WETSUIT

by **raza** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:11 pm

Now then guys was looking for a new wetsuit for winter.
looking at the billabong solution gold 5/4/3. any opinions on it?

surf on the east coast so going to be damm cold in the north sea. willow.....

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by **Knockalla Surf** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:16 pm

My friend has a Billabong 5 4 3 and it gave him nothing but trouble with holes and splitting at the bottom of the legs, I recently purchased a C-Skin 5 4 3, fantastic suit, really superior to my old Alder with a lot of manouverability and warmer.

by **Dr Rev** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:16 pm

I wear the Billa-Bong oscilator 5-4-3mm, great suit and warm too, If the solution gold is a good as mine you should have no worries.

Hope this helps

by **mrc** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:47 pm

I have a ripcurl classic and now i know where the name comes from pile of xxxxx if you ask me,but a staple gun seems to work wonders.

by **GowerCharger** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:24 pm

i have an oscillator 5-3 too, not had any problems with it in 2 years seams all still good.

remember in the land of the wetsuits the quality of the fit is king, try a few on first, if its loose in places (specially the wrists or ankles) then its not gonna be any good for you, find one or two that fis good- then worry about the seam quality etc.

by **Broosta** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:12 am

Try an Xcel Infinity 5/4/3, thats my next purchase. Currently got an O'neill Psycho 2 and its got leaky seams now after 3 years.

What bit of the North Sea you gonna be surfing?

by **liquido** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:58 am

i have a 3/4 Rip Curl Core, not too expensive and a great winter wetsuit!

by **north sea surf** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:09 am

hey,
I surf the north sea, i wear a tiki 5,4,3. stay pretty toastie in the winter, had no problems...

by **GowerCharger** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:16 pm

liquido wrote:i have a 3/4 Rip Curl Core, not too expensive and a great winter wetsuit!

maybe in lisbon it is, but you wouldnt want to surf a north sea winter in a 4/3

by **Jimi** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:27 pm

Surely the north sea in winter would be getting close to dry suit weather? just watch out for those pointy rocks...

by **raza** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:14 pm

Surf around cayton bay..
so need a good suit . someone said a 3/4 god i will die haha

by **wasanthi** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:54 pm

5.4.3 is the best.
snugg are the best!

by **GowerCharger** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:02 pm

yeah, i was gonna mention snugg, if you got the money to spend a custom made wetsuit is a cracking investment, i had one a few years back when i couldnt find an off the peg suit which i was happy with in terms of fit, warmest wetsuit suit i ever wore. I also had a fleece-lined sola (semi)dry-suit before that which was unbelivable, i used to get damp inside it but that was from sweating cos it was sooo warm, only problem is when the seams do eventually start to go and water trickles in it almost impossible to fix and doesnt work half as well.

by **liquido** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:11 pm

GowerCharger wrote:
liquido wrote:i have a 3/4 Rip Curl Core, not too expensive and a great winter wetsuit!

maybe in lisbon it is, but you wouldnt want to surf a north sea winter in a 4/3

sure lolol

belive in me, here in portugal you fell you almost sweat on a 4/3

by **wasanthi** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:32 am

try to get a second hand snugg. and try to deal, they are realy nice

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