the hood messes with my hearing and peripheral vision... and I need all the help I can get, not a handicap. I'll save it for those early morningsused to think the same but I dawn patrol and wear a hood now for at least the first part of the session. Rarely wear booties though.
It's funny to think that people wear booties in 56-59 degree water but laugh at folks that wear a hood when the air is in the mid 40's with an offshore wind. Lol
And don't get me wrong, I used to be one of them.