Who says you can’t look semi-cool just because you’re limping around like a crippled Pelican.
I was pretty effed up with a knee/ankle injury recently and went through a stack of walking sticks during the recovery…mostly cos I kept losing them. 😂
I’d just forget I brought it and leave it behind or lose it in my apartment…cos it was a stick and my place like driftwood heaven, so finding a stick ain’t easy. 😁
But some sticks were “just right”, so the next time I found one, I decided to customise it bit…maybe this time I wouldn’t lose the bastard!
The result is The Pirate Crippy Stick:
- A bloody good hardwood stick (personally selected and tested to fit an average bloke of about 180cm…is that average now?). Weight tested by a 90kg guy and ready to roll.
- About 1kg of very well travelled fishing rope, this stuff has so much sand and salt in it, i actually had to physically bend it! Imagine where this rope has been and the stuff it’s seen. The funny thing is, that stiffness provides a soft resistance that makes the handle really supportive and the base mould to slightly uneven surfaces, giving better grip and a more planted feel…because it’s a stick. 🤣
- The base is just shy of 10cm wide, making it really stable to push/lean off, I’ve personally tested the lean function a fair bit, it’s pretty spot on for lean angle and comfort (no tinnie spills even).
- The handle is even wider than the base, giving you a broad base to push or lean on. It also gives ya multiple hand possy options, reducing the fatigue and tension caused by using the same muscles all the bloody time.
All this junk was removed from the Teewah beach section leading up to Double Island Point, one of the most amazing places on the planet, that we Aussies who love our country treat as a rubbish tip.
I picked it up during the recent Annual Surfrider Cleanup, which took a staggering metric tonne of rubbish off the beach would ya believe. Bloody legends!
It gives me a real buzz to be able to take this crap off the beach, and not just stop it from being added to our already ridiculous mountains of garbage, but actually turning it into something that I think is pretty damn cool.
I made this for myself as a momento of the trip for the cleanup (it was epic fun), but I had so much of the rope I ended up making a couple.
If you’d like to support Surfrider in the great stuff they do for our environment, please check ‘em out here:
Surfrider
Local delivery available on the Sunny Coast (maybe Brissy or the Goldy, but I try and avoid the big smoke, just does my head in), just pay normal postage and put a note on your order, we’ll figure it out, I got mates that owe me. 😏
