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06-15-2016, 11:01 AM #1Registered User
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SUP Life Vest
Does any maggot know of a website or forum similar to TGR, Blistergear, or Outdoo Geal Lab that covers SUP info? Specifically I am looking for info and reviews of SUP PFDs, especially inflatable ones.
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06-15-2016, 11:32 AM #2Registered User
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Dude you will ruin your tan, I'm in northern BC so no problem cuz I am still wearing a full drysuit
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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06-15-2016, 11:53 AM #3Registered User
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Try a sailing forum. Does it need to be USCGA?
It was hot here Saturday, so I dropped my dog off after an hour of riding and took a spin down by the river.
They were having a free Hobie demo, but they made you wear a type 111 USCGA vest.
I tried most of the line and I got really hot fast, wearing the stinking vest.
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06-16-2016, 08:05 PM #4
Are you sure you will need one?
Are you paddling in Wild Surf or summat?
Whenever I ask TiniDakini about falling in the water, she reckons it never happens (Oakland Estuary).
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06-16-2016, 08:53 PM #5Registered User
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I just got back from a SAR for a paddle boarder who drowned in high winds on Lake Tahoe a few days ago. Its got me nervous. I think I am OK with leash and stashed PFD, but, as I said, I am nervous. Tahoe can get cold and windy real quick, and we are starting to to take longer paddles.
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06-17-2016, 10:32 AM #6Registered User
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You might fall and hit yer head on the board in whoch case a pfd would have been nice
If it's moving water I use my flatwater kayaking pfd
Most of my paddling is the perimeter of some local lakes where I can stand up and lately I'm using a drysuit no pfdLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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06-17-2016, 11:05 AM #7Registered User
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standupzone.com is kind of the equivalent of the TGR forum. Don't know if there are many PFD reviews but you can always start a thread.
I'll wear a PFD if I'm going to be farther from shore than I can swim (which is not very far because I suck at swimming). Especially if the water temp is low and I'm not wearing a wetsuit (e.g. Tahoe, Donner, Norcal coast).
I just use an old kayak PFD but I can see the appeal of the hip belt inflatables.
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06-17-2016, 11:19 AM #8Registered User
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I just strap a class III pfd pn the front. Make sure you always wear a leash though. Heard a few stories of people falling off in a cold lake and having their board get blown away.
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06-17-2016, 11:23 AM #9Registered User
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I will sometimes strap a pfd under the shock cords
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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06-30-2016, 02:29 PM #10Registered User
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https://www.rapidmedia.com/paddlingb...62a86-84923493
comes in black as wellLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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06-30-2016, 02:42 PM #11
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07-02-2016, 07:35 AM #12
Just ordered an Astral waist pfd for the touring board.
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