Bathtub Water

I guess they like scab-free nipples.

 

same here man. i dont wear wetsuits untill october maybe early november if it stays warm enough. whatever. they are the ones roasting and complaining out there

 

If the air is real warm and it's sunny i wont wear it...otherwise i'll wear it. 2 mill short sleeve full with holes in it..not all that warm anyway.

 

much of this week the air was really chilly when i was paddling out...1mil top was the call. lost of guys in fullsuits & short arm fulls too though. definitely not cold enough for that, but chilly w/out a top for sure.

 

I don't get into a wetsuit unless it's below about 65. I surfed Florida a couple years ago, the water felt like warm bathwater and every single person down there were wearing wetsuits, it was bizarre! I guess different people have different tolerances for cold water, but in no way do i consider 65-70 degree water cold. just my 2 cents.

 

I think most of the time, most of the year on either coast (minus the SE), wearing boardies to surf is nothing more than a novelty. Seriously, I don't shed my rubber until its 72-75 degree range, and even then, who are we kidding, that is NOT bathtub water. There are spots in Hawaii in the high 70s that I was chilly in.....

So for me, I see guys even in CA wearing boardies in june and may. Its just lame to me. I guess you just want to work on your suntan, or scab up your nipples.... But who are you kidding. The water in CA doesnt get over 72, ALMOST EVER!!!! So, I actually havent gone to boardies in over 2 years out here... Its setpember, im a 3/2. I was in a 3/2 in August... The water temps are like 68 right now... That is NOT warm....

I just think back home, I trunked it more because the water goes from 40 degrees, up to the 70s, so it just SEEMS like its warm....

Especially with todays wetsuti technology. My winter suit feels like its painted on. I dont feel restricted at all.... I really dont have any more modility in boardies. So why would I trunk it?

I would only trunk it in high 60s low 70s if I only plan on being out for like 30-40 minutes. I dont know about you guys, but my sessions are much closer to 2 hours than 30 minutes... So complete comfort is a must for me... And trunking it just aint comfortable.....

below 73, and im in rubber... no doubt... call me a wuss or whatever, but I am only out there to catch as many waves as possible and do my think... Shivering and paddling around for warmth is not an option.....

I always ask my buddies who trunk it all summer what the fu** they are thinking... Most of them are marines and military types, so they are usually trying to be the Alpha Male everywhere we go... But deep down, them fools know its cold!

 

everybody is entitled to their own opinion zach, in no way am i trying to be hard core by wearing boardies, i just know what i like to surf in best and it's boardies and a rashguard. if it was up to me I'd never wear a wetsuit, but that's just me and considering where I live I have to wear one most of the year...and I usually stay in the water for 3+ hours.

 

Yeah, I feel u. I was just generalizing. I just think as surfers, no matter where we live we r all trying to emulate the tropical, island lifestyle, so the thought of trunking it is on everyones mind. I just think a lot of guys shed way too soon. Now, august, in oc md when a hurricane isn't on the way, I'm trunking it no doubt. But most julys in oc, I'm still cold unless the sun is really beating.

And I did notice that in all the sick irene footage I've seen, everyone north of wilmington had a full suit on. I saw one guy trunking it mitchells photos...

But every pro crew I saw that was in jersey on surf business to get shacked on film, were all wrapped in rubber. A lot of cold water filled in, but still. All novelty aside, the chargers were wrapped up in rubber and ready to handle business

 

I completely agree dude. I love trunking it when I can but for me thats not until the water is like 75 or warmer and the air is warm. Maybe its because I'm skinny but I'd rather be comfortable for the entire session then shivering in trunks. I trunked it a few times this summer in NJ but was usually in my spring suit since I get on it at dawn and its a little cooler out.

The water definitely cooled down into probably the mid 60s for the Irene swell, I was perfect in a 3/2 but I guess its just different for everyone (almost everyone I surfed with had a fullsuit on though). I do love taking trips down to southern NC and surfing in trunks though, its just nice to be free of all the rubber and not have to change in and out of a suit.

For me its all about comfort and whatever will allow me the longest session and unfortunately in NJ that means some rubber most of the time...

 

what a kook comment. "the chargers were wrapped up in rubber and ready to handle business". Maybe those chargers just have very tiny testicles and don't like the chilly 68+ water temps. Give me a break. Maybe I'm just not a 'charger' since I LONG for the days when I can get out of a wetsuit - regardless of how fantastic the technology is - and just throw my trunks on and get in the water. I absolutely hate wetsuits. And as for sessions, 30 minutes is a 'dip' in the ocean if you ask me. Trunks, with nothing else, i'm out from 1.5 hrs until I feel like getting out. Maybe my blood is just a little warmer, who knows.
And before it gets said, YES I do surf all year round and you can find me anytime there is a swell in the uptown section of Atlantic City. I'm usually the guy out in freezing water in my 4/3 (don't wear any thicker) and sometimes with my hood off.

All the chargers were wrapped in rubber. Give me a break...

 

I have a 2 mil spring suit i'll wear if it's chilly, but this time of year...I'm usually good in trunks until November, some years it differs slightly with air temp. Unfortunatly, I didn't get to surf Irene, I had a bacholer party to go to up north...

the guys in Jerz were all wearing rubber 'cause there was poo floating around...

 

I am in boardies from late early may to late oct most of the time but that can change depending on how fast it warms up and starts to cool down. If there is a light breeze I'll wear my 2 mil beaver tail in the summer. Lately I have been toying with the ideal of a ss fullsuit for mid sept when the water gets chilly from upwelling

 

I was one of the ones at chincoteague wearing a wetsuit yesterday haha. I got alittle cold after 3 hours in trunks, so i wore the wetsuit. But then im to hot when i wear that. I got the 3/2 rip curl intending to use it as a 3/2 but it acts like a 4/3 with keeping heat in. I think im gonna get a nice 2ml springsuit. In february i wear a 4/3, maybe my balls grow in the winter haha.

 

When the surf is on the bigger side I wear a wetsuit. Not sure why I just feel more comfortable and secure in a suit. Also everyone is different depending on body fat percentage. A very lean person will perceive the water as colder than someone with a layer of fat. I know this as fact since I used to be able to surf until late October in Md without a suit but after losing almost 20 lbs this year I get cold very fast. The length of a session also determines how warm you feel. I see lots of guys come runing down to the water, run and jump on their boards, paddle out full throttle, backs arched heads up and overly alert (lol) catch a bunch of waves really fast and leave after an hour. If you see me walking down with my short sleave 3/2 don't expect me to get out of the water for 3 hours or more. The other day I surfed close to 6 hours with wind and clouds, not sure how you could have survived that without a suit.

 

Oh yeah I should add that I feel way more freedom naked under a good stretchy 3/2 than I do In a crappy pair of boardshorts chaffing my thighs every time I sit up. Even the expensive pair of shorts I have tear me up.

 

that is a good point...

 

Alot people ive talked to say they hate wearing wetsuits. After seeing that stretchy 3/2 post maybe they need a better wetsuit. My first wetsuit was a ron jon 3/2 and if everyone else feels like i did in that i dont blame them for hating on the wetsuit haha.

 

Admit it, you guys are just afraid of serious "Shrinkage."

 

You got me