board handles

chrisinbahamas · Since 22 Jul 2007 41 Posts

hey, im a beginer and im windering what you guys and girls think about board handles

tonyb · Sat Jul 28, 07 9:30 am

Speaking as a guy who's usually watching out for others, picking up a wayward board while I'm on the water is MUCH easier if there is a handle on it. Some people equate handles on boards to being the same as using a leash on the board or being a kook - but I think it's a lame explanation that it's cooler to go without. Truthfully, what's wrong with a handle on the board? It adds maybe 4 oz. of weight - you could lose that by skipping a couple of beers each week!

Kodiak · Since 01 Aug 2005 1114 Posts Slidey

I don't have an issue with a handle on a board, and it certainly helps if you go old school and try board offs.

I don't have them on the two boards my wife and I use most often because they don't pack as well with the handle. I can lay two boards on top of each other pretty well top to top wihtout the handle. Also, we jetski to most of the places we kite, so I put my foot where the handle would be. Maybe it would be easier if I didn't have such big feet Smile

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

I like to have a board handle on my board at all times, especially with bindings.

pdxmonkeyboy · Sat Jul 28, 07 2:48 pm

some people have smashed into the handles when trying new tricks and got rid of them. One solution to the problem is to get a piece of webbing instead of a handle. You can carry your board, people can rescue your board easily, it folds flat, and costs about 20 cents.

DROCK999 · Since 31 May 2007 852 Posts Left Coast Opinionated

i like to think of my handle as more of a third footstrap

gabe · Since 16 May 2005 475 Posts Obsessed

as a wise man once said: if you don't have a handle, where can you attach your Go Joe???