150 mph barefoot

Ouch! I did some barefooting in the day also, but usually more like 40mph. Hitting the water at 40mph with your eyes still open is not fun, can't imagine 150mph. It actually hurts your feet, more often we would wear an old pair of tennis shoes. Also wore a shorty wetsuit to keep water out of other areas.
 
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Originally posted by BillK

Ouch! I did some barefooting in the day also, but usually more like 40mph. Hitting the water at 40mph with your eyes still open is not fun, can't imagine 150mph. It actually hurts your feet, more often we would wear an old pair of tennis shoes. Also wore a shorty wetsuit to keep water out of other areas.

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Understood about keeping water out. After experiencing unpleasant water influx, I bought a barefoot wetsuit that had reinforcement in the appropriate area. Also, wore a cup for those falls at 40mph. As I recall there was a rule of thumb to calculate the right (minimum) speed for you. It was divide your weight by 10 and add 20. Those deep water starts were a bear.
I remember that the bottom of my feet would get hot from friction if the water was "glass-like calm". But if it had a very small ripple, my feet would stay cool.
 
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