So why do they wear so much weight? Is it general lack of skills/comfort in the water, poor training, poor fitness, or what???
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Soggy
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A Typical SCUBABoard Weighting Discussion:
You are definately using WAY too much weight....I weigh 145 lbs and when I wear my LP120 doubles and a 2 mm wetsuit with a 9 lb SS backplate in Lake Ontario, I don't wear anyting on my belt. So your 230 lbs with a 7mm 2 piece, single aluminum tank, and a jacket BC in the ocean couldn't possibly need 20 lbs of weight on your belt.
If you mean that it makes me physically ill as in a rocking boat, yes, you're right
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Because you personally wear too much weight?
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Please enlighten us...chiara once bubbled...
If you mean that it makes me physically ill as in a rocking boat, yes, you're right
Soggy
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Must be
:drown:What I read here and elsewhere just only about makes sense (barely).
Who decides what I do is totally inappropriate?
Or what I wear (no wings, no weight integrated, no bungee) is totally nonsense?
I might (just about) understand some of it, the rest is simply a show off.
Who decides what I do is totally inappropriate?
Or what I wear (no wings, no weight integrated, no bungee) is totally nonsense?
I might (just about) understand some of it, the rest is simply a show off.
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raxafarian once bubbled...
You try getting below the surface with that in a 5+7 mil wetsuit, thick boots and gloves...I´ll just add that the wetsuit has those towelly frilly things as well...
Those of us who, by nature and circumstance, are mostly relegated to cold waters (sometimes with bits of ice floating in or covering the surface of the water do need warm stuff to keep us in the game...
Not really arguing your point though as I only used 12lbs in the red sea in august...but weight does vary with sircumstance...
Sorry to dissapoint those expecting a :boom: BTW
:mean:
You try getting below the surface with that in a 5+7 mil wetsuit, thick boots and gloves...I´ll just add that the wetsuit has those towelly frilly things as well...
Those of us who, by nature and circumstance, are mostly relegated to cold waters (sometimes with bits of ice floating in or covering the surface of the water do need warm stuff to keep us in the game...
Not really arguing your point though as I only used 12lbs in the red sea in august...but weight does vary with sircumstance...
Sorry to dissapoint those expecting a :boom: BTW
:mean:
