surfing with near sighted vision

by **nicksinif** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:21 am

i was wondering how people surf with near sighted vision. its hard to do a sport like that wearing glasses or contacts. id like to hear from other surfers that do it.

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by **trails surfing** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:30 am

well i don't have that problem, but my sister does and i've been thinking of ways for here to get around this. i've seen gogles that people can get perscription lenses for. or get some "Drew Cary" glasses and get a band to fit the back of your head to hold them in place. i've a few people wearing things of the sort. well good luck.

by **farside** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:19 pm

Sorry nicksinif, I dont have an answer to your question but im sure its possible...anything is possible, the other day I was sitting out the back at my local and a dude with one arm paddled out (no jokes please .... he wasnt going round in circles).
He caught as many waves as anyone else out that afternoon and he absolutely ripped. Perfect example of desire overcoming disablity and a reality check when people (me included) bitch about how much hard work it takes to get out to the lineup with two good arms.

by **Driftingalong** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:38 pm

I have contacts...
I just keep my eyes closed when I'm under water.
No problems, yet!

by **Brent** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:05 pm

do a search on this forum; I've replied in-depth to this exact topic about 3-4 times over the last year.

by **nicksinif** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:40 pm

Driftingalong wrote:I have contacts...
I just keep my eyes closed when I'm under water.
No problems, yet!

wow that is amazing, surfing with contacts

by **FormosanSurfer** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:30 am

Driftingalong wrote:I have contacts...
I just keep my eyes closed when I'm under water.
No problems, yet!

Same here, I've only lost one contact while surfing.

by **Stone Fox** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:42 am

Ok, I'm a bit vain. I wear shades when surfing. I had a pair of wraparound fake oakleys that gripped nicely - even when I came off HARD, they stayed on, if you know what I mean.

Apart from that you can get shade-savers - an elasticated band that attaches to the arms and holds the back of your head, I bought one after the aforementioned shades ended up on the bottom of croyde bay after hitting my head on my board... :oops:

*edit*

Ok, sorry, the point of that is, if I can wear shades you should damn well be able to get prescription lenses for wraparounds or just buy a shadesaver (About £5)

by **EastCoast4Life** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:47 am

i wear contacts cuz im blind as a bat without them....so long as you dont have your eyes open when you take a wave to the face or your head under water...but other then that no biggie

by **surf patrol** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:42 am

As Brent says, there are already quite a few topics.
http://www.surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=874
http://www.surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=525
http://www.surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138

Also try the forum search.

by **baldie** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:44 pm

I always wear contacts while surfing. I don't see anything if I don't. As long as you don't open your eyes under water, you are perfectly fine. Sometimes one of my contact got washed off. But still have the other contact. It's very rare to have both contacts washed off. It never happened to me yet.

by **baldie** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:46 pm

farside wrote: a dude with one arm paddled out (no jokes please .... he wasnt going round in circles).
He caught as many waves as anyone else out that afternoon and he absolutely ripped..

Have you heard of Bethany Hamilton??? A girl had her arm bitten off by a shark in Hawaii and she surfs with one arm now.

http://www.700club.com/700club/guests/b ... 101204.asp

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