ALBUM - Our surfboard leg ropes often used to get caught on this wreck when surfing the point in Cobden

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DescriptionJames Newvby.."Our surfboard leg ropes often used to get caught on this wreck when surfing the point in Cobden back in the day."Map^[1]ContributorJames Newby

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Location (city or town)Cobden

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Date Created14th August 2024CommentsMurray Beckman
Crikey- we didn’t have leg ropes. Long swim if you bailed out the back

Martin Griffin
Remember the boilers well.

Murray Saunders
I remember them. Was a boiler in the wave trap too back then

Brian Beban
Tubby Cain invented the 1st legrope about 1963 after he was nearly drowned at Cobden when he lost his board. We all then made them- a hole through the fin, a piece of lifesaver reel rope, and a circle of car tube to take the bite out of the rope when it stretched. Worked perfectly and was well in advance of the later ones in the late 60's. Thanks Tubby. He saved me multiple long swims and beaten up boards on the rocks. Muzza, have you got any surfing photos of us? Or does anyone?
6h6 hours ago

George Gardner
That wreck is the Able Tasman and the boiler in the wave trap was the Kaponga.

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ALBUM - Our surfboard leg ropes often used to get caught on this wreck when surfing the point in Cobden