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Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby NYKiter » Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:39 pm

Been doing strapless water starts and this seems to be a hazard as my arm and board get caught in it....

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby MMac22 » Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:03 pm

Get one of the new short hooked-in leashes, issue solved. I think most brands now offer these. I've been using one for a couple years and haven't had any issues when foiling.

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby cwood » Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:20 am

yes, unless you are doing unhooked stuff there is no need. Have been using a shorty Cab version for the year, so much better!

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby Kamikuza » Mon Oct 30, 2017 4:35 am

NYKiter wrote:
Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:39 pm
Been doing strapless water starts and this seems to be a hazard as my arm and board get caught in it....
Ditto
cwood wrote: yes, unless you are doing unhooked stuff there is no need. Have been using a shorty Cab version for the year, so much better!
and ditto :lol:

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby pj sofine » Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:03 pm

At first glance I thought you were referring to a "board leash" ! :duh: Silly me

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby HaylingBilly » Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:35 pm

This is a Spark page that I wrote for Hayling Kitesurf Assoiciation about the benefit of short leashes.

https://spark.adobe.com/page/76qIMatL8H9Yh/

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby cwood » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:03 pm

HaylingBilly wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:35 pm
This is a Spark page that I wrote for Hayling Kitesurf Assoiciation about the benefit of short leashes.

https://spark.adobe.com/page/76qIMatL8H9Yh/
nicely done. I have the orange cab one. Well marked and went from the floppy banging of leg, then putting it once around the back to get rid of slack....to not even noticing the thing now. There are enough things to catch on a foil!

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby BWD » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:19 pm

freeride foiling?
go BRM style, no leash/integral leash, no stopper, no trim cleat, no dangling lines at all, no problem!
You can use a tiny kite foiling, so don't complain about needing a trim cleat etc.
Really not needed for freeride.

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby Peter_Frank » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:40 pm

BWD wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:19 pm
freeride foiling?
go BRM style, no leash/integral leash, no stopper, no trim cleat, no dangling lines at all, no problem!
You can use a tiny kite foiling, so don't complain about needing a trim cleat etc.
Really not needed for freeride.

Yes, you are right, I like that too :-)

I use a short leash though, the same as for waveriding/boards.

Good when windy and 3.5 m2 kite, where I find it nice to have the safety option as it is a biiiit of wind now.

But otherwise, the short leash is ONLY used to avoid the risk of accidentally releasing the kite, or the loop popping out - so I have it in suicide most often, because of that.

A few times without the leash yes, when it was on another harness, nice and free :rollgrin:

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Re: Leash...enemy of the foiler?

Postby opie » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:54 pm

I just tied a bunch of knots in mine.


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