Post up your Suite quiver

Discussion in 'All Discussions' started by EmassSpicoli, Nov 19, 2014.

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  1. Nov 19, 2014 #1
    EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

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    Apr 16, 2013
    Lots of talk bout da rubber deeze daze. The treads are refreshingly productive and progressive as well and not the run of the mill, repetitive wetsuite treads. Figure if we post up what we've got for rubber we can see if others have something we are lacking for safety or performance.

    Yeah, it's flat buoys. Gotta do something to stay stoked. This is keeping me sane.

    Spicoli's suite quiv:

    Starting lineup
    Cold/Freezing
    XCEL Drylock 5/4
    7mm Drylock round-toe boots
    5mm Drylock lobster claws
    (7mm Drylock mitts for real cold)
    (5mm Drylock split-toe boots en route in mail)
    (5mm Hyperflex lobster claws en route in mail)
    Cool
    XCEL Infiniti X-Zip2 Comp 3/2
    3mm Drylock split-toe boots
    1.5mm XCEL spring glove
    Warmer
    Hurley Fusion 202 SS fullsuit
    (1mm XCEL Infiniti split-toe reef boot for real rocky breaks)
    XCEL Drylock 2mm topper as alternative with baggies
    Warmest
    Every Rip Curl Mirage baggie known to man and a few hard to find XCEL baggies

    Bullpen (backups and for friends to borrow)
    XCEL Drylock 5/4 (in XLS rather than LS, got it dirt cheap on CL and it's mint)
    XCEL Xflex 3/2 backzip (same as above)

    For parts
    6/5/4 Drylock that has mad rips and tears but is still a ton of usable rubber for fixes
    4/3 XCEL Hawaii Titanium backzip
     
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    EmassSpicoli, Nov 19, 2014
    EmassSpicoli, Nov 19, 2014
  3. Nov 19, 2014 #2
    MATT JOHNSON

    MATT JOHNSON Well-Known Member

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    Oct 11, 2009
    Xcel 3/2 infinit
    Xcel 7mil boots Drylock
    Xcel,5 mil boots Drylock
    Xcel 7mil mits Drylock
    Hyperflex flow 5/4/3
    Vintage Soul 2mil Farmer John
    Vintage Soul 2 mil Front zip long sleeve top

    When I'm not wearing any of that Im Trunking it in Birdwells
     
    MATT JOHNSON, Nov 19, 2014
    MATT JOHNSON, Nov 19, 2014

  5. Nov 19, 2014 #3
    yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

    9,092
    Sep 26, 2008
    Xcel 3/2 Hawaii
    Xcel Drylock 3/2
    Xcel Hawaii 4/3
    Xcel Drylock 4/3
    Xcel Drylock 5/4 w hood
    Billabong 302 Xero Gold
    Billabong 403 Xero Gold
    O'Neill Pyrotech 4/3
    Patagonia spring suit

    Generic reef booties
    Xcel Drylock 7mm boots
    Rip Curl F-Bomb 7mm boots
    O'Neill 5mm boots
    O'Neill 5mm gloves
    Xcel Drylock 7mm lobstahs

    Coupla prs of Elephant Trunks liner shorts

    Too many board shorts. Yeah. It's flat.
     
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  6. Nov 19, 2014 #4
    Slashdog

    Slashdog Well-Known Member

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    May 22, 2012
    Wow. Emass has more wettie gear than my girlfriend has dresses. You guys have walk in closets for these fashionable collections?

    Tattered Hyperflex Cyclone "4/3"
    Xcel Infiniti 6/5/4
    Oneil poly vest with hood (2mm?)

    Ripcurl Flashbomb gloves, 5mm, holes in palms
    Xcel Drylock 5mm booties

    One pair Reef boardies that I found in a hostel in S. America.
     
    Slashdog, Nov 19, 2014
    Slashdog, Nov 19, 2014
  7. Nov 19, 2014 #5
    EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

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    Apr 16, 2013
    Lol yes bro, it's copious. Then again, consider that nearly all of that I have purchased new 30-60% off retail, and the used suites were nearly free. I don't often spend full price. There's enough deals from season to season that you can stay fully outfitted on a shorter dime.

