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Best Fullsuit?
- Thread starter Havoc
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fuck that noise cuz, life is too short to wrestle with wetsuits.
while you are in the carpark wrestling a zip free I'm riding set waves.
while you are in the carpark wrestling a zip free I'm riding set waves.
We wear 1.5 long sleeve jackets so infrequently that for some reason I’m spacing. I got this jacket for a trip on the colder mornings with upwelling. There is bunching of neoprene in the arm pits. Rashy? I feel like sometimes too tight equals rashy? Any bunching automatically equals rashy? Send it back?
Not sure how readily available they are in the US but I got an Adelio 4/3 a few seasons back on sale and I’m super impressed with it. Robust looking suits with nice wide welded/glued seams, soft neoprene and warm too. Coming into my fourth season with it (can’t remember the last time that happened) and it’s still going strong. I’ll probably grab one of their 3/2’s when my current ones fall apart.
No telling. I've had it go both ways with extra neoprene in the pits.
Jacket fit is pretty hard to get right in the first place.
If you do start to rash, put something with 20% zinc on it and keep it on there until it clears. Those sunscreen sticks work well. Takes away the sting and will allow you to keep surfing.
I've bought a few suits and fins online from this shop in OR and they have always treated me right - looks like they've got some wetsuits on sale right now
www.cleanlinesurf.com
www.cleanlinesurf.com
Rip Curl Flashbomb 3/2 Zip Free Wetsuit
Rip Curl Flashbomb 3/2 Zip Free Wetsuit - New
www.cleanlinesurf.com
Rip Curl Flashbomb 4/3 Zip Free Wetsuit
Rip Curl Flashbomb 4/3 Zip Free Wetsuit
Is rip curl a good suit? For an extra $100 you can get an isurus zipfree and for an extra $40 you can get a Nine plus yamamoto.I've bought a few suits and fins online from this shop in OR and they have always treated me right - looks like they've got some wetsuits on sale right now
Rip Curl Flashbomb 3/2 Zip Free Wetsuit
Rip Curl Flashbomb 3/2 Zip Free Wetsuit - NewRip Curl Flashbomb 4/3 Zip Free Wetsuit
Rip Curl Flashbomb 4/3 Zip Free Wetsuit
I've bought a few suits and fins online from this shop in OR and they have always treated me right - looks like they've got some wetsuits on sale right now
Rip Curl Flashbomb 3/2 Zip Free Wetsuit
Rip Curl Flashbomb 3/2 Zip Free Wetsuit - NewRip Curl Flashbomb 4/3 Zip Free Wetsuit
Rip Curl Flashbomb 4/3 Zip Free Wetsuit
I love that place, I just bought a 5/4 hooded hyperfreak from them yesterday.
no idea, haven't tried any newer Ripcurls. I just posted it bc Havoc asked about sales. I use a Volte 4/3 and an Xcel 3/2 I got on the cheap. Interested in Isurus, but ya they're pricey. The only zipfree option for Isurus has a hood which i most certainly don't need in San Diego
How is your volte treating you? Ive seen a lot more guys around NCSD wearing them. I was thinking about getting one of those suits.
I like it, the 4/3 premium has been perfect for SD fall/winters. The liner is pretty comfy and isn't made of any weird techno material. It's plenty flexible for me though not as flexible as my previous all 3mm Hyperfreak. Also pricing is pretty reasonable, sub-$300, and I'm pretty sure they ship out of Oceanside. On their website they have a 4/3 version with smoothskin which is more expensive and a zipperless 3/2 option too.
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I'm in an argumentative mood today
timed myself getting into my dry excel chest zip, 3/2 steamer this morning. One and a half minutes, no rushing, included putting on my rash vest. I concede you are almost certainly a faster paddler than me.Timed myself getting out of it post surf this morning. No rushing, including taking off my rash vest 1 minute 15 seconds. So in that time you have got out of your back zip, driven home and opened your first can of beer?
I just make the observation that on the internet, everyone gets out of their chest zips effortlessly.
In real life all you see are wrestling matches and seams wearing out in a year because of frustrated hands tearing at them.
Meanwhile, one zip and I'm free as a bird baby.
Both ways.
In real life all you see are wrestling matches and seams wearing out in a year because of frustrated hands tearing at them.
Meanwhile, one zip and I'm free as a bird baby.
Both ways.
perish the thought of wearing my Patagucci with its recycled plastic bottle lining without rash vest and speedos. Am I the only one who wears speedos under their wetties nowadays? I notice most people seem to use these mexican poncho changing things to change so I am not aware of their underwear habits.
PS. the times I quoted to get in and out of my wettie did not include putting on and taking off speedos. I only realised that I was going to have to include time to get the rashy on was after I started the stop watch on my phone, because with my routine wettie goes on up to waist, before I put the rashie on and it comes off and placed in my bucket before I peel the rest of my wettie off when getting out.
Rash vests can be great. I remember the time I saw a hot as bodyboarder chick at Greenmount with a rash vest, no bikini top underneath, post surf in frigid morning air temps.....ah good times.
Just pulled the trigger on the Body Glove 5/4/3 hooded RedCell. $100 off list price, seems very flexible, a little worried about the fit over my right shoulder, hope it will break-in. Supposed to have solid waves tomorrow so will report back, an expensive R&D session; water temp 41 degrees. Funny how this suit/tech seems off the radar, maybe find out why tomorrow...yikes