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Maybe a stupid question but why don't surfers carry a small emergency air supply on their body? Not anything big, I'm thinking just about the size of a soda can

• xkcd-sucks 7y ago
  Masses of water moving around are really powerful. They toss around and break human bodies. As a mediocre surfer, I imagine it would be quite difficult to deploy an emergency air system while being tossed around by a wave, and that a permanent breathing tube would need a pretty hefty retention system to keep it from getting knocked off or damaged.
• jms 7y ago
  Some big wave surfers do. Apparently it's pretty disconcerting, as you need to let go of the air you're holding before taking a big breath on the device, which may or may not work...
• s1artibartfast 7y ago
  99% of Scuba divers don't carry spare air. It is hard to imagine it being worth it for surfers.
  • reason-mr 7y ago
    When you get really drilled by a large wave, you get ragdolled. Getting to an air supply could be hard.