Vest vs No Vest Debate

ZackFL(BRE) · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 2386 City: Tampa

wheres triggamike to tell *Nate that seatbelts and life jackets are nothing alike?

cheapskate · Backside 180 Joined: 09 Sep 2008 Posts: 1424 City: Baytown

gheyyyyy

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

+ 1 for not imposing my will on others. its not my place to tell somebody to wear a vest if they don't want to, not sure why many of you feel otherwise.

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

Mr. Top Hat, did u just give your self a point Laughing

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

nobody else was going to

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

Mr. Top Hat, +2 for playing with yourself Laughing

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

That's why I wear a vest. If you've got a better reason not to wear one then go for it, I'm not going to criticize you. I'll be stoked on your video and excited about your pictures, hoping that I never see the day when they stop coming.

EJazzle · Posted: Aug 18, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject:

word · Posted: Aug 18, 2010 8:18 pm Post subject:

no, she bumped her head on the teak. Sad

yookyle · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 1002 City: Reno

i wear a vest ALWAYS. i think if you dont your stupid, but again people will do whatever they want and i wont make anyone wear one if they are dead set on not. its kind of how i deal with people using cigarettes,and certain drugs. if i see you doing it i will tell you how stupid i think you are and if you dont care then its not my problem. of course drugs and vest are alot different.................please wear a vest

BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

OMG!!! NO VEST!!!

Is wakeskating more dangerous than surfing?

getzome23 · Ollie Joined: 18 Jul 2010 Posts: 52 City: Kalamazoo

I will always wear a live vest. They are meant to keep you a float if something were to happen to you whether you are in deep or shallow water... It doesnt matter if you can stand or not when you get knocked out by hitting your head on a rail or wakeskate. If you are in no shape to swim you are out of luck.

Covert-Op · Ollie Joined: 26 Oct 2008 Posts: 60 City: Auckland

bb, Depends where and what your surfing.

I seperated my ribs wearing a vest (CGA) it hurt alot.

I slap my back brutally on occasion with no vest.

I just do what I feel like at the time now. I am also aware of how competent I am in the water.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

Props to W for taking a stand...... were boy's you just dont know it yet. I'm guilty of not wearing a jacket from time to time.

How many of you have CURRENT CPR/CCR cards? As someone who witness's death on a daily basis.......... learn it. Everyone dies, if your riding with out a vest you just bumped up the odds. At least be responsible on some level.

ohhhhhh and BTW the surfing argument is fvcktarded.

yookyle · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 1002 City: Reno

Mr. Top Hat, are you serious? if people dont wanna take my advice then its fine with me. im not the one to press my beleifs on someone. but if one if my friends is potentially putting himself in danger of course im gonna say something. im sorry i care about my friends and family.

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

BB, someone on a different site brought up that argument awhile back and I think part of it comes down to not really being able to duck dive waves with a life jacket on.

but in big wave surfing and tow ins, don't a number of guys use life jackets? I don't pay enough attention to surfing to really know any numbers, but I know that when billabong was working on their wake vest line, there was some sort of testing or whatever going on with their surfing vests (in relation to the wake vests), but those were too bulky or something.

I've pretty much always said my piece on the whole vest issue, and I generally feel pretty disappointed if I see someone I care about riding without a vest because I hate the thought of losing someone because of an action that can make a fatal accident so preventable. Man, I never knew corey kraut but to read all of the memories from his friends, and to read that one of the hardest things greg nelson ever had to do was to tell corey's mom that she lost her son, makes it all very real...

SleuCrew · Posted: Aug 19, 2010 3:28 am Post subject:

I've said my peace on this time and time again... Once you have someone close to you die from not wearing a vest it'll change the way you feel about wearing a vest forever.

I knew Cordell, he was an amazing person. If he would of been wearing a vest he'd be here today.

To me it's easy, ride till I can't walk anymore or take the chance of never riding again.

It's like having sex with some random person without a rubber, sure it feels a hell of a lot better but there's a chance you might end up with herpes, the hiv or who knows what!

Risk vs. Reward

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

http://waterskimag.com/site-to-ski/2001/06/14/corey-kraut/