Suggestions: Sea Urchins - through the knee.

[Vin]

Suggestions: Sea Urchins - through the knee.

Just bought a CF 200 DUI- great suit- but... just drove a sea Urchin spine through the knee while bugging.

Does anybody make any ballistics / Kevlar material you can fasten to the knees- I suppose PVC knee pads but that sound kind of extreem.

Ideas???

VIN

 

[saltwater taffy]

Yikes, that must have hurt!!!!! I'd check with DUI to see if they couldn't provide these for you. Did you get any bugs?????

SWT

 

[jkennedy]

Pass the vinegar and MSG please.............

 

[saltwater taffy]

:dazzler1: I just pee in my hand

SWT

 

[ShakaZulu]

http://www.lagunashorediving.com/gallery/loscoronados/scaled100_0037

Thought you may enjoy this............

 

[nwdiver2]

Get kevlar knee pads put on it, it what many of us up here in the Pacific North west use. I dread the drift dives along a cut loaded with big red urchins. Stay off the wall, stay off the wall, stay off the wall (my mantra) at 3-4 knots.

 

[RichLockyer]

http://www.lagunashorediving.com/gallery/loscoronados/scaled100_0037

Thought you may enjoy this............

LOL! Looks like Santa Barbara Island.

 

[Vin]

LOL! Looks like Santa Barbara Island.

Yes I got at least 8 2 pounders. The issue is I tend to dive real heavy and in Newengland its a real dragg dodging these things - not to mention it must suck being a sea urchin and getting crunched.....

I'll try some Kevlar.


Vin

 

[jagfish]

DUI makes kevlar pads, though they are way expensive if I remember correctly...something like a couple hundred bucks if I am not mistaken, but that might be installed...

However, isn't kevlar more effective against abrasion as opposed to puncture? I though I remember kevlar be contraindicated in the some medical uses since needles can get through. But it has been a while and I may be totally mistaken...

 

[ARNGUSMCMP]

Kevlar is more effective at abbrasion yes. I don't know about diving, but I know law enforcement wise it's much more effective at stopping a slash with a knife than a stab. it's definitely better than neoprene tho.

Nate