And in my opinion, you are asking for a blown off hood and sunk ski by running your pole limiting strap in that manner.
i have to agree... somewhat.....
by tensioning the rope, its actually making the hook hold on "harder".
but its also putting unnecessary stress on the whole latching assembly so all it takes is a "hard limit" to break the assembly, hood, or dash area and lose the hood thus sinking the ski.
and, oh yeah.... the loose pants look only gets you style points with other wiggers. it doesnt do anything positive for respect points. its a stupid look and people that have to hold up their pants by grabbing onto their crotches simply look retarded.
nice turf job though.... especially for your first time turfing, yo!