Wedding Ring???

[alguaro]

Getting in married in less than two weeks and will start wearing a wedding ring.

What do you married guys do with your wedding rings when you are kiting? Take them off or leave them on? I mostly kite in relatively cold water and I am worried that it could fall off.

Has anyone lost a wedding ring kiting or windsurfing??

Any info would be great. Thanks!

['caneman]

i would say take it off just from the sports i have played in the past. Better to not have to worry about losing it/ mashing a finger good and have it cut off. my two cents though

[blancoh2o]

I have been married 15 years and still NEVER wear a ring. They are dangerous. Imagine something snagging it and taking your skin off like a glove. OUCH!

I know that I am married and my wife knows that I am married, that is all that matters.

Be safe, save the ring for special occasions.

[girl]

I'm pretty sure I lost mine kiteboarding - cold water, shrivelled fingers..but my husband never wears one, and he wasn't worried and so neither am I. Also, when I did wear it I used to get a callous under it where the bar pinches the skin in a bit.

The only time I miss my wedding ring is in slightly oppresive countries....and I've got a different finger to deal with those sorts of bigots.

Anyway..message - take ring off in water

[Robsw6]

don't wear it kitesurfing.... lose it & you're in TROUBLE

leave it in the car.... just remember to put it on again, otherwise, your dearly beloved's imagination will run riot

Good luck for THE DAY... trust you are going to a decent kitesurf location for Honeymoon

[murdoc]

decent kitesurf-location?

marriage -> honeymoon -> kitesurfing -> divorce?

be careful on the new wife

best wishes and yes, take your ring off.

[Robsw6]

murdoc... you got it all wrong mate..

you got to stick by your guns - managed 1 to 2 hours a day.... aye kitesurfing that is... in North Queensland (great spot)...

and she's still talking to me after a year

[Maris]

Never kite with ring.
Take it off befor kiting or going to kite spot.
And put it on again after kiting or beter when you leave kiting spot.
Loosing rings on the beach is moust common place.
Beeach is a reall gold mine on early morning if you have a metal detector.

[tweekster]

i lost my original one surfing. went to bali. came back with a bad case of bali belly. lost 15 lbs in a matter of 2 weeks. lost it surfing. $1700.

i lost the replacement kiting earlier this year. ate it in shallow water. my hand hit the reef. didn't realize it was gone until several hours later. guess i was too busy nursing the gash on my hand. $800.

the wife insists i get a replacement...for the replacement. so far that replacement is a $12 sterling silver band.

moral of the story? leave the ring at home or get a cheap replacement to wear when you are in doubt.

[Shamikaze]

I always take my wedding & engagement ring off for any sport I do. I can loose it or I can hurt myself greatly because of it and I am looking for neither....

Decent kite-surf location : Rhodes, no doubt in my mind...

I went to Rhodes for my honeymoon last year, stayed in the Miramare Hotel in Ixia

Wonderfull place.

My advice : Rent a motor-bike for the whole period you are over there and tour the island in the morning. Apart from that also plan 2 full day-trips. This way you do get to spend a lot of time with your wife and after the morning-trip you can be on the water by 15:00 and surf for 2 - 3 hrs and then go back to the swimming pool have a dip in it with her and go off for dinner.

We were there 20 days and I was 17 of them on the water. Learned a lot of kite-control and transitions heel- & toeside as well as single & double forward & backloop transitions. Only kites that you'll need over there are a 16 and a 12 or your closest matches to that. No need for a wetsuit. Shorts & lycra will do the trick just fine...

That's what I did and we both loved it. Maybe I am just fortunate to have such a good & understanding wife.

Best whishes & congratz with the marriage...

GReetz,

S.