Taller Vest?

Tino138 · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

Im lookin for a vest thats a little bit longer or taller what ever you want to call it. does anyone got any vest in mind?

wsuwakeboarder · Posted: Feb 24, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

what is the current size your using? We need details

LF_WaKeR · Outlaw Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 191 City: Mil-town

Ive noticed that hyperlites seem a little narrower and taller. But some details, price range, sizes might come in handy

Tino138 · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

im an XL. no price range just looking for something to fit my liking.

Wakeboarding=Life · Outlaw Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 200 City: Castle Rock

I would go to your local shop and just try some on. It will at least give you an idea.

LF_WaKeR · Outlaw Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 191 City: Mil-town

Slope · Criminal Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 67 City: Muscle Shoals

Helium Swats are long if you get the right size. I rode one last year, great vest.

flyhigh · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 809 City: Monticello

Hey man, I know what you are saying, I had the same problem, I got the baller comp, and I love it, just a little longer/taller, but deffinetly not too bulky..

HHI Dave · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 10:19 am Post subject:

I'm with flyhigh. I'm 6'3", 225 and the Jet Pilot Baller comp is the best fitting vest I've found yet. I wear the XL/XXL. Like a lot of people, I don't have the option of going to a local shop and trying on different vests. The only thing we have around here is a Boater's World. Laughing

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I agree with trying them on. Also make sure to get a USCGA approved vest. Non approved vests won't help save your life.

flyhigh · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 809 City: Monticello

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

Wakebrad, no vest will turn you over with a board on your feet. most ngca's will float you even if your lungs fill up with water, because the human body is very close to neutrally buoyant. I never wear CGA's, and have no concerns over the safety of it. Any serious accident while wakeboarding will not be made any better with a CGA vest rather than a comp vest, IMO.

HHI Dave · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 12:38 pm Post subject:

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 12:40 pm Post subject:

haha thanks dave

flyhigh · Addict Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 809 City: Monticello

By the way, you missed a huge deal on the 07 baller comp vests on BBB a few days ago.. they had them for like 38 bux.. I picked up a white one..

Nauty · Addict Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 827 City: Lake Dallas

Try the HL Special Agent vest. It's a little longer and covers up my gut much better than my LF Hinge did Laughing

As far as CGA vs. Non-CGA, true no vest will turn you frontside up with a board attached to your feet, but what about when the board comes off of your feet and you sink to the bottom of a river because you were wearing a non-approved vest?

To each their own, but I'm sure some of you have family members who would feel otherwise. Tragically, some we have already heard from Sad

Tino138 · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

So the baller comp is definitly a longer vest? Does any one know anything about the 2008 Helium vests and if there taller?

HHI Dave · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject:

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

DRAGON88 · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject:

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Feb 25, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject:

pooser, water doesn't sink in water, it is neutrally buoyant. So lungs full of water is equivalent to empty lungs. And That's Based on the fact that the human body is made up of 60% water.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

Well I don't know enough about anatomy to really make an accurate statment on this but I'll give it a shot anyways. Okay, so buoyancy is a function of fluid displaced and density/weight. So if there was no empty space in your body, your esophogas was collapsed on itself, as well as your stomach, and lungs. Water would fill these organs and cause the volume of your body to increase as well as the weight and would have no effect on buoyancy. However if your organs were collapsed with no empty space or air inside them you are pretty much Bubb Rubb anyways. Now, even if you breath out as much as possible there is still gonna be empty spaces and air trapped inside your organs. In other words, empty lungs are nver truly empty. The water that you start sucking in is going to replace the air and fill in the empty spaces, causing your weight to increase while the ammount of fluid displaced remains relatively constant.

Now I'm not trying to say NCGA vests can't be safe, but how can you say "most ncga vests will float you even when your lungs are filled with water" unless you've taken a bunch of vests, swallowed a bunch of water, and tested to see if it wil float you.

Tino138 · Newbie Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 5

So the baller comp is definitly a longer vest? Does any one know anything about the 2008 Helium vests and if there taller?