surf leash
Tethering device used to keep a surfboard from being washed away after rider and board are separated, usually after a wipeout. Today's surf leash is made from a length of pliant and mildly elastic urethane cord. One end is attached to a thin rectangular nylon rail saver (to keep the cord from gouging into the board's rail), which in turn is connected by a looped and knotted piece of nylon rope to ...
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Unleashed: When Surfboards Roamed Free
Suction-cup least at Steamer Lane, 1971
Shaun Tomson, 1975. Photo: Dan Merkel
Matt Archbold, 1986. Photo: Jeff Divine
Bede Durbidge, 2003. Photo: Andrew Shield
Biarittz, France, 1965