New winter wetsuit

[coldkook]

Thanks Greg I'll do that. Yeah the suits well warm, although mine is a 6/4 so it should be really . The batwing neck seal is really good for stopping flushes and it's kept me toastie warm for 2-3hr sessions in 5-6C water which is pretty good for a bit of rubber! The seal thing is a bit disapointing though, it's the internal liquid seam as shown on that footage you posted!

Cheers, Brian.

[badger101]

Thanks greg. I ordered my new suit yesterday.

[greg@hoodatsurfco]

^^awesome! Let me know how you like it. I want this suit, but I think I am gonna get the life's worth out of my Oneil right now.. its still in decent condition.

[alimac2411]

Hello Ali mac - I'm after some new boots and they sound pretty good, do you still get much feel of the board through them or are the soles quite thick?

Also speaking of rip curl suits my f bomb is coming apart on the liquid seam stuff, had it about a year, does anyone know how to get in touch with rip curl about this cos I can't see anything on their site for customer service etc.

Cheers.

yeah the boots are great & are designed for surfing so yeah, plenty of feeling thru the soles

[coldkook]

yeah the boots are great & are designed for surfing so yeah, plenty of feeling thru the soles[/quote]


Cheers Ali, I was only asking cos I once had a pair of circle 1 boots that had soles on them like wellies!

[alimac2411]

yeah the boots are great & are designed for surfing so yeah, plenty of feeling thru the soles

Cheers Ali, I was only asking cos I once had a pair of circle 1 boots that had soles on them like wellies![/quote]

Happy surfin down pease and coldingham bay mate - take it that's were you go, been there myself a few times when i stayed in Weegie land.

[coldkook]

Aye around there, not so much coldingham but pease and a few other spots that I'm sure you know .
Just been reading a bit about lewis in surf nation by alex wade, good book, it's definatley on my list of places to visit though probably next year now. Have a good weekend

[timmyo]

xcel wetsuitd are the best! keep you warm and flexable, however they do come at a price

[Chris369]

I turned down an Xcel wetsuit yesterday ... it was last seasons 5/4 for £150 (new) would have been £220 last year. Liquid seams inside but not 100%, the legs were just taped by the looks of things.

I'm going for a C-Skins Session 5/3 instead @ £200 with 100% liquid seams .... did I make a good/bad decision?

[Kabazz]

I just bought a salomon 5/3 suit for £60, havn't been in the water with it yet but it seemed very toasty.

[alimac2411]

Aye around there, not so much coldingham but pease and a few other spots that I'm sure you know .
Just been reading a bit about lewis in surf nation by alex wade, good book, it's definatley on my list of places to visit though probably next year now. Have a good weekend

Yeah if you come up here you're guaranteed waves somewhere, there's only been 1 day since august where there was no surf anywhere, the only thing that tends to stop us going out is if the weather is crap! Cause we're an island we pick up north, south, east and west swells, and if the wind is onshore at one place then it'll be offshore somewhere else! Also if you check out the swell chart on magic seaweed and look at lewis, you can see that almost always there's a swell hitting it, even if there's little else in the rest of the uk! Just remember a car is best up here. You can catch a ferry from Ullapool to Stornoway. If you give us a shout before you come up we can give you some pointers as into where to go to get some surf!

[ocean]

I just bought the Salomon Myo 5/3 suit only used it a couple of times but it seems good so far.

I bought the 5/3 as i've used my 3/2 Salomon suit for 2 years for windsurfing and a couple of months since i started surfing and it has lasted better than most of the suits i've owned.Hopefully the 5/3 lasts as well as the 3/2 has.

[surfdownunder]

Hard call mate, if you have the cash then you can get anything you want what size are you?