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Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby John Doe » Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:40 pm

Best Hooded Rashguard??? What's the best one for kiting? Guess it would need to be tight-fitting. Also some have the pocket on the back with the zipper. Seems like that would interfere with your harness, i.e. your harness might shove the zipper into your back.

Advice appreciated????

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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby zoefoster » Mon May 22, 2023 4:19 pm

the best rashguard i have ever bought is a custom-made rashguard from https://rollbliss.com/ you should try them too.

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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby galewarning » Tue May 23, 2023 1:28 am

I have the DaKine hooded rash guard. I removed the built-in visor by un-stitching the seam . The rash guard has a built-in rear pocket, which I don't need or use. I might remove the zipper pull, which I can sometimes feel getting pushed into my back by the harness. I wish the rash guard had thumb loops...

Edit: Adding that this rash guard is tight fitting . I like loose fitting sun protection on the beach, but prefer snug/tight fitting rash guards on the water [like the DK model] to minimize flapping in the wind.
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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby zlatko23 » Tue May 23, 2023 6:12 am

The Ride Engine Eclipse Hoodie https://rideengine.com/products/eclipse ... dry-hoodie is the best I have seen, but on paper only - I have never had a chance to find one available and buy it. It got all the features one might need in such a garment.

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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby Da Yoda » Tue May 23, 2023 6:19 am

John Doe wrote:
Sun Sep 09, 2018 11:40 pm
Best Hooded Rashguard??? What's the best one for kiting? Guess it would need to be tight-fitting. Also some have the pocket on the back with the zipper. Seems like that would interfere with your harness, i.e. your harness might shove the zipper into your back.

Advice appreciated????
I have some shirts from Coolbar. I want to get their hooded rash guard. Like you, I don’t want any back position zippered pockets. Definitely get a rash guard. Regular sun shirts get saggy when wet.

https://www.coolibar.com/men-s-point-br ... pf-50.html
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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby galewarning » Tue May 23, 2023 2:42 pm

I believe Prokite in South Padre Island has the Eclipse...
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Tue May 23, 2023 6:12 am
The Ride Engine Eclipse Hoodie https://rideengine.com/products/eclipse ... dry-hoodie is the best I have seen, but on paper only - I have never had a chance to find one available and buy it. It got all the features one might need in such a garment.
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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby StellaBlu » Tue May 23, 2023 3:04 pm

The Patagonia R0 is great.

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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby zlatko23 » Tue May 23, 2023 8:37 pm

galewarning wrote:
Tue May 23, 2023 2:42 pm
I believe Prokite in South Padre Island has the Eclipse...
Thanks! :thumb: But I am located in Europe...should have clarified it

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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby irwe » Wed May 24, 2023 10:41 am

I have tried a few differnt brands. So far my favourite has been BassDash (Amazon)

Thumbloops, perferated mask (wear up or down), good quality
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Re: Best Hooded Rashguard?

Postby Topaz » Wed May 24, 2023 12:48 pm

I'm on my second of this o'neil hoody rash guard:


Works good enough for me, so I didn't try other brands.
I never used the zipper and it never bothered me under the harness.
Only two complains:
It has an elastic cord to adjust the hood, and the cord has a little thing to keep the cord adjusted. This little thing has a spring inside that gets rusty and stop working pretty quickly, so I end up doing a knot in the position I like it and leave it like that forever.
Second thing, the sun visor tends to get unsewn quickly too, but it doesn't bother me either.

It lasts me a good number of sessions before it stretches to the point of needing replacement.
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