Surf Rope

[NICKYPOO]

I have a knotted and did not like it, mostly because it was rough on peeps hands, got one with a small handle and like that a lot more.

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The knotted one is really heavy when wet and I lost both end caps on the handle the first day. The small handle with the 20' main line w/ the foams is by far the best set up I've owned.

[somebodyelse5]

Especially while learning you are trying to to get slack in the rope to free surf. If you get an arm or any other body part in the handle you risk serious injury before getting the boat stopped. I've done it too, but it's not worth it...we only use a surf rope now.

Makes sense, we've been lucky so far, the rope only lets you get the the front/middle of the pocket. I guess more rope/slack would exacerbate the issue ?

I might look into getting that straight line rope, i like the mini handle, and for me I only use the rope for the first 30 seconds so.

[wallacmc]

IMO, the heavier you are, the more you need the handle, espcially for a white collar guy with wimpy hands, like me. At 240, it takes more to pull me out of the water than my hands on a knot can handle.

[Bad05]

http://www.inlandsurfer.com/shop/Det...=47&category=6

I enjoy our IS small handle rope.

[goboardgo]

I fell with a full size and put my arm through it. Believe me, we never used a full handle for surfing again. I was fortunate that it only went part way up my forearm and only left me with a nasty bruise. You can see how if you get in up to your elbow or further you could really do some damage.

[somebodyelse5]

ordered the SL line with the small triangle handle, should be here soon. thanks for the input guys...i hurt myself enough as it is, dont need anything helping me out in that department lol!

[wakeatx]

stopped by my local pro shop and got one of the small handled ropes myself. Thanks for the advice!

[Iwndr]

Just bought this one

[wakeatx]

That's the one I got too.

[MTtigekid]

we really like our straight line T-bar handle rope.. its got some knots so you can work up into the pocket but also a small t handle on the end that helps when getting up

[Surf406]

surf rope

we use a proline with the tee handle in it and it works really well for all levels of surfers.

[lohe]

That Ronix one looks nice.

[Guma]

We've been using an O'Brien with just the knots and pads. It is hard on the hands, and has proven a bit harder for noobs to learn with. I just ordered the Ronix pictured above.

[lohe]

We have been starting off the swim deck so getting up isn't that hard... Am I the only person that does it this way? lol

[Duncan]

We have been starting off the swim deck so getting up isn't that hard... Am I the only person that does it this way? lol

Can you walk through the process of a platform start? There are several in our crew that have a real problem getting up out of the water. This might help.