stupid deaths?

[TReMoR]

i recently saw a warning that your board may get caught in a fisher net and you might drown.. o_0.. isnt that really dumb.. i mean.. can you just take your leash off?

[Sillysausage]

quite a few people have died through their leash getting caught on rocks when they're surfing and drowning. probably because you panic and don't always think about whats happening.

[crepuscular]

yeah, ppl can't really think clear when there's an adrenaline rush, also most likely from a wipeout so there isn't enough time to get enough oxygen to stay in the water long enough.

[The Fafanator]

I always have my leash lose-ish, so that in a critical situation it will slip off, but not that lose that it will slip off if it just gets pulled by a wave

[Sillysausage]

I always have my leash lose-ish, so that in a critical situation it will slip off, but not that lose that it will slip off if it just gets pulled by a wave

you're gonna lose your board doing that in waves any bigger than 1ft

[niallhills]

ive been held down by my leash...you panic definately

[surferdude_scarborough]

I always have my leash lose-ish, so that in a critical situation it will slip off, but not that lose that it will slip off if it just gets pulled by a wave

you really are a complete and utter kook arent you?

[Otter]

Unfortunately, tis true. More than one surfer has drowned here in San Diego County when they got caught by the lanyard of a lobster trap.

[pkbum]

I always have my leash lose-ish, so that in a critical situation it will slip off, but not that lose that it will slip off if it just gets pulled by a wave

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

wow! i got caught on reef, my first reaction was to unstrap it, i never thought that was a serious problem.

[O_Danny_Boy]

I always have my leash lose-ish, so that in a critical situation it will slip off, but not that lose that it will slip off if it just gets pulled by a wave

here we go again

[Milo]

In larger surf you cant move as the preasure of the water pushing on you can stop you from being able to bend and undo your leash.

I`m sure i will get a slap if im wrong

[perusurf]

i was caught once too in a reef, it's true when waves come you can't move that much, but u wait till one goes by and it calms down, then u unstrap it.
I was held down for a little bit, i couldn't get out, just barely got out to take a breath when i noticed i was caught, then i just undid my leash. but i couldn't get my board out, it was stuck and waves kept coming, so i yanked on it for a while, till it broke! really, then i surfed about 20 minutes more till i lost the board..waves were really good that day.. luckily my board didn't go to far... got it back and surfed my way out....