CONTACT LENSES

Paul · Posted: Jan 09, 2004 5:12 pm Post subject: CONTACT LENSES

Do you guys wakeskate with contact lenses?
I do, but when the spray hits me in the eyes it really sucks. Blurry vision for like 2 minutes...
What's your experience with contact lenses on the water? Shocked

brandn · Ollie Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 90 City: orlando

i have to......... im blind as hell without them..
only bad experiences i've had with them is when i used to wakeboard a few yrs ago. .....

you should get some kareem abdul-jabbar goggles.. man/// j/k

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

This is a very good topic Paul, thanks for posting it.

My wife rides with her contacts in and they don't seem to bother her most of the time. Sometimes when they do she has to drop and fix them, then get back up. Usually it is the wind that causes the problem, not falls.

I don't wear contacts, but I do wear glasses. I can see well enough without my glasses for it to not be an issue.

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

i have never had a problem with mine but one time my brother was wakeboarding and he fell really hard and they both got popped out but they stuck to his face but i mean he couldnt breath or anything so we didnt really worry about the contacts haha

Kim · Ollie Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 68 City: Orlando

Yea I've never had any problems with mine. I switched to soft a few months ago and it sucks. I was so used to the hard lenses and they felt comfortable and then my eye doctor switches me to soft lenses. Mad

Oh well

Tyler*moore · Pop Shuvit Joined: 07 Dec 2003 Posts: 248 City: Knoxville

I havent had any problems with them. I've ridden with an without out, btoh ways my eyes get misty, so I figure you might as well be able to see the wake...

Rob · Posted: Jan 10, 2004 8:33 am Post subject:

I've used contact lenses since my first time on a wakeskate five years ago... Gotten used to close my eyes every time I fall. Think I've lost one or two in a period of five years... Don't consider using contact lenses when I wakeskate as a problem. I have always an extra pair with in the boat just in case... Shocked

Paul · Posted: Jan 10, 2004 2:57 pm Post subject:

Yes, having an extra pair in the boat is the smartest thing to do.
Cause if I lost the first pair, I would still be able to find my way back home...

onthewater · Posted: Jan 11, 2004 1:22 am Post subject:

No issues with my contacts and water spray. I have only lost one lense and that was from a full on barefooting faceplant.

Goggles and glasses would do much more damage in the event of a face plant Shocked

Paul · Posted: Jan 11, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject:

Yeah, face planting with goggles would really suck.
It was just a joke...
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onthewater · Posted: Jan 11, 2004 9:50 pm Post subject:

i know

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10751 City: Jefferton

Back in an old launch mag, they had a picture of andrew cairns riding with some spex goggles.

Anyway, I ride with contacts and I've never had a problem. Although, when I first learned how to wakeboard I took some face-plants to eye peelers, which sucked. But I don't recall losing any contacts and at that point, I may not have been wearing them. At any rate, I'd have to wear them because my timing would be all off. Sometimes you have to re-adjust, but it's a small price to pay in exchange for vision and water fun.

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

my friend rides with contacts and has only had problems with wakeboarding with them.