Wedding Ring, leave it on?

For all the married people out there. Do you ride with or without your ring on? I started riding with mine on this season. The only time I get worried about loosing it is on a few left handed grabs or if I sketch out a landing and throw my left hand out on the water. Has anyone lost a ring while wakeboarding?

if I were you I would be more worried about it getting caught on the handle and ripping your finger off when you fall.... I always take the ring my girl gave me off before I ride... its not worth a finger!

Just get insurance on it....

i take my ring off and leave it at home if i remember or in the car if not, when my hand gets cold and wet it will slip off pretty easily. ive ridden like twice in it by accident and been nervous the whole time.

No. I don't ride with mine. I don't even wear them on the boat anymore, not worth losing, even with insurance they are irreplaceable in my opinion.

yes my ring is stainless steel and was $80, but i still dont wanna loose it, its still irreplaceable!

I don't ride with mine, fear of losing it and tearing my finger off if it gets caught on the handle. I even take my watch off because I've had it get caught on the handle before and tear a chunk out of my wrist.

Lost mine in the lake 2 months after I was married. I think I would have been better off had I got caught cheating. Now after 15 yrs its really not a big deal. (the ring, not the cheating)

What Evan said think about that $h|t happening I don't wanna be a 9 fingered boarder . . . Mine stays at home when I'm headin' to the lake

You bet. I haven't taken mine off in 10+ years.

Leave it at home. My first one is at the bottom of don pedro, lost it there 3 months after the wedding.

I take mine off when i ride for fear of losing it but wear it onto the boat.

Ya mine is safe and sound in the jewelry box where I put it the day after I returned home from my honeymoon. That was 5 years ago...

Broke my finger last year and just got the ring off before the finger swelled. It wouldn't go back on after the finger healed. Got my finger sized and gave the wife the ring to get resized. Still not sized and it's not a big deal. She keeps me happy and knows I'd never want to cheat. 15+married. no worries. When we were first married and I took it off to ski or do other things she was not happy.

I took mine off last season but this year I have just worn it.

It seems to be eating away at the padding under my LG handle, anyone have this problem.

I took my wedding band off two weeks after we got married and never put it back on. (16 years ago)

I hate wearing jewelry and work around machinery so the hell with it. I'm lucky that I have a understanding wife though.

My wife and I leave ours at home, and tell our friends getting ready to board, "you might want to take your rings off"

It's a ritual at our house, one of us always asks the other 'got your ring off'? Haven't ridden with it ever, and see no reason to. I guess you if you go to a party cove and want to declare your intentions as a non-combatant, then it would be important to have it on...but just riding...keep it safe at home IMO.

I never take mine off, ever. Ever ever!

Sweet profile pic Darren. I was looking at it thinking, man, it looks like he is riding in Scotland or some other country. Scrolled down and sure enough...Lord of the Rings country

just make sure you put it back on when you go out. cause the singles ladies love married guys i get hit on way more now, don't know if i got better looking or if its the ring

I never take mine off. THe wife's comes off in the water. Besides, I thought that is why the guys always gain the weight after they get married. The women don't feed us to make us happy, they feed us to make our fingers fat so the ring will never come off.

Never wear it I don't like to wear jewelry, wife takes hers off when she rides.

Thanks Loren, that photo is taken 80 miles from Frodo's grotto.

rode with mine for a few years, last year it cut my finger when I popped the handle one time. so now its on my keychain.

always take it off... the wife slid off the front of the boat last year and had her wedding ring caught on one of the snaps for the bow cover. nearly took her finger off. swelled up before we could get the rings off. had to cut them off w/ dikes (side-cutters) and head to the big H. took about 7 months beofre they would go back on...

off when in the boat. I try to remember to leave it on shore but occasionally it sits in the cup holder for 3 or 4 weeks while I try to remembe rwhere it is

don't wear mine because it's wood and water is not good for it. the wife always takes her's off too.

one of my friends was riding with his ring on, he went to grab the board and when he let go his ring got caught on the board and sank into his finger and cut him down to the bone.

im hoping when i marry my girl she wont make me wear a ring, i had a big phase where i always wore one now i just cant stand them.

if she does ill def be taking it off when i ride

I take it off and put it on the boat's key ring as soon as I start the engine.

I like my finger better than I like the ring.

YES I HAVE!!! and it was not a cheep lesson. Tossed the handle after I was done riding and watched the ring fly with it. Just in case you were wondering gold does not float.

NO Way! Mines over 150 yrs old passed down directly from the queen of Spain. Gotta leave it at home when heading to the lake or the snow.

don't wear mine either. slippery when wet.

I wore mine for a year and a half boarding. I lost it a few weeks ago. My wife was not happy. I had a $500 deductable on it, but honestly...right now I'd pay 5 grand to have that exact ring back to make my wife happy.

I used to never take mine off for anything until this past June 7th. I know the date because it is my anniversary. My wife wanted to go ride on our anniversary (my wife rocks) and had rode all afternoon when I realized it was gone. Lets just say the ride in was not pleasant and I am still paying for it. I take it off every time now, she insists on it.

I take mine off, this way the boat bunnies think I am single. (Not that it helps) But at least I will not be the same boat with Balich wishing I had taken it off.

I always wear mine (maybe not after some of the stories above). I guess I am so use to it on, I don't even think about it. I use to take it off playing softball and of course forget about it for days. The wife never liked that too much. My wife is a surgical nurse and cannot wear hers to work and therefore rarely wears hers anymore....that would include on the boat or boarding.

im getting married in october, i highly doubt i will be wearing my ring out on the water. too risky.

