Curious where does a leash go on a surf board?

When you leash yourself to a kayak where do you put it on you body?

Leash on the surf board goes to the skeg or a small cup with a pin across that is glass into the board around the skeg. Shockcord leash attaches to your ankle.

For the kayak,,,,I leash my paddle to the side of the boat with a short 3 foot coil leash on the port side.
I leash the boat to my wrist with a velcro wrap that has a pull tab. The shockcord goes to the rear of the kayak down the starboard side. I coil wrap and tuck it under deck rigging, a small bag could work also but I have never found the need. So there is no extra length of cord flopping around. When I end up in the water if I can't hold onto the boat the shockcord simply pulls away. I pull the boat to me or swim a short distance just like I do when surfing. I do this on a sit inside sea kayak and sit on top fishing kayaks. I keep my decks clean and free of any obstructions/snags as much as possible. That is not always feasible on a sit on top for offshore fishing. It is however more easily accomplished on a sea kayak.


Just another point in this discussion which I forgot to initially bring up. Different from a kayak tether which you end up in the water but sort of relevant.... Sailing.....you use a safety harness and short lifeline that attaches yourself to the sailboat. Rough seas come up you clip on. This is often done whether you are sailing solo or crewing a boat. When crewing in rough seas and you go up on the foredeck to deal with a jib/sail for instance or to perform what ever function....You clip into a safety harness/lifeline. A gust comes up and swings that boom around and knocks you over the side or you slip off a wet deck...you are attached to the sailboat with a short safety line and harness and prevented from ending up in the water. A sailboat can end up upside down rolling several times. There are all sorts of lines/rigging/running rigging, winches, cleats, the mast and the boom etc. YOU STILL USE a lifeline to attach yourself to the sailboat. Food for thought..........

Thanks! I use a paddle leash similar to the other leashes you posted. So far am cruising the bays and marsh lands. I think I would have no problem with a leash to the boat.

Mark says:"....your rant does not impress me and I care little for what you have to say when you're clearly foaming at the mouth."

FlyFisher replies:"If you can't have an adult conversation with opinions that may differ from yours without upsetting yourself and teetering on going batshit crazy then I suggest you refrain from posting on internet message boards."

We try to do better than this level of dialogue on this Message Board, and almost always succeed. Let's again commit ourselves to civil discussion.

If you want to see trash talk I belong to the Corvetteforum.com political section. People there cannot disagree and debate with out really calling this and that it is really bad there. This place is usually much calmer.

Carl,
Thank you for stepping in and cooling things off. As you said this is not the type of "discussion" we are are used to seeing on this forum. In fact this is the first time we've seen it in the five years the forum has been open.

I would ask that we all abide by the forum rules - which do allow for disagreement and dislikes. By the rules of this forum a few of the preceding posts should be removed. I would ask instead that both parties consider editing their posts to include only the constructive discussion we all can learn from and have all come to enjoy.

You both make some good points relative to your point of view and it would be a shame to loose that discussion.

Mikekayak

Thanks
Michael