Surfing gloves that provide more strength

Surf gloves with webbed design provide extra strength for paddling with a surfboard - facilitates surfing for people with disabilities

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Surfing glove. Photo: Sebastian Forsén

Surf gloves have a webbed design and are fastened with Velcro around the wrist. They are made of Lycra and shark skin.
They can also be used when swimming.

Users comments
Webbing makes it possible to take much more powerful swim strokes.

Purchased from
For example thesurfguru.com (last checked January 2021)

Paid for by
The user

Surfing glove. Photo from www.adventureout.com

Author: Sebastian

Sebastian bor ihop med sambo i en lägenhet. Han arbetar heltid delvis med rehabilitering och delvis med förmedling av anpassade hotell, se welltrips.com. Han skadade sig 2003 och har en komplett paraplegi.

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Type of disability

Low paraplegia (Th11-S1)

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