Oh how things can change when you are gone for a few days. I was camping with my family this weekend (awesome). When I left on Friday the waves were waist-high at best. Today they were waist-high at worst. Today’s sets came in easily at the shoulder-to-head range and were often overhead. The forecast indicates…
After Mike did his series of experiments to clean his wetsuit, we got to talking a bit about how better to dry our suits to prevent stink. The things that we figured factored into a better drying situation was warm air, dry air and air circulation. Warm and dry air are mostly up to where…
Wetsuits, by their very nature, are nearly a perfect creation for growing stinky bacteria. As your mom and biology teacher always told you, bacteria love damp, dark, warm environments. It takes quite a bit of maintenance to habitually rinse and hang your wetsuit to dry, leading most regular surfers to have wetsuits that smell only…
As a relative newcomer to surfing, I’m in the “getting the right equipment” phase (although my friends with a half dozen boards in their quiver lead me to believe this phase never really comes to an end). This entails a lot of research, a bit of patience, and occassionally taking my knocks. Here’s my wetsuit…