looks like a rubber band around the paddle to tie it on but wouldn't that be like a knife whipping around in a wave that big ?
I wonder if he's looped it half way along and tucked it into the back of his boardies to prevent it getting caught around his fin???
Select to expand quoteDavidJohn said..
I wonder if he's looped it half way along and tucked it into the back of his boardies to prevent it getting caught around his fin???
I think you're on the money. Very long leggie to get away from the board
cloudbreak in fiji
surfer was sick of laird getting the bombs so took off on same wave - photo with a gopro
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Extreme wedgie waiting to happen?
Yup... let's hop the loop doesnt slide around some nut down there...
Nice custom SUP? Looks like a big Lopez Pipe gun. I wonder what mere mortals like us have to do to get our hands on a board like that?
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Extreme wedgie waiting to happen?
Yup... let's hop the loop doesnt slide around some nut down there...
I don't think there is enough leg rope in the world to fit around one of lairds nutzzz.
There was a pic of laird paddling out at Teahupoo with the exact thing in Stand Up Journal awhile back. His take: less drag, less leggie and if he falls it just pops out of his boardies and does its thing. Then again he hardly falls so its a moot point 
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Nice custom SUP? Looks like a big Lopez Pipe gun. I wonder what mere mortals like us have to do to get our hands on a board like that?
Shoot an email to Pat Rawson? Living legend and super friendly.
Select to expand quoteJeanG said..surfershaneA said..
Nice custom SUP? Looks like a big Lopez Pipe gun. I wonder what mere mortals like us have to do to get our hands on a board like that?
Shoot an email to Pat Rawson? Living legend and super friendly.
Thanks,
I actually have an MR labelled Pat Rawson, shaped by Pat to show MR how bonzer channels worked back in the very early 90s. Awesome board. Only problem is that I would probably need to sell it to afford an imported custom?
I'm pretty sure that is the same photo as the one at Chopes. Too round for cloudbreak at the same size. Mad.
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colas said..
foamballer said..
Extreme wedgie waiting to happen?
Yup... let's hop the loop doesnt slide around some nut down there...
I don't think there is enough leg rope in the world to fit around one of lairds nutzzz.
Let alone all 3 of them, ever see "Riding Giants"?
His adopted dad Bill had a third one installed shortly after Laird was adopted.
Note how the leash is attached to the board, usually it's a small rope between the rail saver and a plug. But on his board the rail saver goes thru a rope between two plugs, much stronger.
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I'm pretty sure that is the same photo as the one at Chopes. Too round for cloudbreak at the same size. Mad.
Where I got the pic said it was Cloudbreak.
DJ, you are correct, I have a picture on a Laird 2015 brochure of the same day (same boardies & board etc) saying Cloudbreak
The board is one of his own brand
I will try and scan it and attach as it shows how he has his leash tucked down the back of his boardies
Select to expand quote<div class="art-layout-a">WALSHY AND LAIRD IN A GOPRO MOMENTIt's the morning of finals day at the 2014 Women's Pro Fiji and Cloudbreak is firing at 8-10 foot. Laird Hamilton and Anthony Walsh are part of a hungry pack trying to secure some tube time before the contest organisers clear the lineup, sound the hooters and send the girls out in the contest of their lives. "Laird was getting a little bit greedy," suggests Walshy. "He was getting in really early on his SUP so I decided that next time a set came through I was just going, whether he was on it or not." When Laird hauled his way into the next bomb, Walshy slipped in behind him with GoPro in hand and got all paparrazzi in the pipe. "He didn't even know I was there until I pulled up into the tube," chuckles Walshy. "Although the photo looks like there is a lot of distance between us I was only about two feet behind him." By the time both surfers came flying out of the barrel Laird was digging the idea that his ride was being captured, and urged Anthony to pull in again on the next section, but Walshy was a little wary of sharing another shack with surfing's version of He Man. "There's not as much room in the tube down there at shishkebabs."Laird high-fived Walshy on the paddle back out and was so pumped he encouraged his new Australian friend to do it all again. Unfortunately they didn't get another chance and it wasn't until later that afternoon that Walshy got to see the product of his labours. "The girls final was on. So it wasn't until we were sitting down at Tavarua later that afternoon that I got to see it." It was then that he realised he had pulled off the ultimate selfie with Laird – not only was the oar-wielding gladiator perfectly framed beneath a curling lip, but there in the foreground was the outline of Walshy's face also.
<div class="art-layout-b">When Shane Dorian set eyes on the well-composed, couples shot, he reportedly went straight over to Laird and said, "Laird you have to see this." According to Walshy, Laird took one look at it and bellowed to the crowd who were now hunched behind Walshy's laptop. "Oh my God that's the shot of the century!" Not bad props from the man who is credited with riding the Millennium wave at Teahupoo in 2000.
The old leash down the strides routine
Interesting he is wearing a singlet, not sure if it is a flotation one as he normally goes commando
Of course I see those posts by people who say "I use an 8 foot leash coz its real easy to pull the board back to me" lol
ahh yeah that looks more on the money DJ
