Shane Dorian has helped create a wetsuit that Transworld Surf’s Justin Cote says “will forever change the act of big wave surfing.”
Working together with Billabong Wetsuits and Mustang Survival Corporation, Dorian created the first wetsuit with a built-in instantly inflatable air bladder. With a quick tug on a ripcord, the wetsuit quickly lifts the wearer from deep underwater to the surface. . . The revolutionary suit has been dubbed the “Billabong V1” with the V standing for Vertical ascent and the 1 indicating positive altitude, or one foot above sea level.
It’s pretty obvious that this is a wetsuit that will save lives. And like all great ideas, it seems strange that no one had thought of it before.
[Link: Transworld Surf]
