In a message dated 4/3/2003 8:10:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, bc_at_asdi.com writes: > ... Clearly, if the surf zone is rocky, a helmet will help prevent, or at > least lessen, injury. But if the surf zone is entirely sand covered (as it > is along much of the eastern U.S. coast and Florida), wouldn't a helmet be > a potential liability? I would imagine that the helmet would result in > much more 'friction' with a sandy bottom resulting in a much greater risk > of neck injury. What are other's thoughts and practices? ... Not having made a scientific study of the respective coefficients of friction of typical helmets and potential surf-crash-dummy heads I speculate: Between my beard, baby bottom soft facial skin, cauliflower ears and a somewhat prominent nose, I expect that my head would produce more friction than most models of helmet with which I'm familiar. In any case, I'd rather accept the friction between that sandy beach and a helmet than have the experience of more intimate contact of this sort directly with my head. I'm sure that certain left coast paddlers will be able to add far less frivolous comments ... ;-) Best regards, Ralph Ralph C. Hoehn Folding Boat Center P.O. Box 700 Enfield NH 03748 info_at_FoldingBoatCenter.com www.FoldingBoatCenter.com phone: +1-802-649-2555 -- Ralph phone: +1-603-632-9500 -- Alv (yup, they rhyme) *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 03 2003 - 17:20:25 PST
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