    As for the closets, I just tonight reorganize my storage in the basement to handle the bullpen and surplus rubber neatly organized. My starters are either on my second curtain rod in the shower (keeps them moist and neoprene likes that) or in my first floor coat closet which is more a suite closet now.

    Getting after the fall/winter cleaning and reorganization and basically making the basement a surf/skate/snowboard shop with the second half of my board quiver and excess gear. The daily driver sticks (more like weekly/monthly now!) are kept on first floor on wall display.

    You only have 1 pair of baggies?!


    yankee, you've got the grand slam of Drylock. That's a hell of a wetty quiver. I should've pulled the trigger a few weeks ago on a 3/2 Drylock on Whiskey's. It was available in my size until recently at half price. Damn. That's my next likely purchase of a suite. Can you please note what brand and model boot dryer you have for 40 beans that is reliable? Thanks.
     
    EmassSpicoli, Nov 19, 2014
    EmassSpicoli, Nov 19, 2014
  8. Nov 20, 2014 #6
    yankee

    yankee Well-Known Member

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    Sep 26, 2008
    I will have to look at the boot dryer brand later & get back to you spicoli. I use it on footwear that gets soaked in winter storms, as well.

    Slash, good one on the walk in for suites. :cool: I get carried away with gear, my one vice(?) but I'm not at all good with cold & hate getting into wet, cold suites & booties. Hence the suite wardrobe.
     
    yankee, Nov 20, 2014
    yankee, Nov 20, 2014
  9. Nov 20, 2014 #7
    sbx

    sbx Well-Known Member

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    Mar 21, 2010
    The inordinately wave-filled summer has left me with only two really functioning wetsuit things:

    6/5/4 O'Neill Heat
    O'Neill O'riginal vest (and one pair of Birdwells)

    Since I obviously have to fill this gap before Spring, does anyone else from, say, MD to Long Island think that maybe a 3/2 is unnecessary? I'm thinking that if I'm going to purchase two new suits, I might be better off with a 4/3 and a short-sleeved full.
     
    sbx, Nov 20, 2014
    sbx, Nov 20, 2014
  10. Nov 20, 2014 #8
    JawnDoeski

    JawnDoeski Well-Known Member

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    Aug 11, 2014
    SBX I couldn't agree more thats my set up...
    Hurley 202 SS full
    4/3 west lotus
    I haven't owned anything thicker in a couple years when....
     
    JawnDoeski, Nov 20, 2014
    JawnDoeski, Nov 20, 2014
  11. Nov 20, 2014 #9
    bubs

    bubs Well-Known Member

    2,690
    Sep 12, 2010
    Xcel (?) 3/2
    Crappy oneill 4/3 (colcolder than the 3/2
    Old falling apart 5/4
    5/4 I got for 10 bucks with a hole
    can't find my actual boots or gloves
    Mismatched sized gloves and boots friends have left around
     
    bubs, Nov 20, 2014
    bubs, Nov 20, 2014
  12. Nov 20, 2014 #10
    sbx

    sbx Well-Known Member

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    Mar 21, 2010
    You better not have been trolling about those Yazbeck boots, that $50 is gonna come out of my beer money
     
    sbx, Nov 20, 2014
    sbx, Nov 20, 2014
  13. Nov 20, 2014 #11
    JawnDoeski

    JawnDoeski Well-Known Member

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    Aug 11, 2014
    Dude you won't be dissapointed...Idk where you ordered them from but I got mines right from the yazbeck site but it took like 2 weeks...I tried to order another pair from Atlantic BB and he only had the 3 mills in size L too big for me...
     
