As a contact lense wearer, I am constantly trying to not get water in my eyes. I think that this is having a detrimental effect on my playboating. Are there any suggestions for goggles etc or plain ideas for keeping water out of my eyes?
Thanks, GS

I just wear an old pair of glasses with a ski/ snowboarding string holding them on to my head. My string has rubber ends that slot over the arms of my glasses. I have been playing, rolling and river running in this style for over two years now and have had nop problems.

perhaps not as cool looking as contact but very effective

pugwash the blind pirate

theres a bunch of posts on thde same topic here
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check those out

I also wear contacts and have been paddling in them for about 15 years - and never had any problem with them.

Can I ask why you don't want water in your eyes? Are your lenses hard or soft?

I use daily disposable soft lenses and they are great, I have never had any problems. As you already know sight is not just essential when you're upright - I open my eyes underwater too - to get a feel for what the hell is going on if I just messed up and got creamed.

Before you ask - I have never lost any lenses whilst paddling. I will however say that they do have their moments and can move sometimes leaving things a little blurry (when you're crashing through stuff etc) but this has got to be comparable to getting water on your glasses/goggles anyway. Blinking usually gets things back on track!

The other advantage I find is that you don't get problems with them steaming up in cold water/weather - something I know is a real pain for people I have paddled with who wear goggles/glasses.

So my take on this is try soft lenses (pref disposable ones so it doesn't matter too much if you do happen lose one), you can usually get a few trial pairs from your optician to see how you get on. For the record - I wore glasses for a year when I started paddling - went through 3 pairs very quickly, doh!

Hope this helps,

Ben