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

From: Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:09:08 -0400
Michael Daly wrote:
> From: "Steve Cramer" <cramersec_at_charter.net>
> 
>>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.
> 
> I'd have bought a better helmet.  There's no excuse for the straps coming out.

It was a Protec, a pretty standard helmet. The rivet pulled out through 
the plastic.

-- 
Steve Cramer
Athens, GA

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