......never had mine off 10...plus years.....knock on wood.

my wife and i both take ours off before we go to the lake. both of us would be sorry if the rings were lost. Mine gets loose especially in cooler water.

dbdb...you are a wise man and know what is important in life

NEVER wear mine. Don't want to lose the diamond or the finger....I have a hard enough time hanging on the handle as it is!!!

Walt...I have sewn fingers back on from machines catching rings and ripping fingers off...good choice

Maybe I am missing something but your telling me there are people out there that have never had to take their ring off to work on an engine/anything grease filled or just to wash your hands? What is the ideology behind never taking your ring off, showing your commitment? I work around electrical, sometimes high voltage, and mechanical/hydraulic equipment and that is a big no no so... generally I dont even wear mine when off the boat except some special diners or when we go on vacation to the inlaws. I already lost/had one stolen and dont want to replace another one.

I never, ever, ever ride with mine on. If my wife is in the boat it goes on her thumb - if she isn't it gets clipped to the metal snap on the tether/safety cord connected to the kill switch on my boat.

I'm a super sentimental sap and I would rather see my boat sink than that ring.

I asked for and received a plain gold band when we got married, so I almost never take the thing off. No stones to lose, it can get buffed out. Boarding, slaloming, barefooting..... All fingers still attached.

OFF OFF OFF. my wife's uncle just ripped his finger good last weekend with his wedding band jumping off the boat. Got caught in the mooring cleat. i know it sounds ridiculous or impossible. but I hear about this stuff happening way too often. Take it off. I think your wife or girl would rather you have all your digits than go without a ring on the water. my wife never complains. Especially understands now this has happened to her uncle. He might loose his finger today if the doctor can't save it. Bummer.

Take it off - it leaves an unsightly tan line.
Handles are pretty expensive and over time a ring chews into the padding. I really dont like anyone wearing rings when they are using my handle because of that.

I put it on the floaty keyring if it makes it on the boat. I try to leave it at home or in the car. The wife gets mad if I leave it in the cup holder so I put it in the tray where the 4WD lever is.

I only wear mine when going out to dinner or if the in-laws come over. I'm always working on something (car, boat, lawnmower, etc) and don't want to lose a finger.

Take it off, slip it on your key ring, and put it in the glove box. Mine does'nt come off very easy but it feel better off when I'm riding.

I only take mine off when I ride or go to the bars in vegas.....

By Clubjoe (clubjoe) on Friday, August 17, 2007 - 6:21 am:

I only take mine off when I ride or go to the bars in vegas.....


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I always take mine off. Hell, I take mine off when I shower.....forgot it this morning. It is propped up on some container that Michelle keeps "stuff" in.

Michelle doesn't even take hers on the boat.

i was reading this and realized i forgot mine again today...that thing is hard to get used to...

I don't even wear mine to the lake, it stays on my dresser until I get home.

I take mine off. My buddy lost his last year in the lake. $800 bucks down at the bottom. He did not have insurance on it either.

I don't wear mine at all (ever). I don't know why, but I have a hard time with watches, rings etc. My wife doesn't mind. We will be married 25 years in October, so I think she knows that a ring doesn't hold my feelings towards her. Oh yea..she takes hers off when she rides.

Take it off - I slid out of boat last week and my ring got caught on the rope cleat, almost broke my finger until it finally released. Left a nasty mark and some swelling. I usually take it off for any sporting activity since I am left-handed.

I never play sports or wakeboard with it on. Its to much of a risk my, wife will kill me if I loose it.

Lost my first one in a cold midwest lake during an early spring session because my fingers shrank so much. Wifey was cool with it because I got a sweet ring now, but never wear it on the boat.

I'm with Steve on this one. I'd rather be safe than sorry and leave it at home. My wife likes me to have it but I think she would rather see me without it on trips than without it for good.

I never bring it to the lake. it is not the cost that worries me. it is the sentimentality of it. that, and the fact that I will get my a$$ handed to me if I ever lost it!

The easy way to keep from loosing your ring and to be frequently invited on the boat is to put on a bunch of weight.

I never wear it at the lake. You every see someone have there ring ripped off there finger after being caught in a rope. Not pretty. Safety issue, not a wanting to be single issue.

Both mine and my wifes rings come off before we leave for the lake.... There's been a few times when the handle has popped out of my hands and I've closed my hand just in time to save it....

I never take mine off, it's a pain to pull off my finger and has been on 24/7 since married eight years ago. Every once in a while I remember that I have it on and will wear a glove on the left hand to cover the ring. Don't care if I look like Michael Jackson, it's easier than pulling the darn thing off.

the only time i take it off is to wakeboard. other than that it never comes off.

my wifes never comes off ever. i should prolly get some insurance on it.

My girlfriend always holds onto mine.

I actually went riding with a guy one time who ended up losing his ring in the water...

I take mine off. I would never hear the end of it if I lost it and she was not with me.

I usually throw it in the life jacket pocket, I rather lose a ring that a finger.

When I was a kid there was this knob that had just got married and was wearing his ring! His set was going to be before mine. He grabbed a cleat and jumped over the side and the ring and the finger stayed on the cleat and he went in! I never did get a ride that day!What a KNOB!
This was just one of many reasons I stayed single until 39 years of age!
Forget the RING!I want to keep my body parts!

Take it off. When someone on the crew loses one, it ruins the day.

i have my fiancee pull her's off every time...i've told her gas/food/drink are expensive enough for a lake trip- i don't need to throw in another few grand for a new ring!!!

I always have my girlfriend hold onto my wedding ring. I would hate to lose it.

Always Off, I read the same story above somewhere that a guy got his caught on the boat when jumping off and ripped his finger off.

im on my second ring (same wife, lol)...i take it off now.

Tim ^^^