Here's my take on it and it's very similar to Brian's. I figure on a waveski or in a kayak, the worst danger in the surf is getting knocked unconscious and...
For those of you who complain about the restrictions in movement, check out the astral line of PFD's. They have a no-back model and a hybrid model that both...
RE/ ... 1) Wave skis and surfboards seem tb different in the way the user encounters the water in a wipeout. On a surfboard, I've mostly hit the water some...
I sometimes wear an inflatable snorkel vest when I am kayaking or waveskiing. I wear it lightly inflated, if things get hairy I blow it up more. It's very...
Pete raises a good point. In WW kayaking, you need a good deal of flotation to float your head above the water, and sometimes a PFD is not even enough to bring...
Hello USWA yahoo group members! Hope everyone had a great holiday and enjoyed some good surf. First I would like to announce that member Don Pellegrini has ...
I've never used a pfd or a helmet, and only since moving to California have I used a wet suit. I prefer to surf without a seat belt or thigh straps, figuring ...
Went down to the Jersey shore today. Temp just barely kissed my personal minimum of 40F and the waves were glassy, tubing, and perfectly-formed. However it was...
This will make you think twice. From http://www.mountainbuzz.com/viewtopic.php?t=12078 The guy is a river kayaker from the Golden, CO area. Here are two of his...
Surfing shorebreaks is asking for trouble, if not your neck and spine at the very least the nose of your waveski's! Remember no PFD or Helemt can protect your...
I dunno... -can't see the pattern at 400% or 800% -not saying it's not photoshopped -also can't imagine what the seabottom would have to look like to make that...
RE/ ... Dunno from PhotoShop, but it's believable. Makaha's shore break, for one: monster backwash hits incoming sets. Kind of fun, actually, you and the...
You know I spoke too soon... Apparently there IS a similar phenomenon at Makaha, caused by a refraction from a breakwater, AND there is a similar one in Laguna...
Hey Jim, you OBVIOUSLY aren't from California. Anyway that is "The Wedge" at Newport Beach. next to Newport Harbor, 60 miles south of Los Angeles, near...
RE/ ... I used to bodysurf a place on Oahu called Sandy Beach... A *lot*. Sometime later - after my little body surfing career wound down - I sublet the ...
The wedge- http://www.15thstreetsurfshop.com/videos/wedge_4_27.mpg ouch! ... has ... off a ... sublet the ... Tripler Army ... populated with ... coral sand. ...
I'm making a set of thigh straps for my WaveWitch - pending delivery of a "real" waveski sometime later in the month. Googling around, I notice that some thigh...
YOU GUESS CORRECTLY! IN PRACTICE THEY FEEL ABOUT THE SAME, W/O BUNGEE MORE APPROPIRATE FOR SURFING BY A SLIGHT MARGIN.... ... putting them ... straps going...
Hey Pete, why are you going to make them when you can buy them for around $35? Tom Holtey has a great website for Sit On Top kayaking. He sells all kinds of...
Do a search for "bodyboard wedge" on youtube.com and check out some of the insane footage...especially some of the nut jobs who dared to take a board in there....
RE/ ... My connection points are recessed half-spheres in the fiberglass deck. All of the off-the-shelf straps I've seen so far have metal clips for...
Guy has to make up for what he'll lose in shipping! ($50), that's cheap. ... From: WaveskiUSA@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WaveskiUSA@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
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