Stab forgot to mention themselves
Stab in the dark used to be ok but what they did with it this year was embarrassing
Fall on your sword Ashton Goggins
I've always wondered why Webbs cop such a bashing. I get they may not be for everyone, but they do just exactly what they say.
They can be useful on crowded days. Sadly i don't have the shoulders to use them, but as a young fella they helped 
Agreed. How awesome were they?! I put them away, and when next I got them out there was only the wrist bits left. Awesome disappearing trick.
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The Shark eyes seem popular at the moment.
Not sure of the research behind them
There's no research. It's just a theory and thats what there webpage says. They are sold through shops as being science backed, but i think that's just a sales pitch by the retailers.
My god what a business model they have though, sell a product with nothing backing it but fear. Low cost, huge margin and massive turn over.
Select to expand quotejbshack said..TimKay said..
The Shark eyes seem popular at the moment.
Not sure of the research behind them
There's no research. It's just a theory and thats what there webpage says. They are sold through shops as being science backed, but i think that's just a sales pitch by the retailers.
My god what a business model they have though, sell a product with nothing backing it but fear. Low cost, huge margin and massive turn over.
Shark eyes aside, Massive respect for Shanan Worrall.
Definite Hellman
Wouldnt want any part of those waves he's charging
How about the old Hot Tuna leggies where you laid the velcro down then dropped another locking piece over the top?
i was the coolest kid back in 84 or 85. Those things were never coming undone. Super secure. The rest of you losers are sooooooooo behind the times...
That was all good on two foot beachies.
However, in 35 years since I have never had a conventional Leggie fail because the velcro came undone. I have, unfortunately, been trapped underwater with the Leggie wrapped around a rock a few times. Anyone who has had that happen knows what I mean when I say that simply reaching down and undoing a Leggie can be bloody difficult in any sort of swell. The thought of having to undo a more sophisticated locking system sends shivers down my spine. Indeed, the knew leggies even come with "quick release" tabs to make it marginally easier.
Leg rope got caught the other day coming in not life threatening but had trouble releasing and remembered the guys on Swellnet saying bend your leg to get down to release worked but took a while will change the direction I wrap the leash on as it was awkward as hell.
Still a lot quicker than trying to undo a sock attached to a bit of rope
Yeah not fun, its happened to me twice this year in a strong current at the same place. Had a hell of a time trying to reach down with the current pulling me away & my board tombstoning. Basically the situation that inspired the kook of the year thread 
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Yeah not fun, its happened to me twice this year in a strong current at the same place. Had a hell of a time trying to reach down with the current pulling me away & my board tombstoning. Basically the situation that inspired the kook of the year thread
About six years ago I got caught on the inside ledge of a Bombie right in front of the peak. When a wave came I was underwater for a few seconds, i initially tried to undo the leggie at the board end because it tombstoning right next to me. Gave up on that after a couple of waves.
i swapped to an ankle release. I'd pop up get a breath or two and try to undo the leggie and then get hit by another wave. In any swell there is a hideous inshore current heading north so getting to my ankle was hard work. All up I reckon I was trapped for about five minutes. That sucked balls.
after I release myself, my board was still trapped an tombstoning about fifteen metres off shore. Allowing for the current I walked up the beach and let myself be swept down to the board. Trouble was I struggled to actually stay with the board now I wasn't anchored, because of the current and six feet of whitewater that was rumbling through regularly. This took me five or six wash bys to finally get the leggie undone. I was almost to the point of just saying "Fark that" and leaving the board to it's fate.
That's a horrendous story Drip, my experiences were more kooky than highly dangerous....Fark that for sure m8, bloody hell 
Here's a new contender. Surf knobs 
surf-knobs.com/?fbclid=IwAR3uGJEX1r03riMT2mCSCA2b0cGftvpLUESB5aJdtQuGwnQ0VNhWMTxINUI
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Here's a new contender. Surf knobs
surf-knobs.com/?fbclid=IwAR3uGJEX1r03riMT2mCSCA2b0cGftvpLUESB5aJdtQuGwnQ0VNhWMTxINUI
yup right up there with TurboTunnel
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Here's a new contender. Surf knobs
surf-knobs.com/?fbclid=IwAR3uGJEX1r03riMT2mCSCA2b0cGftvpLUESB5aJdtQuGwnQ0VNhWMTxINUI
Ha ha great name sure fire seller looks like a shin boner, at my age I am looking for a "walking frame with ladder" to get up.
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Here's a new contender. Surf knobs
surf-knobs.com/?fbclid=IwAR3uGJEX1r03riMT2mCSCA2b0cGftvpLUESB5aJdtQuGwnQ0VNhWMTxINUI
And here's me thinking there were enough knobs in the surf already
Damn harsh on the surfskates. Buy a real skateboard. Seriously? A real skateboard? Back in my day trying to get you stiff as a dehydrated bog trucks to mimick anything near close to the rail to rail of surfing was the objective. Not Brazilian air tricks or ollie's.
I'll happily ride my surfskate any day over a "real" skateboard.
