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I have a right arm 6 inches longer than the otherCustom wetsuit is peak kook. A suit lasts two seasons and then they are garbage.
Spoken like a true Europeasant whose car probably doesn't have the torque to haul a decent ribeye home from the grocery store. Here in peak disposable income, while the Xcels generally fit me fine and so I have no need of a custom wetsuit, we have horrors far more grim than someone getting a perfectly fitting wetsuit:Custom wetsuit is peak kook. A suit lasts two seasons and then they are garbage.
You forgot SUPsSpoken like a true Europeasant whose car probably doesn't have the torque to haul a decent ribeye home from the grocery store. Here in peak disposable income, while the Xcels generally fit me fine and so I have no need of a custom wetsuit, we have horrors far more grim than someone getting a perfectly fitting wetsuit:
1. Instagram
2. Geo-tagged instagram posts
3. SUPs
4. Longboards
5. Mid-lengths
6. People going to the beach in groups
7. SUPs
8. Go Pros
9. Go Pro mounts
10. Fun-loggers with backwards-facing Go Pro mounts.
11. Social Media
12. SUPs
13. Instagram
14. People who learned how to drive from their parents or their gym teacher, 75% of whom couldn't drive for sh!t.
15. SUPs
16. Laird
17. Tow-surfing
18. Boaters
19. Instagram
20. SUPs
I'm curious to hear the results of this experiment (going up 1mm with no liner).Thanks Yewstreet! Hoping it's warm enough (I usually wear 5/4s). Some of the lined suits get super heavy, so this is a bit of an experiment to try thicker, plain neoprene in cold water.
Waves yesterday (water not too cold but air pretty cold/windy):
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twice as long as yourI have a right arm 6 inches longer than the other
I used to run those Rip Curl 4.5/3.5 hooded E-bombs which were advertised as without liner. They were plenty warm enough, with the smoothskin on chest panel. Not any noticeable difference in warmth to the dryloc 4/3 hood with liners IMO. Until the tape would start leaking in the crotch. That sucked.I'm curious to hear the results of this experiment (going up 1mm with no liner).
Let us know what you think when you get the suit.
Good to know.I used to run those Rip Curl 4.5/3.5 hooded E-bombs which were advertised as without liner. They were plenty warm enough, with the smoothskin on chest panel. Not any noticeable difference in warmth to the dryloc 4/3 hood with liners IMO. Until the tape would start leaking in the crotch. That sucked.
I go thick and cheap, which usually means minimal liner. Bottom of the range 5.5mm Xcel and 5/3 Hurley are my warmest hooded and non-hooded wetties respectively. The 5.5 Xcel has no smoothskin. My top of the range 5mm Xcel was probably the warmest when it was new (that has some smoothskin)....
Last time I had a wetsuit without fuzzy liner and smoothskin, I didn't find it very warm however. But then again, I got it the same thickness I normally would so that could have been my issue.
I'm guessing liner soaked with water weighs more.I go thick and cheap, which usually means minimal liner. Bottom of the range 5.5mm Xcel and 5/3 Hurley are my warmest hooded and non-hooded wetties respectively. The 5.5 Xcel has no smoothskin. My top of the range 5mm Xcel was probably the warmest when it was new (that has some smoothskin).
Which weighs more, an extra 1mm of rubber or a liner soaked in water?
Me too!I go thick and cheap
The fuzzy purple lining of my old billabong furnace was heavy when pulled out of the wettie bucket dripping wet, but it drained quickly and in practice the liners are not saturated when we are wearing them. Then considering that the outer nylon of my xcel with no smoothskin would soak some water I don't know the answer. Also the bottom of the range xcel does have some sort of liner.I'm guessing liner soaked with water weighs more.
However, I'm also guessing a 4/3 with a liner would be more flexible than a 5/4 with no liner.
Feral is doing a preorder for 3/2s and 4/3s for early Jan delivery. Other than that it seems like you need to be a really weird size and surf really cold water.How does one get a wetsuit these days? Literally everything is sold out all of the time.
It's like a new social club. fuckin gross.covid surfers ruined surfing
its like the entire country took up surfing during the pandemic