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SUP Survey Report 2012 Lifejackets SUP Survey Report 2012 Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation www.sup-aca.org SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation Table of Contents Page 2 - Overview & ACA Mission Page 3 - General Survey Information Page 4 - Survey Results & Charts Page 13 - Conclusions Page 14 - Appendix I – Minimal or No Lifejacket Wear (complete data set) Page 36 - Appendix I – Minimal or No Leash Wear (complete data set) Page 50 - Appendix II – Additional Feedback – Lifejackets (complete data set) Page 71 - Appendix II – Additional Feedback – Leashes (complete data set) Page 83 - Appendix II – Additional Feedback – Legislation (complete data set) Photography courtesy of: Bryan Mangum, Trey & Mimi Knight, Kelsey Bracewell, Raphael Kuner, Franzi Pokorny, Candy Patten, Shawn Young, Keith Keller, Josh Hall, Jimmy Blakeney, Randy Carlson, and Christopher & Claudette Stec. ACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft – Rescue www.sup-aca.org 1 SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation Overview SUP Survey: Lifejackets – Leashes – Legislation. As part of the ACA’s role in the paddlesport and boardsport communities, we undertook an effort to educate both the public and the various entities at the local, state and federal levels that have the potential to regulate Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP). The ACA conducted an online survey to ascertain the various mindsets pertaining to certain key aspects of stand up paddleboarding. The focus of this survey was to begin to gather information from all SUP user groups in order to increase the comprehension of the complex issues and opinions pertaining to lifejacket wear, leash wear, and various forms of legislation and regulations that surround the great sport of SUP. ACA Mission Statement Founded in 1880, The American Canoe Association (ACA) is a national nonprofit organization serving the broader paddling public by providing education related to all aspects of paddling; stewardship support to help protect paddling environments; and sanctioning of programs and events to promote paddlesport competition and recreation. The ACA believes it is our role to: • Provide the general public with FUN paddlesport opportunities • Make paddling education and instruction accessible • Improve access to all paddling venues • Expand paddlesport to people of all abilities and to the underserved • Influence stewardship issues and public policy that effect paddlers and the paddling experience • Promote paddlesports competition at the local, regional and national levels • Create strategic alliances with clubs and other organizations that represent the outdoor experience in order to expand awareness and knowledge of paddlesport • Communicate the benefits of canoeing, kayaking, rafting and stand up paddleboarding as healthy lifetime recreation activities The heart of the ACA is the people who paddle, cherish and protect the rivers, lakes, streams, bays and oceans of the United States and beyond. ACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft – Rescue www.sup-aca.org 2 SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation General Survey Information • Online Survey o www.sup-aca.org • Timeframe o Started – August 1, 2012 o Ended – October 5, 2012 • Questions o Total number of questions: 14 . Multiple choice questions: 9 . Questions requiring a written response: 5 • Number of individual participants o 584 people completed all, or part of the survey • Number of responses to the five (5) questions requiring a written reply o 1,419 written responses received The online survey was conducted so that an individual could only participate a single time. Survey participants could skip any question if they so chose and still have the remainder of their answers recorded. Of the nine (9) multiple choice questions, six (6) questions only allowed for the selection of a single answer. Three (3) of the multiple choice questions allowed for the selection of more than one answer. For example the question: What venue(s) do you paddle a SUP on? allowed a participant to choose more than one answer. The final three questions of the survey allowed for participants to provide their opinion and write openly on the three primary topics of this survey, lifejackets, leashes and legislation and how they perceive them to pertain to SUP. SUP Survey Questions & Responses The following charts represent the responses to the nine (9) multiple choice survey questions. For each of the five (5) survey questions requiring a written response, a variety of responses representing the full range of opinions are provided in the main portion of the report. Complete submission data for those five (5) questions requiring a written response can be found in Appendices I and II at the end of this report. ACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft – Rescue www.sup-aca.org 3 SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation 1. How often do you paddle a SUP? Please include all types of boards, and in all venues. (Please select only one answer) How often do you paddle a SUP? 584 responses received 203 96 104 72 84 25 Never I've only Once a Twice a More than Daily tried it a week week 10 times a few times month 2. What venue(s) do you paddle a SUP on? (You may select more than one answer) What venue(s) do you paddle a SUP on? 565 responses received (4.1 per response) 440 330 292 297 241 254 228 121 41 59 ACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft – Rescue www.sup-aca.org 4 SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation 3. Do you wear a lifejacket while on a SUP? This question pertains to wearing it, not attaching it to your board. (Please select only one answer) Do you wear a lifejacket while on a SUP? 562 responses received 198 142 108 64 50 Always Always, except Most of the Sometimes Never when surfing Time in the ocean 4. Minimal or No Lifejacket Wear? If you sometimes do not wear a PFD, or never wear one while on a SUP, please describe why? (339 written responses submitted) A sample of the variety of written responses is provided here: • Because I choose not to. They are cumbersome, uncomfortable, and I simply don’t like wearing them. • Always on flatwater, never in surf • Because I wear a leash • A PFD vest impedes the mechanics of paddling for racing, training, and surfing. • I always wear a PFD in SUP and any other paddlesport and am appalled that others do not • I am a strong swimmer comfortable in the water, I wear a leash instead. I consider the board my PFD, I am generally within a reasonable swim of the shore. I maintain an eye on the weather and where the wind could come from or sweep me off to. If I was to be far enough from shore for a swim to be difficult or challenging, or if in colder waters without a wetsuit, or if the wind and weather might be able to change to an adverse scenario, then I would consider wearing a PFD, or carrying one on the board. Complete submission data for this question can be found in Appendix I. ACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft – Rescue www.sup-aca.org 5 SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation 5. If you do wear a lifejacket while on your SUP, what type do you wear? (You may select more than one answer) If you do wear a lifejacket while on your SUP, what type do you wear? 556 responses received (1.2 per response) 199 169 162 57 28 9 17 Inflatable Over the Inherently Inherently I wear Other I never beltpack shoulder buoyant buoyant one, but lifejacket wear a inflatable type III type V PFD I'm not type lifejacket PFD sure what type it is 6. Do you wear a leash while on a SUP? (Please select only one answer) Do you wear a leash while on a SUP? 554 responses received 185 191 116 62 Always Sometimes Never Depends upon the venue ACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft – Rescue www.sup-aca.org 6 SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation 7. If you do wear a leash while on your SUP, what type do you wear? (You may select more than one answer) If you do wear a leash while on your SUP, what type do you wear? 549 responses received (1.5 per response) 289 272 123 78 37 Surf style Coiled leash Adjustable A leash with a Other styles (straight) hybrid leash quick release leash mechanism (besides the velcro) 8. Minimal or No Leash Wear? If you sometimes do not wear a leash, or never wear one while on a SUP, please describe why? (339 written responses submitted) A sample of the variety of written responses is provided here: • Always wear a leash • A leash did not come with my board, so I didn't buy one. Plus I don't think it's too necessary for me since I only paddle on mostly flat water and can swim to land • Based on the venue I usually paddle, a leash isn't critical. It is very easy to retrieve your board when you fall off. • Only wear a leash while SUP surfing • I do not wear a leash in easy or difficult whitewater • Depends on the conditions, I mostly only wear one when I paddle surf or if racing and they require one • Don't feel the need in calm or flat water Complete submission data for this question can be found in Appendix I. ACA | Canoe - Kayak - SUP - Raft – Rescue www.sup-aca.org 7 SUP Survey: Lifejackets - Leashes - Legislation 9. Part I – Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) pertaining to PFD Wear Exemptions: Currently, SUPs are considered a vessel when operated outside of a designated swim area or a surf zone. On federal waters outside of those two areas, SUPs must meet the U.S. Coast Guard carriage requirements for a vessel. A brief overview is that there must be one lifejacket on board and readily accessible for each adult, noting that if you use an inflatable, it must be worn to meet the requirement.
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