Surfers and people in the surf equipment industry are always on the lookout for new innovations that have the potential to enhance the experience of surfing. Many of these innovations seek to make the sport more exhilarating, while others there simply attempt to make it safer.
Surfing can be dangerous at times, particularly the open-ocean kind favoured by the most extreme thrill-seekers, and so safety is a definite concern for many surfers and industry experts.
Consequently, when Hawaiian surfer Shane Dorian set a world record this year by paddling into a 57 foot high wave off Maui island, his world …