Baja Back seating comfort design

Extrasport® created the first PFD with a thinner lower-back section for increased comfort on the seat backs in today's sit-on tops and rec boats. It caught on immediately—big time. The idea behind our Baja Back is that a thicker upper-back floatation section and thinner lower section keeps the foam off your body, giving you easier movement and greater freedom. In addition, testing in water shows that this design contributes to a better floatation angle and reduces uncomfortable ride-up of the vest while paddling.

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GlideFit™ patented comfort construction

This Extrasport® innovation ensures a comfortable fit and easier movement during paddle strokes. How? We radically redesigned the foam inserts in most life vests, which are nothing more than a couple of layers of roughly the same size and shape, one just sitting on the other. We found that you get a more comfortable and accommodating fit by placing a smaller outer layer of foam on a larger, thinner layer—so the foam wraps around and conforms to your torso much better. Then we wrap the outer layer with our GlideFit™ Cartilage, a unique, patented system that allows the panels to glide on each other, even when wet.

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