hi just wondering if anyone can help im looking at a wetties for Melbourne winter
have been looking at dawn patrol, e-bomb, f-bomb and is the fireskin the same as the f-bomb??
thanks

Jeansie said...

hi just wondering if anyone can help im looking at a wetties for Melbourne winter
have been looking at dawn patrol, e-bomb, f-bomb and is the fireskin the same as the f-bomb??
thanks

There've been a few wetsuit threads if I find one - I'll post it.

Fricken freezing today in Melbourne - I can't cope with it - so I booked a holiday to Vietnam today - never been there before. Everyone I know says it's ace.

Someone told me they chuck ice in the pool.

Personally I would go for a black one, colours, bit camp

ION strike 4/3 - designed for windsurfing & kiting. Semidry suit, strap around ankles to stop balloon leg, crash pads, moulded/shaped arms to reduce arm pump and good range of movement. Combined with a wettie beanie you'll be warm as. RPS has them.

Ripcurl E-Bomb 4/3....I found the F-Bomb to stiff through the shoulder area....they have heaps at the shop on Baines crescent for around the $ 300 mark.....

i just got a 5/3 ebomb and its sooo warm and toasty and still nice and flexible.i am very happy with it. went out on tuesday just after the hail storm and the temp gauge in my mates car said 6 degrees !!!, at 2 in the arve!!! in australia!!! 300bucks brand new on e bay laughing.

thanks for the help does anyone know about the ripcurl fireskin wetsuit?

Move to QLD

doggie said...

62mac said...

Move to QLD

I saw you had posted and thought "mac hasnt used a wettie, he lives in QLD" I should have known better

Nah I live here as well and don't feel the cold but still end up in a sealed 2/2 Short Sleeve Steamer E-Bomb or a 3/2 sealed chest zip E-Bomb as well. My wife works for Rip Curl though so I get the best wetsuits in the world at the right price.

Saying that though before she did I was offered free suits from another major company and chose to pay for Rip Curl instead. They are worth the money I reckon.

From a windsurfing thread it seems that Neil Pryde suits are good. I have a West Suits 3/2 and to be honest it's no good. Water gets into it through the zip and panels. It doesn't keep you warm on cold days. So funds permitting I'm getting a Pryde wetsuit. I wish they came in interesting colours like yellow and purple.

World's best winter kiting/windsurfingwettie here, brand new . If it's your size (large-tall), you can't go wrong. Still got its labels attached (I bought the wrong size in error). Absolute bargain, less than wholesale price

www.seabreeze.com.au/Classifieds/Kitesurfing/Accessories/~bkarg/2011-Quantum-Ion-54-Semidry-Wetsuit-LargeTa.aspx?search=%2fyE0Z2Hs8fdAp%2bhqRE5DrA%3d%3d

Sorry for the pimping