what suit do you use and how cold's the water?

[gride300]

just trying to find out the most flexible, warmest suit to use in 50degree water+

[AuMDLST]

RE: what suit do you use and how cold

Billabong board shorts in the 73 degree water today with 72 degree air temp - anyone have good pics of winterizing a boat?

[nch20skier]

RE: what suit do you use and how cold

Barefoot Company Drysuit with sweatpants/sweatshirt along with barefoot shorts, flomo vest. Good for 40 degrees and up.

[waterskifanaticGAJ]

RE: what suit do you use and how cold

I have used the SKI WARM Sahara drysuit for years. Good for 40+ degrees, and it will still work like a wetsuit if you spring a leak. I had a small one which was easily repaired with contact cement.

[gride300]

RE: what suit do you use and how cold

i've never used a dry suit, and i don't ride colder than 50 water

[kevfran99]

RE: what suit do you use and how cold

I have a Billabong spring suit, but won't get in any water under 65! I'm probably a baby but can't stand being cold! Born and raised in the south! Would actually prefer to live somewhere where I could use my boat year round! They let too much water out from the lakes around here. I had to winterize my boat earlier than I want to because of the levels. All the ramp docks are gounded! Stupid Core!

[AuMDLST]

RE: what suit do you use and how cold

Standard any brand board shorts - 72 degree water (quite chilly for this time a year)

[KD7000Guy]

I have a hybrid drysuit by Oneil, you can get one from Overtons for $350 or so, some of the ski shops here carry them also. The Bottom is a thick neoprene, the top is baggy so you can fit a sweatshirt or longsleeve shirt under it. I pretty much just slalom and I think it works great. The coldest water I have ski'd in it was 52. The only thing that got cold was my hands and feet.

[snowboardcorey]

I have two suits the one that gets the most use is an Oniell Heat 4/3. I've worn it in 40 degree water (not that smart but not that bad either) It handles 50 degrees no problem.

Since then I've also picked up an Oniell Psycho 6/4 with attached hood. This suit is ridiculous, super flexible and very very warm but to be honest I don't use it that much. I seldom actually need a hood, I keep it around since its paid for but the Epic is my suit of chioce.

A good pair of cold water gloves is a good idea too. The neoprene diving gloves from Oniell are not very durable and they are so thick you feel like the handle is a baseball bat. I think H.O. makes a pair called the Element, I've got an older pair of Straight Lines that have neoprene across the back of the palm and fingers.

[MARK-S]

I use a O'Neil Throttle which they dont make any more. The closest you can get is the Ski Warm Sahara. I skied on Friday with 39f water and 41 air. No problem. Hands are the only thing that makes the sets short. 1 inch of ice on the lake today, so sewason is over.
If anyone knows where I can get a closeout Throttle that may be at some ski shop somewhere, let me know. I would like to get another for when mine wears out.

[Hollywood]

I will wear a full 3/4 wetsuit down to about 50 degree water as long as it is sunny, anything lower than that usually warrants my OS Systems drysuit which I've worn all the way down to 32 water/air.

[Mikeski]

Gride,

A couple weekends ago the water was 55 degrees in the delta. I rode with a 2mil short sleeve wetsuit shirt and JetPilot crown jewel neoprene lined shorts. Outside was nearly 75 degrees so I felt a little jolt when I first entered the water but didn't even thing about it when I fell. My dry suit stayed in my storage compartment all day.

[jmo]

I ski here in MA into November as late as I can push it, which usually means water in the low 50's with 50 degree air and my ripcurl 4/3 hbomb works like a charm,it's a top entry and is as tight as a drum, no water seepage at all.

[gride300]

i have no experience with booties. will i have to get some bigger shoes to accomodate the booties? i was looking at the ripcurl ones. and a new rip curl e bomb 4/3

[Hlymons]

Just picked up an O’Neill Hybrid assault. 50’s for both water and air and was warm and comfortable. I bought it a little big so it would be comfortable between sets and it has worked out great. I plan on ditching my wetsuit and just using this until May when we get back to free skiing again.