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Postby BlameTheWind » Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:25 pm
I live in grazy country like Estonia where you almost all year need to use wetsuite.
Wetsuite does decrease flexibility and time you have for some boardoffs where you want to be max quick with it.
Looking for recommendations, just max flexible material and thin is better than thik or maybe more some other ideas?
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Postby Toby » Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:15 pm
best idea: move to somewhere warm!
With a thick wetsuit I can't even reach my board anymore...I always think it is me getting old...but then back in Brazil and just shorts, I am like a young boy!
It does make a huge difference.
Guess yoga and staying flexible is the key here...and a flexible wetsuit...don't know about the newest materials.
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Postby jyka » Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:23 pm
I had 6 mm thick mystic cure, and now I have 5 mm o'neill wetsuit and I don't feel they restrict movement at all. Just buy the most expensive neoprene, it's usually the most flexible
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Postby Toby » Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:13 am
jyka wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:23 pm
I had 6 mm thick mystic cure, and now I have 5 mm o'neill wetsuit and I don't feel they restrict movement at all. Just buy the most expensive neoprene, it's usually the most flexible
What’s your age ?
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Postby BlameTheWind » Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:35 am
Yeah Toby, i come to visit you at autumn
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Postby pwoap » Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:05 pm
BlameTheWind wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:25 pm
I live in grazy country like Estonia where you almost all year need to use wetsuite.
Wetsuite does decrease flexibility and time you have for some boardoffs where you want to be max quick with it.
Looking for recommendations, just max flexible material and thin is better than thik or maybe more some other ideas?
O`neill Hyperfreak is the way to go! Especially if you occasionaly go wavesurfing as well.
I just got 4/3+ and upper body is super flexible. Other wavesurfers say that hyperfreak 3/2 is like surfing naked compared to other wetsuits. But for kiting I think 4/3+ should be good from april to october in norther coast of Estonia. And if it gets warmer then you can always ride with shorts.
Personally I can`t wait to finaly some waves come into Vääna-Jõesuu to try how much easier it`s to paddle. Previously I had some super stiff Mystic 5/4 , I will still keep it but problably don`t want to put it on anymore
Hyperfreak is around 300 euros in Estonia and they normaly sell out quickly. Ask kalipso.ee or surftown
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