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Postby blisterinheat » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:26 pm

Does anyone use, or know of anyone who uses corrective eyewear for surfing? Contacts really don't work for me and I'm looking for alternatives. There is this company called Sea Specs which do glasses for surfing, just wondering if anybody has heard of them??

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Postby Ellie » Sat Jul 08, 2006 9:22 am

Hey there,

I use contact lenses as I'm so short sighted I look like a mole! Should be dailies when I'm surfing so I can chuck them once they're all salty, but I've got away with fortnightly ones so far.

If contacts don't work for you I know you can get goggles, like the kind you have for swimming, with lenses in them from an optician. But they're expensive (and look a little weird!) Plus, you don't see many surfers with goggles...

I think iomarti's had a post about this somewhere too....

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Postby iomarti » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:48 am

ummm no it wasn't my post, but you're right ellie, there was a post about this going round about a month ago...(i just posted a lot on it because i am blind as a bat)

hang on, i'll find it...
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Postby iomarti » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:57 am

i don't know how to put a link up, but its called 'surfing with bad vision', use the search on the top right of the page.

I think the eventual consensus was to use daily disposable contacts.
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Postby venice beach mafia » Mon Jul 10, 2006 2:53 am

I managed to lose a contact lens kayaking in san diego this weekend when another kayak came over a wave sideways and slammed me in the face. It gave me second thoughts about using contacts for surfing.
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