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One more wetsuit question - water leakage in the wrists...

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:14 am
by SoCal WaterSpout
Tried out my new O'Neill 4/3 Heat this weekend for the first time. The fit is absolutely right except for one thing - I have very skinny wrists compared to the rest of me, and a bit of water tends to get in through the sleeze. It's not really that bad, but it's enough to annoy me when crashing into a large wave. I was thinking about maybe some extra velcro straps around the wrists to tighten it up a bit. Would this work?

I don't think I need a smaller size, since the rest of the suit fits just right.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:12 am
by Dec
Bit of tape? An elastic band? Velcro straps?

I am not really sure because I rarely use a wetsuit :roll: :wink: , but I presume anything that will hold tight enough without coming off and sometihng that won't kill blood circulation!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:11 am
by sal
Velcro straps sound like they might work, tho velcro stops being as sticky when it's been wet for a while. Try it and see? :)

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:30 am
by drowningbitbybit
Get fatter.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:54 pm
by Old Guys Rule
You can always get it tailored in. Go to a place that makes custoum suites and see what they will charge you. Aleeda in HB makes custom suites

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:20 pm
by bluesnowcone
that used to happen to me around the ankles when i wore boots, i just used ont of them red postman elastic bands

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:02 pm
by Sillysausage
use velcro straps they work

PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:08 am
by gdude335
just put on a watch, or get gloves

PostPosted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:09 am
by Fishsandals
personally.. i would go the angelina way.
not only are colagen implants flattering..
their affordable
fatten them wrists up homeboy!!! or, wear 2 watches!

PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:24 pm
by GowerCharger
i had the same problem when i was a teenager, you can get velcro straps from most surf shops and they do work. They make them fro the ankles of dry and semi-drysuits, i stll use mine to keep my mitts on cos they have ridiculously big cuffs.