Ear protection to prevent ear perforation

[NHarp1]

Does anyone use ear protection to prevent ear perforation (ear drum damage) from taking a face plant on the water when wake boarding ?

http://www.proplugs.com/Merchant2/me..._Code=proplugs

[Ewok]

We use a Pro-Tec Ace Helmet with ear flaps.

X2

[Duncan]

ohhh, another helmet thread. Been a few years, good time to recirculate.

This helmet thread was 2010.

[tigeidaho]

we use a helmet just for this reason. oh and a few concussions. I have personally seen a blown ear drum due to wakeboard crash and it made me a believer in helmets. We haven't ever used the ear flaps though. I feel that as long as the helmet breaks the surface before your ear then ear drum damage is unlikely. Haven't seen one since.

[boardman74]

How am I gonna get my yearly concussion with one of those!!!

[NHarp1]

Time for maybe a group purchase ?

[tigeidaho]

I am in if we can get a buy together. I need some new kids helmets and another adult one.

[Duncan]

I am in for kids and an adult.

[bmoorewiz]

We use a Pro-Tec Ace Helmet with ear flaps.

x3 for hydrofoiling

[LTtige22v]

I am in need some new ones

[Coop]

I ruptured an eardrum on a fall a few years back. Since then, I sometimes use a helmet (with the ear flaps), but more often, I just use the silicon molded ear plugs. Something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/TYR-Silicone-M...lded+ear+plugs