Hi
Just broke the leash attachment part on my board. It made a nasty hole, and I dont think putting it (the leash
attachment part) back in the repair would be enough to prevent another (bigger) tear in the board so i just repaired the hole in the board without the leash thing.
So now w i'll be parawinging without a leash.
Do some of you do that ? Wingfoiling its easy to bodydrag, in parawinging I'm not sure esp since i ride a very big foil (1100cm2)
Interested in Your Feeedbacks
Thanks
So i decided to try to attach the leash to the back strap. Do you Think its a bad idea ?
I broke my leash once on a DW run. Every time a wave lifted the back of the board it foiled itself down the wave and away from me. No way I was ever going to catch it!! I was with a mate who had to chase it down and hold on to it all until I could drag down to him. No way I would go without a leash now. The footstrap attachment is better than no leash.
What type of leash were you using when the board failed?
I have seen a simple dyneema bungee leash rip the whole tail off a board in a high speed crash.
Those dyneema leashes are bad news for leash plugs in a big crash or waves, ripped mine out when I hit a turtle and got catapulted. They don’t have enough give compared to a urethane leash.
Select to expand quoteairsail said..
Those dyneema leashes are bad news for leash plugs in a big crash or waves, ripped mine out when I hit a turtle and got catapulted. They don't have enough give compared to a urethane leash.Select to expand quoteFarNorthSurfer said..
I broke my leash once on a DW run. Every time a wave lifted the back of the board it foiled itself down the wave and away from me. No way I was ever going to catch it!! I was with a mate who had to chase it down and hold on to it all until I could drag down to him. No way I would go without a leash now. The footstrap attachment is better than no leash.
What type of leash were you using when the board failed?
I have seen a simple dyneema bungee leash rip the whole tail off a board in a high speed crash.
Yeah it was dyneema, i used to have a normal leash but it kept being tangled in the lines of the PW. but i'll switch it back fs because I'm not too confident about that back strap leash thing i made, Or i'll try to make something that snaps and releases a but more line before breaking the board
Thanks for the infos
Lots of ways to improvise the leash cover. This is what I use:
These stop line tangles with the coil.
stokedonfoiling.com.au/products/the-inviz-leash-coil-cover-parawing-board-leash
