Paddling the humid warm air temperatures (90~100 degrees plus) and warm water temperature (over 70 degrees F) of the Chesapeake Bay during the summer months, sometimes touring sunrise to near sunset, I have done a lot of searching for highly breathable, ultra comfortable, balanced grip sun protection for the hands. The best product I've found so far (by far) are full finger Ground Force (Mtn.) Biking gloves from Specialized with mesh backs (hand & fingers), Amura (? - fake suede) grip area with a more hardened leather area running from the index finger to thumb which provides good slide and wear resistance. I usually pick up a couple pairs at a time while on sale under $ 10 / pair from biking mail order catalogues. In store I think they run about $ 12~13 a pair. They're comfortable down to about 65 degree water temp. and 55 degree air temp. And they wear like iron, but I keep losing mine to the Bay during on-water breaks. As they offer better grip, feel, and slide than bare hands and all other hand wear tried thus far, they are my first choice for surf, storm, and general hurricane paddling. One more added bonus - they have a leather strip across the knuckles to help 'em wear better when knuckling off of pilings, seawalls, reef and freighters. ([:-)> No ties to the company, yada, yada, Vince *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 17 2001 - 11:18:57 PST
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