south coast ,It shows a total disregard for other people and needs to be discouraged at all costs .THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT ,all boards even the old ones can be retro fitted with plugs.

I don;t enjoy being in the water with leggie-less legends much, even the best ones lose their boards here and there. I can understand the hassle of getting our feet stuck in them when you're cross-stepping though.

But I reckon there's as much chance of stopping it now as the mal riders had of stopping SUPs when things started getting serious.

It's not a cool image ,it's a TOOL. Image .
no respect for anyone .but themselves .
no problem with that here because no leg rope equals death to your board .
ROCKS.love them .

Great video with some nice editing