I was wondering if any of you guys experience nausea when you're wearing a hood. I was talking to a friend, and he said that he gets really nauseous after a bad flush because of suction around the ear in the hood. I've felt pretty sick before, but I always thought that it was just because the water is so cold so its kind of like a shock.
not sure how this quite equates to nausea, but i've never felt it before. usually if i get some water down my hood ill just stretch it a tiny bit to let some air in and clear my ears.
yeah man thats how i felt yesterday. thats why i brought the question up, i couldnt figure out why i felt so sick
It sucks really bad when you get water in your hood and it goes right in your ears.. its trapped in there until you can come up and shake it out.. realy sux
you wont believe how many times i have to go get my ears cleaned because of winter surfing and the hoods with water getting trapped in the ears. i think companies that make wetsuit hoods put a little hole on each ear that lets the water drain, sort of like with the batwings on back zips with the little drain hole.
It's called "Caloric Vertigo" and is caused by cold water entering one ear and not the other. Your inner ear contains the body's balance apparatus. When the temperature or pressure difference between the 2 reaches a certain level, your body reacts with nausea, as if you were dizzy. Lift the edge of your hood and let cold water enter the canal of each ear.
Your typo made me think you were serious so I searched it And I wear a cap instead of a hood whenever I can to prevent water from getting trapped ...maybe that has something to do with the nausea?
While having the water trapped in there could prolong the process, it only needs to flood one canal and not the other to cause nausea. The 3 options are to do nothing and wait for the water in the one ear warm up (longest fix), empty your ear canal of the water and wait for it to warm up (quicker) or flood the other ear drum (quickest).
i have a solution worst feeling... but i take care of it instantly by putting my chin part of the suit over my upper lip, and blow air into my suit. causes a nice rumbling around the ears and shakes out all the water, you know your doing it right if it sound like a fart. i have the ripcurl f-bomb has a big chin strap as it is,,, making it real easy and effective.
fbomb hood is super suctiony and leaves my face with a circle tan.. mad embarssing, cant wait to shed layers soon
this doesnt pertain to wearing a hood, but since you guys brought up water in the ears, you know of any way to get trapped water out? and no, vagisil doesnt work. For the past few years everytime i surf i get water trapped in my ears and cant hear for sh$t. if i go out a few days in a row, forget about it.... they are clogged for days after. its usually better in the winter cuz only a small amount of water comes in contact with my ears and thats usally during a flush. but once the hood comes off thats when it gets bad. Ive tried hyrdrogen peroxide and some swimmers ear stuff and that hasnt seemed to work.
So, no one has mentioned ear plugs yet. I started wearing them when I read about surfer's ear. Rarely do I get water in my ears now. I haven't invested in anything fancy, just a pair of the standard yellow foam plugs.
I wear my hood so that the bottem of the face cutout is just below my botttem lip.. i may look like a kook doing that, but when i get any water in the hood i blow into the hood, the water comes out and even better the air is warm
Doc's pro plugs!!! Never surf the winter without them! As far as water being trapped in the ear...ear candlng!!! It sounds scary but it's not and it really works. They sell them in health food stores and you can youtube how to do it. Hope this helps.
