The winter of our content.
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- steve shearer
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Re: The winter of our content.
Chest zip wetsuits are the ultimate example of marketing hype over substance.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
Re: The winter of our content.
2nd thatsteve shearer wrote:I'm on the third season of an Oneill Gooru 2mm long sleeve springy. But it's very tired now.
A Great suit @ $150 at sideways surf
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Yep I got one of those too. Bargain. Also picked up a 2mm LS Oneill steamer there for $170 a few weeks back.
At $170 I couldn't give a flying fcuk if I only get one year out of it.
At $170 I couldn't give a flying fcuk if I only get one year out of it.
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my 5mm steamer (c-skins) in tassie was a back zip, and it was so stiff and clunky compared to chest zips. it leaked water all down the back zip after about 5 or so surfs too. and i'm a raging anal freak with wetsuit care. always rinse in a post surf shower, hang them on a hanger in the shade etc ...
i'm not sure the pure physics of a wetsuit and duckdiving allows any suit not to flush to some degree? do they say chest zips are immune to flushing? that's pure market bs speak/ gibberish if so ...
imo, chest zips own the whole department of wetsuit flexibility.
i'm not sure the pure physics of a wetsuit and duckdiving allows any suit not to flush to some degree? do they say chest zips are immune to flushing? that's pure market bs speak/ gibberish if so ...
imo, chest zips own the whole department of wetsuit flexibility.
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Re: The winter of our content.
Agreed.steve shearer wrote:Chest zip wetsuits are the ultimate example of marketing hype over substance.
Much easier getting in & out of a back zip wetty.
Braithy - Only keep your wetsuit hung up until it is dry, then put it away until you are going to use it again

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My Gooru 3/2 steamer just had it's first repair after about 4 seasons (lower leg seam had come apart).steve shearer wrote:I'm on the third season of an Oneill Gooru 2mm long sleeve springy. But it's very tired now.
Ready to go again for another couple of years



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i saw an oneill 2mm superfreak with a chest zip for $280, and it's all black. i might pull the trigger.
glad we had this chat.
glad we had this chat.
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Braithy, Quiksilver ebay store # some bargain steamers on sale, example . 3x2 steamer bz gbs $ 89- didn't go thru the whole site of 4 pages but worth a look.
Any truth in the sideways wetsuits are made in China and of inferior rubber compared to the Thai built ones ?
Any truth in the sideways wetsuits are made in China and of inferior rubber compared to the Thai built ones ?
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ah, i loathe to buy another quik suit.
dearest suit i ever had was a 6-hunge quik suit. it started to leak a month later, by the following season it was like wearing a flyscreen. it was all black with the red square logo on the chest, that model.
dearest suit i ever had was a 6-hunge quik suit. it started to leak a month later, by the following season it was like wearing a flyscreen. it was all black with the red square logo on the chest, that model.
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I've still got an old O'Neill springy that looks like it will last for ever......but it's pretty clunky compared to my new Billabong one. QSilver steamer is still going strong after two seasons now.
Got a couple of Bong steamers online a few years ago. One for junior and the price was so good I got one too. My one was made in China. It basically fell apart at the stitching. Came from Canada.
Got a couple of Bong steamers online a few years ago. One for junior and the price was so good I got one too. My one was made in China. It basically fell apart at the stitching. Came from Canada.
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Sounds like your mate has a fatter neck than you and has stretched it!!!el rancho wrote:i bozzed a mates e4 rip curl chest zip the other day. comfortable and stretchy etc but I was getting flushed in the front. I thought that was the supposed advantage - no flushing?
stick to my back zip for now.
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Guess so.
I had to hold my piss for an hour and a half too
I had to hold my piss for an hour and a half too
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steve shearer wrote:Chest zip wetsuits are the ultimate way of humiliating people.
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el rancho wrote:Guess so.
I had to hold my piss for an hour and a half too
Nah, you didn't did you? You're just telling everyone that coz you feel guilty surely.
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Harharhar Carroll .
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
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im never letting you forget it.
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I forgot to tell you that when I came in from that session one of your tradie mates in the carpark said I'd ripped all over you but not to mention it because you were a bit fragile about it. 

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heaps of meaty swell this morning, didn't think it'd show up so early.
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