Re: [Paddlewise] Use of helmets in the surf zone

From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 08:52:00 -0400
Dave Kruger wrote:
> Brian Curtiss <bc_at_asdi.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>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? >>
> 
> Am I the only clumsy one?  So far, I think Steve H from SoCal may be the
> only responder who admits to having clonked his head on a sandy bottom.

Well, no. I was surfing a WW boat at Folly Beach, SC a couple of years ago and 
flipped in the soup close to shore. My head was the meat in a boat-head-sand 
sandwich. The helmet slid along the bottom just fine, so the only long term 
effect was how long it took to get the sand out of my ears.

-- 
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

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