    JawnDoeski, Nov 20, 2014
    JawnDoeski, Nov 20, 2014
  14. Nov 20, 2014 #12
    Scobeyville

    Scobeyville Well-Known Member

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    May 11, 2009
    West 5/4 hood
    Hurley 403
    Hurley 302
    Xcel 4.3 drylock
    Xcel 3.2 x zip
     
    Scobeyville, Nov 20, 2014
    Scobeyville, Nov 20, 2014
  15. Nov 20, 2014 #13
    your pier

    your pier Well-Known Member

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    Dec 2, 2013
    5mm lobster claw o'neill gloves
    7mm o'neill heat booties
    3mm rip curl booties

    5/3 rip curl dawn patrol
    5/4 o'neill mutant + hood

    1 pair rvca boardies
    1 xcel rash guard

    other,

    blueseventy helix for open water races (full suit)
    orca short john sleevless for open water swims, also flip it inside out for surf when ocean temp is cool but it's hot outside

    think i'm gonna invest in some patagonia R5 gloves...not impressed with the o'neill guru tech, but the heat booties are great
     
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  16. Nov 20, 2014 #14
    njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

    3,550
    Nov 9, 2009
    o'neill pyrotech 5.5/4
    7mm o'neill heat round-toe boots
    5mm rip curl flashbomb lobster claws

    4/3 o'neill mutant
    5mm o'neill heat round toe boots
    5mm rip curl rubber soul split toe boots
    3mm rip curl flashbomb gloves

    rip curl e-bomb 3/2
    2mm rip curl e-bomb gloves
    3mm rip curl rubber soul split toe boots

    2mm rip curl e-bomb short arm

    1mm rip curl longsleeve top
    2 pairs of greenlines stretch boardshorts
    1 pair of birdwells
     
    njsurfer42, Nov 20, 2014
    njsurfer42, Nov 20, 2014
  17. Nov 20, 2014 #15
    EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

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    Apr 16, 2013
    I knew nj42 was gonna have a boss wetty quiver.

    But only 3 baggies?! Damn. I must be the only guy that lives in mine. I wear them around the crib even in winter, work out in them, even wear them as skivs. They're too comfortable. 17 pair. They all get work on the reg in rotation.
     
    EmassSpicoli, Nov 20, 2014
    EmassSpicoli, Nov 20, 2014
  18. Nov 20, 2014 #16
    rcarter

    rcarter Well-Known Member

    4,222
    Jul 26, 2009
    Damn ya'll have more suites than I have boards! So here is my pathetic quiver:

    10 year old 3/2 Ripcurl Classic.
    7 year old 4/3 Ripcurl my buddy gave me. Has a hole at the base of the zipper so it's colder than the 3/2.
    Some old 3/2 that I cut into a spring suit when it got holes in the wrist and ankle areas.
    10-20 pairs of trunks and 3 or 4 rash guards.
     
    rcarter, Nov 20, 2014
    rcarter, Nov 20, 2014
  19. Nov 20, 2014 #17
    njsurfer42

    njsurfer42 Well-Known Member

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    Nov 9, 2009
    i work as a lifeguard in the summer, so that pretty well limits my day-to-day wear. that's the birdwells (super, super comfortable, btw...highly recommend them). my days off the stand are spent in the greenlines, one pair or the other.
    they're boardshorts, not a fashion statement.
     
    njsurfer42, Nov 20, 2014
    njsurfer42, Nov 20, 2014
  20. Nov 20, 2014 #18
    worsey

    worsey Well-Known Member

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    Oct 13, 2013
    long ago this issue was addressed by going to puerto rico.
     
    worsey, Nov 20, 2014
    worsey, Nov 20, 2014
  21. Nov 20, 2014 #19
    JawnDoeski

    JawnDoeski Well-Known Member

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    Aug 11, 2014
    Wait so is your name Bob?
     
    JawnDoeski, Nov 20, 2014
    JawnDoeski, Nov 20, 2014
  22. Nov 20, 2014 #20
    Zeroevol

    Zeroevol Well-Known Member

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    Jun 22, 2009
    4/3 RipCurl Fireskin
    3/2 Oneill Hammer
    3/2 WRV Spring

    Santa fur banana hammock
    Jamaican print banana hammock
     
    Zeroevol, Nov 20, 2014
    Zeroevol, Nov 20, 2014
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