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Stand Up Paddle => Gear Talk => Topic started by: SUPerstitious on May 18, 2012, 09:53:03 AM
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Hi All,
I had a leash break the other week and I couldn't fix it on the beach, and I didn't have a spare in the car. Cut my session short to say the least.
The I saw a post earlier this week about a paddle handle that broke while out in the water. It got me thinking that there are some components that are simply more prone to fail than others.
So my question is...how much redundancy do you plan for? Extra leash, extra paddle, spare fin, a fin key, etc.?
I have stashed a spare leash and a few small odds and ends in the car. I have also started to bring an extra paddle in the car. Let's hear what components you have been doubling up on for a paddle (whether on your person or in the car).
Thanks! I hope to learn a thing or two from all your input.
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spare leash, spare fins, spare 3-pc paddle, duct tape, quick ding repair kit, epoxy glue
all essentials when i am on a trip whcih is usually a long way from home
also usually take a surf mat and fins - that way if conditions turn messy or windy
i can still have a surf
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I carry spares of just about everything and ding repair epoxy and stickers. I even usually have two boards...more to match conditions than as a spare though. It's a pain in winter because it means gloves, boots, and even wetsuit are doubled. I had a torn glove cut a session short last year. Hard to paddle when you can't feel your fingers anymore.
Good idea on the mat and fins Bigdom. Gotta add that to the mix.
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I'm a bad choice to answer this, my truck and/or jeep looks like a mobile surf shop. Not because I'm so organized that I have spares but simply because I'm too forgetful to not have all my junk at all times, and too lazy to unload everything every outing (which is generally every day). I typically have multiple surf and race leashes (multiple meaning ten or so--some broken, others stretched and useless, usually one I trust and one I sort of trust), fins in every pukka that will hold them, tools (fin keys, screwdrivers, knife, leatherman). In the cold columbia I have wetsuit, drysuit, and neoprene shirt as well as boardies, 2XU tights, and a bunch of wet and stinky Dri-fit shirts. Fin screws, spare thruster screws, four pair of booties (5mil joined toe, 3mil split toe bootie, 2 sets 3mill superfreak shoes). Life belt and camelback.
In Maui I usually have a surfboard or two, at least one of which has a mast base, a race board (F16 or Bullet), windsurf gear (four sails, three masts, two booms, multiple extensions and bases, helmet, several harnesses, rope, winch, and a myriad of other bits and stuff needed to flail around on a windsurfer), an OC-1 and two sets of paddles of everything. In Oregon I have two whitewater boards (or at least the inflatable in the bed), helmet, life vest, two pumps, two race and/or boards.
And I still always forget something.
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Yeah, All gear and barely room for even one partner. Bigger truck.
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i pack couple leashs with me but never broke one yet and a spare travel cheapo(my first paddle) paddle. My travel paddle save me a couple times b/c i left my Kailoa at home. i dont have extra fins but most of time i break a fin, usually means the fin box is busted open. depend how many sup i can fit in the small ford focus hatchback, i usually have one to two board with me.
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Bigdom A surf mat? Like the rectangle canvas ones from long ago. I had a few. Great fun. Where did you get it?
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I'm a bad choice to answer this, my truck and/or jeep looks like a mobile surf shop. Not because I'm so organized that I have spares but simply because I'm too forgetful to not have all my junk at all times, and too lazy to unload everything every outing (which is generally every day). I typically have multiple surf and race leashes (multiple meaning ten or so--some broken, others stretched and useless, usually one I trust and one I sort of trust), fins in every pukka that will hold them, tools (fin keys, screwdrivers, knife, leatherman). In the cold columbia I have wetsuit, drysuit, and neoprene shirt as well as boardies, 2XU tights, and a bunch of wet and stinky Dri-fit shirts. Fin screws, spare thruster screws, four pair of booties (5mil joined toe, 3mil split toe bootie, 2 sets 3mill superfreak shoes). Life belt and camelback.
In Maui I usually have a surfboard or two, at least one of which has a mast base, a race board (F16 or Bullet), windsurf gear (four sails, three masts, two booms, multiple extensions and bases, helmet, several harnesses, rope, winch, and a myriad of other bits and stuff needed to flail around on a windsurfer), an OC-1 and two sets of paddles of everything. In Oregon I have two whitewater boards (or at least the inflatable in the bed), helmet, life vest, two pumps, two race and/or boards.
And I still always forget something.
The Sherpa?
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surfmats - mine is a 4th gear flier by paul gross
http://www.surfmats.com/ (http://www.surfmats.com/)
a well ridden surfmat is the fastest craft on the wave - george greenough
filmed crystal voyager from a surfmat
(http://www.kimasurf.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/george1.jpg)
pre-gopro !
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A spare key in a magnetic box hidden somewhere on my car. Something about the beach, me, and keys. The hard part sometimes is remembering where i hid it.
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I've broken two leashes.
I carry a few extra.
Back up wetsuit also.
I would carry two boards but I'm waiting for #2!
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For winter paddling, I have accumulated about 5 pairs of booties. Every time one is on sale I get it. Reason: While my two pair of wetsuits/pants dry in a day, the booties take 2-3 days to dry completely. With extra booties, I can paddle every day and cycle them. They also last a lot longer rather than washing and drying one pair over and over again.
