Life Vest with neck support?

[Flynny]

I'm hoping this is the right place to ask.

If you take a look at 0:54 and on in this video about the Sportstuff Lulu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llWYfcFgaPo, you can see that the life vest that the performer is wearing has some sort of neck support/brace. It looks like a Sportsstuff vest, but they're website does not have vests anymore. I really like the idea of a neck brace because I have hurt my neck tubing, I cartwheeled off our tube when it hit a wave going around a turn and I suffered whiplash that kept me out of the tube for 2 weeks. Does anyone know where I could find a life vest like that to try to prevent that sort of injury from happening again? I'm 16, and I'm always up for a tube ride but I would rather not suffer whiplash again.

 

[skibrain]

Re: Life Vest with neck support?

Looks interesting. I haven't seen anything like this on the market for towed sports. Most of this type of vest I've seen are for power boat racing and have a neck support collar used in conjunction with a helmet. Higher impact requirements and the price tag to match.

http://www.lifelinejackets.com/pleasure_jackets.cfm

or here:

http://www.landrigancorp.com/products-flotation.htm#featuredjacket

 

[Flynny]

Re: Life Vest with neck support?

Those links you put up gave me the keywords I needed. "High collar". Brings up tons of results of what I want on google (below). Thanks!

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&...gc.r_pw.&fp=5ebc4d519a3bd440&biw=1280&bih=709

Now just because they have a high collar may not mean they're stiff and will protect my neck, but I'll look around for stiffer ones and anything with a high collar should provide some protection.