Wet or dry suit for Nor Cal winter riding?

(kel_dub) · (kel_dub) **Join Date: Feb 2006** 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) · (parkgirl) **Join Date: Nov 2001** 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) · (peter_c) **Join Date: Sep 2001** 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) · (allen) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 08-18-2006, 10:11 AM

it is too early to be talking about this

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) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 08-18-2006, 10:15 AM

I prefer a CR 250 in the winter myself.

My drysuit is for sale. O'Neill Boost size medium. Used maybe 5 times

(guido) · (guido) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 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.

Drysuit if you are going to be riding through january and febuary, otherwise a wet suit will get you through just fine.

(sanddragon2004)

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) · (woohoo) **Join Date: Jun 2006** 08-18-2006, 11:47 AM

Darn I live in FL and can ride all year long without a wet or dry suit.

(cptoafficiency)

I live in Truckee and drysuit year round.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 08-18-2006, 3:23 PM

Boca is not closed. I was there last weekend!

(allen) · (allen) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 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) · (breakz77) **Join Date: Mar 2003** 08-18-2006, 4:24 PM

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

(wake_upppp) · (wake_upppp) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 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) · (westsidarider) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 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) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 08-18-2006, 8:47 PM

drysuit.....from mid Octobar/November to End of April/mid May.(depending on how cold)

I don't mind it either....extra cushion but I told myself I'm gonna be snowboarding more!

(biz) · (biz) **Join Date: Mar 2004** 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.