Mine: plastic box "few fabric softner sheets" stored in cool dry place. Fold suit same way body moves at waist fold forward arms tucked side and legs bent back at knees.
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The Great Unbiased Wetsuit Review Thread
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I think we have a Patrick Bateman on our hands
oh, and another update on the buell RB1:
It now flushes during most normal duckdives and if I fall the ankle and wrist cuffs will almost certainly roll back. suit is sized perfectly too.
It now flushes during most normal duckdives and if I fall the ankle and wrist cuffs will almost certainly roll back. suit is sized perfectly too.
Any SFOB surfers wearing 3mm suits through winter? I’m looking to get a new suit for this upcoming season and my buddy swears by the hooded 3mm Isurus suit he uses, but I’ve always used a 4/3 so I’m a little skeptical
I tried that suit and it is cold AF. Your buddy is insane. I could only last an hour in that suit even when the water is the warmest it gets in fall/early winter.
Haha, I am probably built more like a sea lion than Kool but that's my go-to all year (the hooded 3M) until the water dips below 54, It is a bit chilly if it's inconsistent but OB isn't usually that. if it's 59+ I have a 2M Isurus I go to and if below 54 then I go to the 4/3 hooded which is roasting and pretty stiff. No booties pretty much ever.
The temp guide on the site actually starts at 46 which is pretty nuts and wouldn't include the wind chill. 3M Isurus is like 4M Rip Curl, a little more cumbersome but will last and stay warm way longer.
Note- I rotate my suits a bunch, am good at rinsing, etc. and mostly surf just a few times a week but my 3M has been going for I think 3 years now, and still warm.
Also, the rubber feels frikin nice, I have a rip curl as well that I only bust out if all else are wet and dread that carpet rub
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Doesn’t sound like ur chilly
I was before... and my feet get cold as F, but just don't like booties
I have no clue about crooked suits but ive fallen for the our-4/3-is-as-warm-as-a-5/4 scam before.
Ha. Yeah if you need a 5/4, you need a 5/4.
4/3 isn't cutting it when the water dips below 48.
4/3 isn't cutting it when the water dips below 48.
damn several trustworthy people convinced me to yolo a matuse. Even working on growing a mustache. But JKB is giving me buyers remorse. I guess I'll find out this winter.
Matuse is great if you live somewhere with a lot of sunshine and no wind.
Otherwise, hard pass.
Otherwise, hard pass.
sounds perfect for my cold offshore winds at dawn. So weird all the broskies say they’re warm as can be
“Thanks to the butter-smooth Yamamoto neoprene, the crooked suit is like wearing a warm hug in the line up. It is the easiest suit you’ll ever slide into and your butt will never look better.”
I’m sold.
dunno about their wetsuits, but I got gifted a Matuse wetsuit top to replace my 6 year old Patagucci, and the standard L was way too small, so I had to bump up a size. maybe fancy neoprene just stretches out less. I'm an XLS in my Isurus S/S full but a LS in just about every other brand. or maybe I just need to cut back on the burritos and beer..