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Round toe or Split toe?
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Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:38 amby YANNI
this year I wnt to surf during winter... in NJ...I have a 5/4 mutant with the hood,but what are good booties n gloves. Whats the diference between Round toe and Split toe and what MM should i get 3mm or 5mm
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Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:31 pmby alimac2411
get the o'neill mutant split toe boots, they're really good.
Maybe o'neill lobster claw gloves too, also pretty good.
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Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:22 pmby essex sucks
i have o'neill mutant split toe boots there good
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Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:28 pmby Farno
I've got the O'Neill mutant split toe 6/5/4 and there toasty warm. Alot easier to get on and off than my last pair, cant remember the make Xcel i think.
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Sat Nov 17, 2007 3:04 pmby Chris369
I've got Xcel split toe 3mm boots and they're ok ... not used them right through winter though as this is my first winter.
Also got O'neill Mutant split toe 3mm (came free with my winter suit
) and they look better but I haven't tried them yet.
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Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:20 pmby YANNI
thanks for all the info Bros!
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Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:46 pmby niallhills
i always thnk split toe would be awkward and uncomfortable haveta try it tho..
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Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:50 pmby essex sucks
niallhills wrote:i always thnk split toe would be awkward and uncomfortable haveta try it tho..
yeah i thought the same til i got some they are great so much better than round toe
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Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:19 amby O_Danny_Boy
round toe are complete bollix
had some c-skins split-toe last year but stretched a little after a bout 2 months, have the o'neill mutant split toe now-very nice
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Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:00 amby dougirwin13
Bollix, huh?
Wel, laddy. I broke me big toe a few years ago and I can tell you that split is utter fleshin' for me... Cos I need my big toe held tightly against the next little piggie!
So inner split, outer round for me.
-doug
Compsand.com - The Composite Surfboard Cooperative!
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Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:20 pmby O_Danny_Boy
dougirwin13 wrote:Bollix, huh?
Wel, laddy. I broke me big toe a few years ago and I can tell you that split is utter fleshin' for me... Cos I need my big toe held tightly against the next little piggie!
So inner split, outer round for me.
-doug
Compsand.com - The Composite Surfboard Cooperative!
so when you buy ney booties you need 2 pairs altogether? that sucks
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Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:05 pmby dougirwin13
Huh? What the...
You freak
No, single pair. They are rounded on the outside (i.e., no visible split), but on the inside there is a split between the big toe and the second toe.
-doug
Compsand.com - The Composite Surfboard Cooperative!
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Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:28 amby O_Danny_Boy
oh yeah.......
ill get me coat
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Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:52 amby dougirwin13
LOL! NP.
Once tried a "proper" rounded outer without an inside split. Wasn't impressed! Uncomfortable, fileld with water and got heavy. Yuck!
-doug
Compsand.com - The Composite Surfboard Cooperative!
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Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:52 amby O_Danny_Boy
first boots i had were alder round toe with no split absolute nightmare, could feel my foot sliding around inside it