CSUSM researchers, students, expand their study of surfing
While wearing a mask, to measure oxygen consumption, kinesiology student Cody Cuchna, 24, paddles a surfboard against the current created in a swim flume as Assistant Professor Sean Newcomer watches. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology student and intern Cody Cuchna, 24, holds a surfboard while wearing a mask, to measure oxygen consumption, as he gets ready to paddle a surfboard in the swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology student Cody Cuchna, 24, paddles a surfboard while wearing a mask, to measure oxygen consumption, as he and other students demonstrate collecting physical measurements while paddling a surfboard in a swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Sean Newcomer shows surfboards that were specifically designed to vary in shape and volume so that they can be used for paddle testing in a swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Elijah Anderson, 13, has a heart rate monitor placed on his chest after he agreed to be tested by Cal State University San Marcos kinesiology students. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cal State University San Marcos intern Moses Wosk, 24, left, puts a protective cover over a wrist device, that records heart rate, length of time skating and distance, on Judah Mann, 6. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Alexandra Scully signs the paperwork for kinesiology intern Moses Wosk, 24, so that her son Ryan Scully, 8, right, can participate in CSUSM Kinesiology Department’s skateboarder study. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Eight-year-old Ryan Scully rides his skateboard while wearing a wrist device and heart rate monitor on his chest, to record heart rate, how far he’s skated, and length of time skating. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cal State University San Marcos kinesiology student Makaela Logan, 22, pulls out one of several Hurley wetsuits used for testing surfers body temperature. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology student Chris Zepeda, 24 places a waterproof bandage over a sensor, or thermistor, to measure skin temperature, on the leg of a surfer that volunteered to participate in a wetsuit study at Swamis. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
The eight sensors, or thermistors, that Cal State University San Marcos students attach to surfers that volunteer to participate in a wetsuit study. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology students Alvin Padilla, 24, and Makaela Logan, 22, place a sensors, or thermistors, used to measure skin temperature, on surfer James Petracca, 27. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology student Chris Zepeda, 24, right, and Makaela Logan, 22, cover sensors, or thermistors, used to measure skin temperature, with waterproof bandages. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
After CSUSM kinesiology students, including Alvin Padilla, 24, left, and Chris Zepeda, 24, center, placed eight skin sensors on him, surfer James Petracca, 27, puts on a Hurley wetsuit provided by the students. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
After kinesiology students placed eight sensors, or thermistors, used to measure skin temperature, and a heart rate monitor on him, surfer James Petracca, 27, who volunteered to participate in the CSUSM surf study, rides a wave at Swamis. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology student Alvin Padilla, 24, takes a temperature reading of surfer James Petracca’s foot, who volunteered to participate in a wetsuit study by Cal State University San Marcos students, just after he got out of the water. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Associate Professor Jeff Nessler attaches EMG sensors, which measures muscle activity, on to kinesiology student Cody Cuchna, 24, as they prepare to demonstrate how physical measurements are collected while paddling a surfboard in a swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
A waterproof bandage is placed over an EMG sensor, which measures muscle activity, as kinesiology student Cody Cuchna, 24, is prepped for a demonstration of how physical measurements are collected while paddling a surfboard in a swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology intern Ning Jia, 25, puts a mask, used to measure oxygen consumption, on fellow intern and student Cody Cuchna, 24, before he paddles a surfboard in a swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology student Cody Cuchna, 24, paddles a surfboard while wearing a mask, to measure oxygen consumption, as he and other students demonstrate collecting physical measurements while paddling a surfboard in a swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology student Cody Cuchna, 24, paddles a surfboard while wearing a mask, to measure oxygen consumption, as he and other students demonstrate collecting physical measurements while paddling a surfboard in a swim flume. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Elijah Anderson, 13, who is wearing a sensor chest and data recorder on his right wrist, jumps while riding his skateboard at the Encinitas Community skateboard park. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
The wrist device participating skateboarders wear is a receiver for the heart rate monitor placed on their chest. It also records the length of time skateboarding and has GPS to determine the distance the skateboarder traveled. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cal State University San Marcos kinesiology intern Moses Wosk, 24, third from right, helps Jasper Bier, 10, with filling out the paperwork so that he can participate in the skateboarder study. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kinesiology professors, Assistant Professor Sean Newcomer, right, and Associate Professor Jeff Nessler, sit next to the swim flume where they and their students test subjects to collect scientific data that will improve surfboard and wetsuit designs. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)