Island Ninja T-shirt Sun Hood

by TimAnderson

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Intro: Island Ninja T-shirt Sun Hood


Protect yourself from the sun.

Marshall Islanders invented this fine sun hood from a t-shirt. They call it "ninja style".
Here seen on the skipper of the chase boat of the 2000 national sailing canoe race at Majuro, Marshall Islands.

Just look out through the neck hole and tie the sleeves behind your head.
You're all set for a day on the water.
Works equally well covering mouth and nose or exposing them.

2nd picture is me with my own sailing canoe on an outer islet of Majuro Atoll.
A small or child's t-shirt is all you need, but any t-shirt will do.

8 Comments

mcflyalright 14 years ago

This works well for biking in the winter too if you use a spandexy-base layer-workout kind of shirt; cotton gets wet and than makes you colder.

Ingerson 17 years ago

Much better instructions here:

FlawlessCowboy 17 years ago

hahaha i saw that on a shirt at hot topic. i do it sometimes on my cross country runs at school. Actually, they think its funny. I was expecting less-friendly results.

mangycur 16 years ago

IN THE DESSERT URINATE ON IT TO MAKE YOU COOLER! (TEMP)COOLER!

Whaleman 16 years ago

Turns out this is good for an area with lots of smoke too! I use this occasionally because it is sunny where I live. Kudos.

Aleksi 17 years ago

We don't ge that much sun in Finland but the same technique works well against mosquitos too.