Hi all , im new here ,the names Dan.

Im 4 weeks into kiting , 2014 switch 13 m kite
and just up on the board..about 7 hrs total

been out in the surf once and think its time to buy a buoyancy vest.....

Any types to steer clear of?
And any input on a good brand would be helpful.
Also will the vest interfere with my waist harness?
will I have to buy some other harness to use the vest?
cheers

You can get awesome low profile impact vest from pro wake at worongary on the gold Coast. I use my when i cable and boat tow on the river.

Greenarrowz said..
Hi all , im new here ,the names Dan.

Im 4 weeks into kiting , 2014 switch 13 m kite
and just up on the board..about 7 hrs total

been out in the surf once and think its time to buy a buoyancy vest.....

Any types to steer clear of?
And any input on a good brand would be helpful.
Also will the vest interfere with my waist harness?
will I have to buy some other harness to use the vest?
cheers

Welcome here Dan,

It's good to see you consider your safety. Reading your post, the NP High Hook springs to mind. It'll work just fine with your existing waist harness. You'll have flotation and impact protection.

I don't know where you'll find one over east, just do a search online.

The 'cool kids' might give you some grief here but it's just white noise

Here's a link, it's second from the bottom of the page. http://www.npsurf.com/products/protective/impact-flotation-vests.html

Also, here's a great video showing exactly how it fits etc.

Greenarrowz said..
Also will the vest interfere with my waist harness?

Your harness has flotation...
If you still can't stay high enough, get yourself to the pool for some water tread training.

surfingboye said...

Greenarrowz said..
Also will the vest interfere with my waist harness?

Your harness has flotation...
If you still can't stay high enough, get yourself to the pool for some water tread training.

yeah no problem treading water etc...just occured to me when I was on the edge of a dead zone behind the island,it took a lot of energy out of me to relaunch
and tread water , the kite rotated couple times before it decided to launch.....by the time it did I was a lil zapped..
was thinking if it rolled and crossed the lines , the 200m return to beach after self recovery would have been exhausting for my first time in the surf...
a vest will protect me a lil more if this happens...


cheers wicksy....ill hit up the surffx site for a browse

I have a liquid force impact vest. It does provide some additional floatation which is nice. It useed to ride up a lot (I wear a seat harness) I sewed some buckles on to attach to hharrnes. works fine now