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edrex · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1020 City: NorCal

The Kid, here is the story Chris Barcellos is talking about:
http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=72277

samgoskate · Posted: Jul 03, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:

wakemitch, amen, especially when I somehow smack my back on the water.

*Nate · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Mar 2008 Posts: 1230 City: Nokomis

EJazzle, I learned that the hard way aswell. We were all wearing noncga vests and be had to be escorted to dry land because we didn't have any life vests onboard.

Soulprogression · Posted: Jul 03, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject:

So why can't someone make a CGA vest that doesn't suck? I've been wanting to get one for the safety issue, but everything I've seen or tried on has really sucked, just too big, in the way, and uncomfortable. I looked at every CGA wake vest online that I could find and really didn't see anything I liked, I think oneil should do a CGA pullover gooru style vest, I'd buy one...

nate_ · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1226 City: toronto

Soulprogression, its just that they need a certain amount of floatation in them and when you try and add the CGA regulation amount they always end up being super bulky/ugly/annoying.

the coast guard should lower their standards

ImSoWakested · Backside 180 Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 628 City: Madison

Soulprogression, the problem is alot of wakeskaters wakeboarders ect arnt huge dudes, to be CGA approved the vest must have 15lbs of floatation, heres where the problem is, it doesnt matter the size of the vest, it needs 15 lbs of float. so a xxl and a medium need the same amount of float. ive picked up CGA vests that are huge and they felt really flexy and comfortable, but when i found my size in the same design it was bulky as hell. being in shape FTL

Soulprogression · Posted: Jul 03, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

lower standards means lower population lol, not really funny but true, I'm sure someone could figure out something, or how about a noncga compvest that inflates after a really gnarly impact, a little too advanced i guess.

edrex · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1020 City: NorCal

scottyb · Posted: Jul 04, 2008 12:59 am Post subject:

oneil is coming out with a sick CGA vest...i got to wear it and it seriously was more comfortable than any of the non ones.

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

I heard on wb.com that someone is coming out with a new material that's supper thin but very buoyant. However a type III approved vest has to have a zipper and two buckles or something like that. So you aren't going to get a pull over approved vest.

Verge_Wakeskates · Pop Shuvit Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 150

I think helium has the best cga vests, and there comp vests are nice too. Heres a cga one:

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

oneill has the revenge, which is a comfy one, they have it in approved and non-approved.ScottyB, which one are you talking about?

kyle · Posted: Jul 04, 2008 9:16 am Post subject:

I personally agree, there is no reason to not wear a vest. What? you want to look cool? I always rock a vest no matter what. No it is not coast guard approved but if there was an emergency I have a gut feeling I would not sink to the bottom and my friends would be able to get me. Last thing I would ever want is for someone to have to call my mom and tell her that I drowned because i wasnt wearing a life vest

DirtyCracker · Guest

kyle, i look cool when i dont wear vest.

danielnmendes · Posted: Jul 04, 2008 10:05 am Post subject:

not wearing a vest is like having sex without a condom... oh so good, until you get that AIDS report

DirtyCracker · Guest

danielnmendes, dont know what kinda water your skating in but i stay away from them aids infected spots

edrex · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Posts: 1020 City: NorCal

danielnmendes · Posted: Jul 04, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject:

LFArmada · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 631 City: tucson

CGA FTW.

my a-10 = sink

Body Glove rusty m. vest = sink

CGA FTW

wakeboarderdave · Pop Shuvit Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 211 City: St. Thomas

I had a good childhood friend of mine die from a drowning accident last summer. He was climbing back onto a boat dock when the ladder broke loose and took him down with it. Don't know if a life jacket would have saved him or not, but he wasn't wearing a life jacket. He was probably the best swimmer I ever personally knew in my entire life. I can't imagine what his friends that were there went through, but I know it shook me up really bad. Just be responsible and wear a vest. Think of it kind of like not wearing a seat belt.

There is one ncga vest that I have worn that floated me (6'1 200lbs.). Try out the Oneill Vapor