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For winter paddling, I have accumulated about 5 pairs of booties. Every time one is on sale I get it. Reason: While my two pair of wetsuits/pants dry in a day, the booties take 2-3 days to dry completely. With extra booties, I can paddle every day and cycle them. They also last a lot longer rather than washing and drying one pair over and over again.
Where are you surfing where it's that cold?
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It can be fun to ask twins which one is the spare.
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I carry a surf pack and a distance pack in my surf mobile.
The surf pack has extra fins, extra leash, extra cord, lighter, pocket fuel, nuts, dried fruit, multi tool, full water bottle, boardies, dry fit shirt.
The distance pack has pretty much the same thing, but with a hooded long sleeve dry fit shirt and a waist camelback clipped to it.
Car has a surf and adjustable distance paddle.
Car has a l/s spring, a l/s top, two short johns... And extra boardies...wear the short John the most. This is a recent development. More flex than a top, no riding up after a tumble like a top or a vest, just enough warmth if air over 60, so I kept an old one for a dry suit for the second session.
Car will usually have the current board I am riding (right now the Mach 1), a step up board (right now Diablo Rojo at 8'8"), and my last board (right now Aventador).
Car fits five or six boards inside, so room for my buddies' boards.
Also have a backpack shower for rinsing off, an old floor mat from my MPV to stand on, and enough protein rich energy bars to extend any session or feed a small village.
Oh, and jumper cables...
Sienna represent!
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It can be fun to ask twins which one is the spare.
Don't they always point to each other and say "The evil one." ??
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You know an ocean addicts vehicle by the funk that develops from the heap of wet boardies, spare parts, musty wetsuits, rash-guards and damp carpet. My first car was a 63 VW Bug... was growing eel grass and mushrooms in the rear cubby by the time I let that beauty go. I'm a bit more diligent about keeping things in line, but string a few swells together and the inside of my truck starts to develop its own weather system.
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You know an ocean addicts vehicle by the funk that develops from the heap of wet boardies, spare parts, musty wetsuits, rash-guards and damp carpet. My first car was a 63 VW Bug... was growing eel grass and mushrooms in the rear cubby by the time I let that beauty go. I'm a bit more diligent about keeping things in line, but string a few swells together and the inside of my truck starts to develop its own weather system.
Weather systems are one thing, if you notice the car developing its own atmosphere thats when you need to worry.
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You know an ocean addicts vehicle by the funk that develops from the heap of wet boardies, spare parts, musty wetsuits, rash-guards and damp carpet. My first car was a 63 VW Bug... was growing eel grass and mushrooms in the rear cubby by the time I let that beauty go. I'm a bit more diligent about keeping things in line, but string a few swells together and the inside of my truck starts to develop its own weather system.
Weather systems are one thing, if you notice the car developing its own atmosphere thats when you need to worry.
You don't want the EPA to declare the inside of your car to be a unique ecosystem and not let you clean it
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Clearly you've been looking in the back of my truck. I'd take a picture but it won't let me.
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Clearly you've been looking in the back of my truck. I'd take a picture but it won't let me.
I hate it when the life forms living in my car refuse to sigh a release so I can't publish their picture
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Haaa! Never thought about the EPA, I've been worried about Haz MAT response or CDC though.
Call me a simpleton, but in my hierarchy of needs, surf vehicle hygiene comes well below water-time..... seems the thought of cleaning it out doesn't even make it on the radar until it's been flat a few days. Also seems every time I get that ambitious, the next time I need something, it ain't there. Me and my truck have a very complex system of orderly chaos that tends to be upset by ambitious attempts at organization. Leseeee... fin keys, spare leash cord in the console, wetsuits, rashguards, leashes in the ice-chest, spare fins, towels, wax in the bag, bottled water, dried fruit and trailmix in the pouch behind the seat, tie-downs, sunscreen,aloe in the rear door pouch.
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My daughter borrowed my rotor tiller this weekend and when she came home with my truck all the windows were open, rear, side flys, all. When I asked why all the windows. "Dad, your truck smells like feet and old rubber"
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Not not the engine block.
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In both trucks: Spare leash, spare towel, spare flip flops. These are the things I've forgotten to bring at one time or another.
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Haaa! Never thought about the EPA, I've been worried about Haz MAT response or CDC though.
Call me a simpleton, but in my hierarchy of needs, surf vehicle hygiene comes well below water-time..... seems the thought of cleaning it out doesn't even make it on the radar until it's been flat a few days. Also seems every time I get that ambitious, the next time I need something, it ain't there. Me and my truck have a very complex system of orderly chaos that tends to be upset by ambitious attempts at organization. Leseeee... fin keys, spare leash cord in the console, wetsuits, rashguards, leashes in the ice-chest, spare fins, towels, wax in the bag, bottled water, dried fruit and trailmix in the pouch behind the seat, tie-downs, sunscreen,aloe in the rear door pouch.
Amen brother. Every time I clean my truck or jeep out I suffer for weeks with forgotten stuff. It may look like a compost pile in the back, and smell a bit like mushrooms, but the stuff is there....somewhere.
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Hey Giant, I paddle flatwater all winter on Chesapeake Bay. We had a pretty mild winter, so I hardly missed a day. I usually wear just booties and NRS neoprene pants, and paddle jersey or sweater on top (I just overheat in a full wetsuit). Everything dries out in a day except booties, so this way I always have a couple dry pairs in the cycle (I sometimes paddle twice a day if i get the chance).