Lanyard control for freestyle?

[Midlake Crisis]

For flatwater maneuvers like fountains and hood tricks where do you all hook your lanyard; wrist? vest? kill idle and no lanyard?
I would prefer to keep using it but it is frustrating when it gets in the way or gets yanked unintentionally sometimes.

 

[LBE]

http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/61339&highlight=lanyard

 

[Midlake Crisis]

Where?

http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/61339&highlight=lanyard

Good thread, I am convinced to keep using it but am interested in how best to use it / where to hook it.
I clip to the vest which is O.K. but it is still a pain.

 

[rrlc]

If you don't wanna ditch it, then keep it on your wrist and when you are ready to do a fountain or hood trick you can pull the cord under the chinpad so it's on the right side of the handlebars. This works on a RN. I don't know about a SN.

 

[snowxr]

I like mine on my wrist. Sure, I can't wave to the crowd after every trick like Malone, but I prefer it that way.

 

[Polish jet pilot]

ditch the lanyard, use plastic band/ strap to hold up the button. Had the same problem as you...

 

[tmc9046]

Yea I run no lanyard.Does nothing but get in the way and when I would land jumps it would come off.

 

[superjetkev]

i just keep mine wrapped around my bars so its there when rookie buddies ride it...otherwise its in the way for me.

 

[blowout169]

turn your idle down and zip tie it

 

[Midlake Crisis]

To each his own, but I just don't like the low idle thing. There are a lot of times when I am switching positions and have to intentionally let go of the throttle, etc. that I just don't want the motor to die.

I may try the wrist thing again, but unless there is some new idea I think I am sticking with it clipped to the vest and just work on getting better at being aware of it and managing it.

 

[djkorn1]

I don't like the low idle either...went back to a loooong lanyard.

 

[snowxr]

I don't like the low idle either...went back to a loooong lanyard.

That's not a tether, it's a lasso

 

[TITAN]

I like mine on my wrist. Sure, I can't wave to the crowd after every trick like Malone, but I prefer it that way.

I just sport it on my right wrist so I can still use my middle finger when needed....or wave

 

[FreestyleFreak]

I just run a zip tie,i hate lanyards.

 

[superjetkev]

wrap it around your bars?? then you dont have to change your idle, no zip ties you dont have to change a thing. seems simple to me. if you wipe out your ski will come back

 

[ANT]

I'll tell you guys something, it was freakin nice to have my lanyard (which i had attached to my vest) a few weeks ago when the return spring on my carb broke. and it wasnt old, maybe installed it a year ago or so with my new throttle wheel

 

[tbaer]

I was wondering this same thing, a few weeks ago when hur.bill was here I kept knocking my lanyard off on landing and my ski would die. one time it threw me over the bars.

 

[djkorn1]

I still like the lanyard...I just turn it so that I don't bump it and I use a really long cord. I have tried running without them

...low idle (kept stalling, sucked!)
...kept idle normal (had my ski head to canada a few times, luckily riding partners caught it).

 

[snowxr]

I used to ride without a tether, untill I fell off and my ski wedged under a dock narrowly missing a neighbors new boat.

 

[Jawbreaker]

To each his own, but I just don't like the low idle thing. There are a lot of times when I am switching positions and have to intentionally let go of the throttle, etc. that I just don't want the motor to die.

I may try the wrist thing again, but unless there is some new idea I think I am sticking with it clipped to the vest and just work on getting better at being aware of it and managing it.

I use a zip tie and have my idle set at a kinda sweet spot... It runs for a few seconds and then quits running.

I turn my idle up a little more when I compete.