hands free
I recently received an email from a mat rider who wanted to know if I ever swam outside the waves and then blew up my mat.
I have employed this method on a few occasions. The surf doesn't get that big around here so I was able to put enough air in the mat to be able to find it if I lost hold of it and just swam out that way.
The mat rider who wrote me was thinking of some sort of pouch attached to a wetsuit vest. That would provide a hands free approach and make the swim outside more efficient.
In our correspondence, I mentioned that I believe that Dale Solomonson had done some work in this area.
Anyone out there have some experiences they would like to share?
I have employed this method on a few occasions. The surf doesn't get that big around here so I was able to put enough air in the mat to be able to find it if I lost hold of it and just swam out that way.
The mat rider who wrote me was thinking of some sort of pouch attached to a wetsuit vest. That would provide a hands free approach and make the swim outside more efficient.
In our correspondence, I mentioned that I believe that Dale Solomonson had done some work in this area.
Anyone out there have some experiences they would like to share?
Comments
Seems like it wouldn't work as well somewhere where you had to swim from the channel agains the current, but would work at a large beach break like Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Of course at OB once I got a ride I'd be tempted to ride it to the sand, deflate and start all over again.
It's Martin Headman:
http://www.martinheadman.com/
Martin uses several different Neumatics. Wears his MatPack (yes it works very well) depending on wave conditions.
Cheers