Non-cga vest legal

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 10:38 AM

I am wondering if in florida it is legal to ride with a non approved vest. The vest is australian approved.

(byrd) · (byrd) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 03-02-2007, 10:45 AM

No...

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 10:48 AM

So if you get pulled over you get a ticket.

(byrd) · (byrd) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 03-02-2007, 10:51 AM

Yes you will get a ticket if they catch you. Yopu probably wont get stopped while riding, and it wont count toward the 1 pfd per person count on the boat as well.

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 10:54 AM

Ok thanks for the info.

(joshugan) · (joshugan) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 03-02-2007, 11:19 AM

Where are you? Check your local laws. In Az non-USCG is legal. You merely need to be wearing a flotation device and many other states have the same rules. Google is your friend.

(guido) · (guido) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 03-02-2007, 12:32 PM

It's only illegal if you get caught.... I've been riding with a outlaw vest for years and have yet to have a problem. It even got checked by the water patrol at boardstock last year and they didn't say a word about legality. I think they were so busy that they just wanted to see me wearing something.

(desertcajun) · (desertcajun) **Join Date: Feb 2007** 03-02-2007, 1:14 PM

Josh I live in az as well. Question. how well do comp vests keep you afloat versus uscg apvd vests?

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 2:05 PM

I used on and it floated me as good as my cga vest.

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 2:07 PM

Also every law says you must wear a cga vest. How are you going to know if your allowed to wear a non- cga vest.

(Message edited by wakeman7 on March 02, 2007)

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 2:09 PM

Can you get in trouble just for having a non-cga approved vest on board.

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 2:43 PM

Whats a good website to check the florida laws.

(wkbrd) · (wkbrd) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 03-02-2007, 3:10 PM

TJ & Jan- Ask Shaun Murray how well a non coast guard vest will float you when you are knocked out. THEY WON'T!!!!!!!! Not being smart towards Shaun just in reference, I'm sure everyone remembers last year.

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 4:23 PM

What happened last year to shaun. What about wearing a non- cga vest that floats me as good as my cga vest in a 5ftdeep lake with a lifegaurd in the boat.

(wakeriderixi) · (wakeriderixi) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 03-02-2007, 4:41 PM

Shaun got knocked out on a wrapped KGB-540, scary stuff.

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-02-2007, 4:53 PM

What happened after that. And wow thats an amazing trick.

(melanie_g) · (melanie_g) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 03-02-2007, 5:49 PM

I know we have been pulled over for a check. Two of us had non approved vests lying on the floor and the cop made a remark about them. Don't remember what the remark was, but we had enough approved vests on board for each person that he couldn't ticket us.

(tyboarder03) · (tyboarder03) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 03-02-2007, 8:39 PM

Im a lifegaurd and I rock a ncga vest, floats me fine and i rock the scales at the big deuce00. Just find one right for you. If one will float me (ok) its gotta float you atleast alright.

(joshugan) · (joshugan) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 03-02-2007, 8:58 PM

TJ, When I found out about Az's flotation laws I ran out and bought an A-10. I took a set and found out that my keyring floaty had more flotation than the A-10. So I sold it and am back to riding USCGA. I still hope to some day find a non CGA that still provides plenty of flotation.

Sick boat, btw!

(byrd) · (byrd) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 03-03-2007, 5:32 AM

Here is the deal, when you are strapped to your board in the water, most likely a non approved will float you fine. The problem comes in when you are knocked out and your lungs fill with water. Now all the air that helped you stay afloat with the non approved vest is replaced with water, and you no longer float. It really doesnt matter how deep the water is either. by the time you go down, and the boat gets turned around, you could be 20 feet in any direction, unconcious, and on the bottom. Odds are, you will be fine wearing one, but the one time the odds are against you, you can die. Is it worth it to you?

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-03-2007, 6:20 AM

What about wearing a non- cga vest that floats me as good as my cga vest in a 5ftdeep lake with a lifegaurd in the boat.

(wakeslife) · (wakeslife) **Join Date: Jul 2005** 03-03-2007, 9:52 AM

I know this is about ncga, but if someone wants a good cga vest that is not bulky and has the looks of the ncga vests, check out the jetpilot cell block. I just got my hands on one and it is a really nice vest, looks good, and will keep me alive.

(epic1) · (epic1) **Join Date: Oct 2006** 03-03-2007, 12:14 PM

someone post links to all that Kordel stuff. changed my view on things. "You cant perform CPR if you cant find the body" while the body may float, you can still drown. But why risk it. Are the non cga's worth possible brain damage or death? not to me. would you trade you'r seat belt for a sick low profile model so you could match it to you'r iluminated valve stems? If it is proven to save lives, and there are models that have shrunk in size in the last ten years, why is it so important to loose that little extra floation? Do inverts and spins require that much more movment? Maybee I just suck to much to comprehend this whole concept...

(wakeman7) · (wakeman7) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 03-03-2007, 1:01 PM

The one I am using floats as good if not better as my cga approved and its australian cga.

(wiltok) · (wiltok) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 03-03-2007, 5:14 PM

In Micigan - you only need to have the approved vewt in the boat (1 for each person in the boat plus the skier(s)). That said, I wear an Outlaw while doing watersports.