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Yeah, all the buttery, blind-stitching etc. etc. sounds great in all these wetties, but I want to see reviews after a couple of seasons. I am two seasons into the 4/3 and 3/2 versions of this suit: http://store.magicseaweed.com/ONeill-Mens-3mm-52-12-Fathom-2013-Wetsuit/Item/21158/ and they are as w...

There is a store here in Tas that is 'global' price matching wetsuits.

Not sure what postage charges might be to Mainland Aus but brand new e-bombs are going for $385

Good to see the topic of why we pay so much more for wetsuits here in Aus is still getting a run. Just a quick review on the new O'neill suits with 'technobutter' or whatever marketing name they gave the latest rubber. A few mates have had the Psycho 3 suits last winter. Warm, warm, warm was the con...

Hey Phil, Funny, i just got hold of the same model Shred Sled King (Shred Sled Step Up) two or so weeks ago, glassed heavy as yours is. I hadn't really ridden a quad (only a couple of odd waves on borrowed boards) before and the couple of test surfs I have had on it have me itching to get it out at ...

Hi Phil, Sorry mate, tried to reply to your PM re 'boards' via Realsurf but it won't let me use the feature (maybe I am just a gumbie and can't figure out how to use it :) In the meantime I figured i'd try adding to this topic and hope you get the info...apologies to anyone else who wonders what thi...

Pretty much any 'organic' or 'enviro freindly' wax I have tried has ended in tears.

Try the newbies from Mr Zoggs - Dream Cream The Bronze stuff is $5 to $6 a bar but......its the business. http://www.surfstitch.com/product/sex-wax-dream-cream-top-coat-bronze-label-wax-clear I run a hard base coat of whatever wax and then a tiny amount of this on top. One block lasts for ages as yo...

Entertaining reading. My ten cents worth is use one of these: http://picklewaxremover.com/pickle_wax_remover.html I get rid of most of the wax using a regular wax comb, hit the board with the Pickle, then once more with a wax comb/scraper and boards are as clean as if they were brand new. I could be...

Hey Braithy, Yep - it's def a few degrees colder on the southern facing beaches. Not down to 10 yet though and I am hoping we don't get another winter of 8 degrees water in Storm Bay. We have not had one for a while, I guess it's only a matter of time. It's the snow melt that helps it along of cours...

I'm a bit late on this buuuuut.... Attached is a pic of Thursday morning, a stones throw away (near enough it may as well have been sea level) from the Hobart local surf beaches around 10am. Frosty as, well, Frosty the Snowman I guess. Not sure where you surfed on Tuesday Braithy- but doing it in a ...

You are right Natho. If i get the chance, I jump on others shapers boards - it's great to have options. I have some Milch (Brendan Milch) boards which are old favourites, that get a run from time to time. I have tried a few JS boards from time to time, but I have never really clicked with them. Have...

Natho: Ha, ha, ha – well I suspect it’d be better for my bank balance if I did work for ‘em! Money well spent so far though…. Braithy: I did have a Shred Sled. And I did like it, just not as much as the Hypto or Unit Shifter models. I think it says more about the way I surf than the board. I noticed...

Hi All,

I live in Tassie and recently got my hands on one of the Oneill 4/3m wetties with their new so- called 'Technobutter' neoprene.

It's a chest zip and it's so flexible it feels like wearing a 3/2m wettie. It's awesome. Warm as toast, if toast were a wetsuit.

Hi All, I'm a newbie and this thread caught my eye. Thought I'd throw a picture up of my current quiver favourites, all Haydenshapes epoxy boards. From Left: 6’0” x 18 ½ x 2 ¼ HS Blakcat model 5’11’ x 19 x 2 ¼ HS Blakcat model 5’8” x 19 ½ x 2 3/8 Hypto Krypto model 5’10” x 19 x 2 ¼ Unit Shifter Mode...