Solution to wet wetsuits!

Yeah man go for it. East Coast winter surfers would dig it a LOT. I drive home from dawn patrol sessions still in suit and take it off in shower. Hey include something on there that lets gloves and boots hang to dry as well.
Build yourself one, see how it goes, work out kinks and bugs and then let it FLY!
Good luck

 

Surfers generally dont have or spend a lot of money. It might be a good idea but i just use a hanger and hang it in the shower.

 

Great idea. Couple of suggestions/points to make:

1. Surfers do spend money. We like to think of surfer's as people on tight budgets, living off the land, not into materialism, etc... but the truth is, all the major brands are billion dollar a year companies, board prices have skyrocketed (and we still buy them), and prices have generally gone up. 10 years ago i bought a top of the line 5/4 wetsuit for $230 bucks. thought it was crazy expensive. Now the top of the line suits are close to $500. And everyone still buys them.
2. At $500 a suit, people will spend the extra $20 to make them last longer.
3. I don't like to hang my suit by a hangar when its wet. I worry that a wet wetsuit, when hanging just by the hanger, puts too much weight/pressure on the shoulder areas, and possibly stretches the suit out. Maybe i'm worrying too much, but at $500 a suit, I do everything i can to take care of it.
4. I currently use a household drying rack, as you explained. Drape it over the top, and i think it dries quicker than hanging it by a hanger, as the water has two directions to drain (down the legs and down the arms). YOU NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF FROM THIS DEVICE.
5. Make extensions for booties and gloves, and have an extra rack for a towel.
6. Have an upgraded model that has a base plate with a small fan in it. Air movement is key to drying something out.

Good luck.

 

I think I get what you're saying. The rack folds up against the wall, and then extends out when in use where the wetsuits can hang off it and drip into the tub. I'm not sure about using aluminum (rust). Maybe plastic or the environmentally friendly marine grade waterproofed cedar or bamboo. Bamboo is already in a round bar like shape too!

Also hardcore designers and surfers could get it to attach to the hinges in to shower door. Then all you have to do is make the bars that the suit hangs on.

 

That's funny, but the reality is that surfboards have increased disproportionately with the economy and the increase that was observed a few years ago was a proportional adjustment because the artificially low prices were not sustainable.

Gallon of Milk in 1963 50 cents
Gallon of Milk in 2013 $3.50
7 times increase

9' Hobie Surfboard in 1963 $135
9' Hobie Surfboard in 2013 $1040
7 time increase

 

remember billabong has been deemed financially worthless.
If the surfing market was so flush with cash, local shapers would be driving around in benz' and bmw's.

 

Don't surf.......wetsuits will stay dry. Problem solved........

 

Good ideas!! I use a large Rubbermaid tub to carry my suits and stand in them when I have to take off my suit outdoors. No mess, no sand. When hanging in the shower its used to catch any water thats outside the shower. Fans definately help and having something for those booties and gloves would help.

 

what kind of homo would buy a BMW or a Benz? no real surfer, let alone shaper, making money or not would do that.

 

I use these products and would recommend them to anyone. Hang them from a tension rod in my shower. If your product was better, no reason it wouldn't sell. Just giving you an FYI that there are similar products out there.

$15


$11

 

I love when I leave my wetsuit to dry in the shower overnight, totally forget about it, then go to shower in the morning and all my $hit is in my way.

 

Ever open the curtain and get startled because it briefly looked like someone was hanging in your shower? Then you realize, sh*t I put that there....

 

how do you know what a shaper would want to buy? You still have your parents driving you around to surf where the lifeguards are.

 

yeah, I hung mine outside my back door the other day...

 

Isn't there a hang goose type thing already out there?

In other news, I'm trying to reinvent wax.

 

Hahaha, hell yeah, all half asleep, then you gotta move it before you get in and it's all damp and cold. Love it!

 

I have a 2nd bedroom / bath that I usually hang mine in but one time I put in the master bath and didn't tell my wife, well she walked in and screamed like she saw a dead person, good times

 

Priceless! Dude you're gonna hear about that one forever. Lol.