Glasses or Contacts?

(gpalovcak) · (gpalovcak) **Join Date: May 2003** 08-18-2003, 10:56 AM

Just wondering what other people do when they wakeboard and you wear glasses. I have been using contacts, but have lost a few of them when I fell. Anybody have suggestions on how they do it?

(shutupandboard)

I wear contacts and have only lost one contact in 4-5 years. I've taken some good faceplants with my eyes wide open too.

jetgofish 08-18-2003, 11:16 AM

George, how is it that you are losing your contacts? I'll second Jeremy and vow for only losing one in two years...knock on wood

(deepstructure) · (deepstructure) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 08-18-2003, 2:58 PM

i started wearing my contacts after reading on this board about people doing it. best thing ever. i thought they'd come out on my first crash but i've maybe only lost one since i started. i don't care much as i use 2-week disposables anyways, but i've been amazed at some of the falls i've taken and not lost them.

(aaronlee13) · (aaronlee13) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 08-18-2003, 4:27 PM

i wear contacts... I dont even remember last time lossing on while wakeboarding... I'm pretty good at closing my eyes when falling...

cryft 08-18-2003, 4:43 PM

I wore mine to see what would happen, and after a few extremely bad face plants they were still in, and I've still never lost a pair, even after being partially blinded for an hour with water behind my eye.
All I can say is, close your eyes whenever you're underwater.

(airfreak) · (airfreak) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 08-18-2003, 6:31 PM

GOt some of the daily wear just incase I lost them. Not a perfect correction but way better then none.

luckychuck 08-18-2003, 9:38 PM

i have lost more contacts on the bathroom
floor than out riding. now i just jinxed it for
tomorrows ride, dang it !

(salty87) · (salty87) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 08-19-2003, 11:59 AM

i haven't lost one in 3 years but i did try riding with only 1 of 'em in....not fun! couldn't see the top of the wake heelside, no left contact.

krissi 08-19-2003, 12:08 PM

I wear contacts and haven't lost one yet, even though some of my falls are pretty hard. What I do is I always save a couple of my old contacts just in case, but I never have had to use them yet. I don't know about other eye doc's but mine just gives me new pairs if one rips or something, I just don't like the hastle of driving out there so I keep extras.

indywakechica 08-19-2003, 12:21 PM

Same thing here with me. I haven't lost any yet even after one of those dreaded eyeball peelers. *knock on wood*

(malibususpect) · (malibususpect) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 08-19-2003, 1:18 PM

ive been wearing contacts for the past two years. and in those two years i have only lost one contact and i wasnt even boarding i was swimming with my eyes open

(noneya) · (noneya) **Join Date: Apr 2002** 08-19-2003, 2:36 PM

I've lost at least 7 contacts while boarding/skiing, now I just usually go blind, but when I do wear em I got some of the daily wear so it doesnt matter.

chrisn 08-20-2003, 9:18 AM

contacts

(melanie) · (melanie) **Join Date: Apr 2001** 08-20-2003, 7:51 PM

LASIK