I got a chance to use the paddle gloves on my last trip to SoCal & went surfing.I've had a problem paddling my board since getting back to surfing after 42 years.In that time I developed all the usual age-related problems/complaints and it wasn't easy to paddle out & try to raise my head to see as I was doing so.With the paddle gloves,I was able to push against the water,with every stroke, as I paddled out,thus enabling me to raise a little higher off the board. Also,since the strokes with the gloves were more effective.I didn't have to paddle quite so many strokes to catch a wave,so my shoulders weren't as as fatigued so quickly. It would be a good idea,as I found,to do some warm-up excersizes to get the sockets in the shoulders " Lubed Up" ! I'm 63 years old,I learned to surf when I was 14,& surfed until I went into the USAF at 22.It's important to keep your carcass moving,even if it does hurt at times ! Maintain your frienships with your old buddys too ! I was extremely fortunate to have the help of an old surfin' buddy who never stopped,& teaches surfing & skate boarding to tourists in the warmer months ! ( Thanks Bud Paul !) Thanks to an old friend & technology ,such as the paddle gloves, I feel like I've returned to a simpler time & am enjoying myself & the younger folks out in the waves !
