life jacket for surf ski

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to buy a new life jacket for my v10 epic, is ths nrs ninja comfy and good?

I will be happy to get some other opinions?

Thanks

Rami

www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.asp?pfid=21481&pdeptid=1682

See my Review SurfskiRacing.com on pfd's several months ago. Ninja was a good fit, and I liked it but it needed more pockets.

I have an all black Ninja and a Kokotat SeaO2 and now use the SeaO2 exclusively. I found the Ninja too bulky and restrictive. The SeaO2 has 7 lbs of flotation until you add air through the tube or using a CO2 cylinder up to 22 lbs. I leave mine around 12 lbs or so to get the best combination of flotation/bulk, IMHO.

Clicky goodness

surfskiracing.org/2011/11/performance-pf...e-love-life-jackets/

Thanks alot for the quick reply, There is no distributor for kokotat in my arae.
I guess i will buy the ninja or the yak descent...

Rami

Give a look to Hiko Multisport too and read this topic:
www.surfski.info/forum/17-equipment/8411-pfds.html







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It's looks nice,I don't think that the distributor in my area has it 'He only has the CHUCKLE.

Thanks for the reply, I will chck with him by phone

Rami

To the OP, just a point of interest, The term Life jacket refers to a floatation device that is designed to keep your head out of the water and allow you to breath if you are awake or not, in surfski we mostly use personal floatation devices which just add a little help to keep us afloat in the water. Minor point but interesting nontheless.

Right but if you put on a real life jacket... you can say goodbye to surfski! It's understood that life jacket for kaiaking equal to PFD (This from a practical point of view. For the local laws this can be different).

Moreover I believe that PFD for surfski = very light PFD. This is the philosophy of suggested PFD of Think (by Hiko, the Multisport model(*)) or other PFDs like Yak Kallista, etc.

If your distributor doesn't have the PFD you are looking for, just can order it! Globalization has advantages too.

(*) Here you can see Hiko multisport in details:



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Only on the sea you are really free (Eugene O'Neill)