Inner tube knee pads

[FishDiver]

I do a lot of shore dives with rocky entries/exits. These rip up the knees of my Bare wetsuits. After making yet another series of patches with Aquaseal, it occurred to me to just make knee pads from inner tube rubber and cement them on.

Anyone tried this? Any tips?

 

[dumpsterDiver]

You will be much happier just wearing the knee pads that volley ball players use for their knees. They slip over the suit, can be slid down below the knees while on a surface interval and are very cheap. I knoe a number of commercial wetsuit divers that wear slip on knee pads.

 

[Thalassamania]

Tident Catalog

 

[Dectek]

You could cut a couple of cross sections of a truck inner tube and use them without attaching them to the suit. Just pull them on like the knee pads Dumpster Diver was talking about. This is great abrasion protection but zilch in the padding department. Kind of works like gaiters too.

 

[ScubaSarus]

Get yourself some neoprene knee braces before bulky Knee pads. I can see the bulky kneepads getting watter logged and sagging. I like the innertube idea from Dectek