new design concepts in surfing

[geo_surf]

hey i'm georgie and i was hoping you could help me out a bit. i'm a design tech. studant and this year im making a product for surfing. if you have any ideas of what i can make or what you find fustrating about surfing that you want solved please e-mail back to me on georgie_james@hotmail.co.uk
ideas can be anything from you not wanting to leave valuables in the car to wanting to listen to music while waiting out back.
anything that needs to be stored, carried, protected, waterproofed, anything.
any suggestions will be totally appriciated.
thanks very much
georgie
.x.

[RJD]

An Autopaddler.

Good luck, I'll test the prototype.

[Phil]

lol yeah some thing that will get you out back on a big day without totaly knackering you out

[spark6]

isn't that called a boat?

[joem]

An Autopaddler.

Good luck, I'll test the prototype.

thats been done its called a jet ski

[Dr Rev]

Boots with rubber suckers, so you stick to the board !!

[Surfing-Innovation]

Georgie - if you want to chat about such things, then drop us an email.......

[pkbum]

a back mirror at the board. So you don't need to look back while you're paddling. Like one of those mirror that's in the motorcycle and the car!

[Sillysausage]

keeping an ipod dry, with headphones that will stay dry would be cool, but not sure how many people would use it, because i like to chat when i'm out, but new types of boards, i saw a student who had built a surfboard with extra stringers (already been done before) but this added strength to the board etc. simple stuff goes a long way, but if i could think of these things, i wouldnt be doing what i am now

[gaelicsurfer]

Making surfing a more environmentally friendly persuit, there is alot of scope there. The use of thermosets like neoprene and other rubber is unprocessable bulk that enevitably ends up in landfill, fiberglass and expanded foam are also un-reclaimable not to mention the amount of driving that takes place in order to get to surf.

theres alot of potential there, particularly as surfing is a sport that prides itself on its connection with nature. theres been alot of advancements in materials that surfing hasint quite taken advantage of yet.

[Otter]

A helmet cam that is affordable for the masses.

Or a leash that retracts so it won't get wrapped around your feet.

[geo_surf]

hey all of your responses have been really helpful its really getting me thinking, please keep them coming even ask friends and tell me what they think i should do the more respones the better!!!
thanks again
georgie

[Milo]

A bar with a hot chick serving a cold one and a stool to sit on, and a steering wheel with gears o and 250 bhp outboard. I`m a bit layed back and hate paddling

[Milo]

Or a bullet proof key safe you can fit to the van. Not the type you can buy at the mo, much to weak.

[CHarvey]

A battle monkey to sick on people that drop in on you.......ya, battle monkey.

[The Fafanator]

Coloring the board dolfin grey, so that sharks won't attack it (to get my grandmother off my back, I live with my grandparents, and I also live in the most shark invested waters in the world, (Mosswelbay, mythbusters even came down here to confirm the dolfin myth.)

[SmitZ]

How bout a localized wave machine? So futuristic and stuff you drop a PILL into the ocean on any day, and BAM! Perfect waves!

[geo_surf]

a key pouch that actually holds your keys. as mine doesnt seem to?

[geo_surf]

yeah or even have a key pouch thats holds your phone too.

[geo_surf]

while your at that why not add another bit for some money, but make it water proof too.