Surfing Tacoma Quivers

Im finally back in the water! First session in over a month from the foot injury! Too bad you didnt get more surf in HI

 

Sweet! Stoked for you!

Ya I wish I could have surfed more but I had a great trip regardless. I surfed Pyramids on base with my friends boyfriend. He only has 5'10 boards cuz he's real short. So I took out his 5'10 New Flyer. I was able to get up but it was just so squirlly under me I just didn't do well. I wish I had had my Fever out there, it was beautiful. But the Fever felt real good under my feet today. Hoping to score some good waves tomorrow. Could have gotten barreled today, but I suck backside and just couldn't round out my bottom turn in time to get back in the pocket

 

Backside tube riding is tricky, but once you get your pig dog down it becomes real easy. Pyramids is a super fun wave. Surfed it last time I was there. We were staying with friends who are in the coast guard. I got it real good, pretty much heaving tubes. Yeah the sliced foot pissed me off something real. I missed like 4 good swells. Seems like all of august there was surf. I took the 5’10 out today. Its kinda buckled so Im gonna go pick up a new one later today.

 

Off to Ripcurl outlet to buy a new full 3:2. Waters gettin chilly. I think I might have a week or two left in my 2:2 shortsleeve suit.

 

the one in San Clemente(not sure if there is another one)? Let me know how it goes, last time i was in there, the selection was weak. I was thinking about steapandcheap.com

 

Nah the one in Santa Ana. That’s where I get all my suits. They usually have a good selection. The last time I went though they were almost all out so hopefully they got more in stock

 

Its cold up there already? I trunked it this morning n it was nice! I do need a 2 mil full shortsleeve though. Mine is toast.

I just got a new oniel zipperless full suit. Thing is sweet

 

It’s gettin chilly. I couldn’t trunk it yesterday. I was good in my 2:2 short sleeve suit. But I know I’m a month or so it’ll cool down more and I’ll be miserable haha

 

Yeah i feel ya. Just trying to get the warm water as much as possible. Surf was amazing this morning. I needed it! Now I just gotta get back in shape and fit for winter.

 

went with a zipperless E Bomb pro. Was debating on getting a flash bomb but felt it’d be way too warm and if it’s that cold I’ll just deal with the 4:3

 

i HATE zipperless. have some buddies who like them. but i am not a contortionist. feel like i have to pop a shoulder to get out of them. i have a 2mm short arm long leg that is zipperless and have to have help getting it off. can't imagine a 3/2 like that.
but maybe they have gotten better since the first year they came out?

 

I'll never get anything other than a tailored wetsuit anymore. My 3/2 kept me warm when I surfed in Humboldt in the middle of February. It's crazy how much of a difference a fitted wetsuit with top level neoprene makes...but it can be a pain in the ass to get out of sometimes because it's zipperless and fits so well lol

 

My friends think im crazy, but the front zips these days put a lot of extra neoprene on one shoulder and give me shoulder problems. There is a trick to getting into n out of zipperless. Personally i love em and i have much more freedom. I despise back zips n the velcro neck rash

 

My quiver
5'10 lost puddle jumper hp 35 litres
5'10 lost puddle fish 33 litres
6'0 rusty occy 84 around 29 litres
5'10 Robert's dreamcleaver (custom) 32 litres

Surf mostly oc sometimes sd

 

It's basically the same exact in/out as a chest zip - the only difference is you just hold back the top part. I find it no harder than a regular chest zip. I'll never go back to zippers on my wetties.

The 3:2 flashbombs are insanely warm. I was dripping in sweat after having it on for all of 30 seconds. I asked the guy who works there if he'd surfed in both the EBomb (what I got) and the flashbomb. He said he got a 3:2 flashbomb to replace his 4:3. Wetsuit technology has come a long way.

 

I agree 100% with everything in this statement.

 

That's actually what I had before my current suit. Went from an E-bomb to a Flash bomb. My only gripe was that it didn't hold up very well after about a year, and that was with rinsing and drying away from the sun. Might have been unlucky, but it is what it is.

 

The wait for my new custom begins

 

I've never had any issues with mine. Maybe bad luck. I think @Prayn4surf told me he had similar issues with his ripcurl suit. I love their fit though the most and I always buy from the outlet so I get em for a fairly decent price. My 4:3 held up 2 years and is still in good shape, it's just too hot to wear. So I bought a 2:2 shortsleeve full suit. Then that got hot so I got a 2mil shortsleeve top. And now it's cooling down again so I know I'll need to bridge that 2:2 shortsleeve and 4:3 fullsuit gap for winter

 

Where do you get a custom suit? Never heard of getting a custom wetsuit before. But also never really looked in to it