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-   -   Wet or dry suit for Nor Cal winter riding? (http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358470)

kel_dub 08-18-2006 9:54 AM

Just looking for some opinions... would mainly be riding the local lakes and delta. If i was to get a wet suit it would be a fully sealed, high end Jet Pilot suit at cost, or a dry suit at normal price... thanks

parkgirl 08-18-2006 10:02 AM

Dry suits are very nice to have when it is cold out. With a wetsuit you still have to sit in the boat wet after your set is done.

peter_c 08-18-2006 10:06 AM

I say wetsuit and take it off between sets. I have nice drysuit also, but it is not as comfortable and flexible.

allen 08-18-2006 10:11 AM

it is too early to be talking about this<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/angry.gif" border=0> <BR> <BR>I changed last year I rode all winter in shorts and a top it was a little cold but I rode better because I had more mobility

jarrod 08-18-2006 10:15 AM

I prefer a CR 250 in the winter myself. <BR> <BR>My drysuit is for sale. O'Neill Boost size medium. Used maybe 5 times

guido 08-18-2006 10:25 AM

I wore my drysuit 1 time last year. I just like the feel of the wetsuit better. I'm also not as core as I used to be. I used to ride every weekend all year long. Now I usually head to the snow. <BR> <BR>Drysuit if you are going to be riding through january and febuary, otherwise a wet suit will get you through just fine.

sanddragon2004 08-18-2006 10:51 AM

I hope to ride in the winter a lil bit but ya my kx 250 is what will prob see more hrs then the boat.

woohoo 08-18-2006 11:47 AM

Darn I live in FL and can ride all year long without a wet or dry suit.<img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/clipart/lol.gif" border=0>

cptoafficiency 08-18-2006 2:47 PM

I live in Truckee and drysuit year round.

jarrod 08-18-2006 3:23 PM

Boca is not closed. I was there last weekend!

allen 08-18-2006 3:26 PM

J-I think that is his way of deterring people from going there just like the SHARKS we saw on railroad in the DELTA last night.

breakz77 08-18-2006 4:24 PM

Yea I saw those sharks over by railroad also last night... I would definatly stay away!

wake_upppp 08-18-2006 5:55 PM

For the dead of winter, dry suit all the way. I would never go back to a wet suit. How much for the Boost J-Rod?

westsidarider 08-18-2006 5:59 PM

wetsuit with no life jacket is the best. surfers dont wear life vests. i love the winter time. air is still, no wind, water is glass all the time. with a wetsuit its like having a layer of blubber for protection. ive taken some of the hardest crashes and the wetsuit has made it bareable. cant wait. i dont sepparate summer and winter. jus ride

big_ed_x2 08-18-2006 8:47 PM

drysuit.....from mid Octobar/November to End of April/mid May.(depending on how cold) <BR> <BR> <BR>I don't mind it either....extra cushion but I told myself I'm gonna be snowboarding more!

biz 08-18-2006 9:06 PM

Surfers don't wear life vest because they are in a bouyant environment, salt water. Don't fool yourself, you will not float in any water without a vest other than the Dead Sea (and that may not happen unless the circumstances are in yur favor). There have been too many issues and bad things happen without a life vest. I hate to sound so reasonable but... lifevest has life in it for a reason.


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