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

From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:04:36 -0400
Shawn Baker wrote:

> Dee Lutz <egb_at_dur.mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
>>All joking aside (please!),...has anybody found a better solution than
> > strapping the helmet to your deck.
> 
> Dee, what's wrong with the joking? Lighten up!  Amidst the joking, good
> dicussion usually evolves.  As I see it, you only have 4 options:
> 
> 1. Strap the helmet to your deck.  Most accessible.  Some windage

Not only windage. I once tried to roll with a helmet on my deck and tore the 
strap off the shell scooping water. Now I stow it between my legs.

-- 
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

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