My Go-To for Extended Surf Sessions

Aloha Dave,

Mahalo for processing my order.

FYI, this is my 3rd suit in about the last 6 or so years. The first two were short sleeve. I ordered the no sleeve to see if I like it better. Other surfers ask me a lot of questions when they see me wearing it, which I do whenever the surf is big and lots of paddling is involved, esp. in Winter surf (now).

I'm 58 years old, and the vest helps alleviate the aches and pains in my upper back and neck when paddling. I don't have to arch and contract my back and neck muscles on long paddles. Instead, I can push down (opposite muscle contraction) on my chest due to the air bladder keeping my chest/face above the water that flows over the nose of the board when paddling. I hope you can understand and visualize what I'm saying and describing.

Julian Shiroma in an Ergo off Kona, Hawaii

The vest also protects my ribs and chest from getting rash, but this has not been much of a problem for me because I don't have protruding ribs.

I realize the vest is not designed to be used as a flotation device, but I have used it about two times when I lost my board in big surf and needed a little flotation help. Just so you know, it did serve me very well in the two instances and I didn't require assistance from others.

Except for my friend Steve Gardner here, who introduced me to the suit, I think I'm the only other person who uses your product on the West side (Kona, Hawaii) of the Big Island that I live on, but like I said above, I get a lot of inquiries. I hope my answering their questions positively, will help increase sales for you. I really like your product and it definitely keeps me in the "game" that I've enjoyed since I was young.

Mahalo and Aloha,

Julian Shiroma
Captain Cook, Hawaii