what gear are you currently using for this winter, and hows it treating you so far it be nice if you can give inputs on the gear I'll start it off 4/3 psycho II O'neill 3mm gloves/ FCS 7mm gloves (super thick feels like banana fingers puts massive strain on hands) O'neill 3mm Hood O'neill 3mm split toe ninja booties/ 5mm Rip curl classic round toes
3/2 H2O Oddesey full wetsuit 3mm H2O Oddessey split toe boots 1mm Victory skin guard and hood 3mm H20 Oddesey 5 fingered gloves
5/4 oneill mutant fullsuit 6/5/4 oneill mutant internal split toe boots 3mm oneill psycho DL glove easily the best cold water setup i've ever owned, im toasty when the waters in the 30's + freezing air.... for as long as i want. dont know why i went with all Oneill, i used to have all ripcurl stuff a few years back.
4/3 Oneil Heat 3 Mil Hood 5 Mil Oneil Booties 3 Mil Rip Curl Lobster Claws Toasty warm this past Thursday in 39 degree water. The 4/3 heat is great..probably get the 4/3 Mutant for next winter though...it's got the built in hood!
3/2 rip curl 1mm shirt and hood/ ripcurl hood 3mm f-bomb gloves (any suggestion on something that will keep me warmer but not stiff?) 3/5/7mm boots (work wonderfully)
wrightsville beach im using a 4/3 billabong foil 5/4 oneill superfreak booties and 1.5 mm oneill gloves with fluid seamweld these gloves are the best i have had so far.
Xcel Infinity hooded 5 mil suit - warm as hell every time. Xcel 5 mm spilt toe booties. A little cold w/water under 40 but i like the feel. Xcel 5 mm drylock gloves - real warm, a little tough to get on w/ drylock band around the wrist Rejected this winter: Hyperflex 5 mm. gloves. cold unsealed seams leaked from the start.
5/4 xcel drylock 7mm xcel drylock mitts 7mm xcel drylock boots 3mm mec (mountain equitment co op) socks. yeah thats right, im rockin 10 mm on my feet. aha
Quicksilver 4/3 syncro Xcel polypro vest with 2mm hood (a really good addition to a 4/3) Xcel 5mm infiniti split toe boots Hyperflex 3mm fusion gloves [The hyperflex gloves feel good on the hands, but after about 10-15 uses last winter/spring, this year they are flooding with water. Who has the best 5-finger gloves? ONeill? Xcel?
did you seal it? I mean i use a 3mm oneill and its leaking water too its been sealed like 3x and ive never really tried xcel so i wouldnt know
How's that H2Odyssey fullsuit? I was kinda skeptical. Old-school 3/2 Body Glove fullsuit (I really think its from the 80's but there's no way to tell. The inside is purple and turquoise haha) 2/2 L/S Ripcurl Classic springy H2Odyssey 5mm boots and 3mm hood 5mm Ripcurl penguin flipper gloves < these are nice, they let in some water but are warm Works for me. AKA poor man's setup
san diego, ca: 4 mil quicksilver cell. no booties/gloves/hoods required. =( looks like I will ned all kinds of new equipment if I move back east. never worn any j mil suits, but as a surfer who surfs everday all winter, I say quicksilver is making the best suits right now. I tried the ripcurl 4 mil a few years ago. all the seams ripped quickly. sent it back twice. 2 years ago I bought an oneil psycho and hated it. it let water in right off the bat. so, I went back to the ol trusty quicksilver cell 5. the cell 6 isn't as good. but u can put tons of hours on the quicksilver suits. this is my 5th or 6th one. everything else dissapointed me. although I did have to send me cell back after last winter cause it has a weird lining that was coming apart. 2 weeks later they sent me a brand new one. sick!
I use 5/4/3 west wetsuit 7mm Xcel boots 5mm oneill gloves the only problem is my boot has a tiny hole in it
Sure what the hell wear a 4/3 all winter, whatever, but split toe boots are silly! Ninja!LOL. And who are you kidding with 3mils? Talk about being taken on a gimmick. They don't make you surf better. And they split your toe away form all the warmth of the foot. 7mil O'neil Heat round toe. You can't feel a difference between a 3, 5 or 7 while surfing and why wouldn't you just wear 7mil during the winter? They can't be beat, the only pair you need all year, get a new pair when the temp goes back under 50 the following year. New pair every year. You can surf with your hands cold and your-ass half frozen off or maybe even with some brain freeze. But you can't surf with the "Club Foot". Boots, The most important part of the whole setup. 3mils!
I like my 3mm boots, i change over to them as soon as the water is warm enough.... call my crazy but having that extra bit of sensitivity in my feet makes the whole wetsuit setup that much more bearable... + they are easier to slip on than my thick boots.
