Surfing Waves

This stoked young man has big brass balls.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gIYKifomKEo

If there's no wind and the session quick then the suffering is minimal, of course water temperature will make a difference too. There is danger of hypothermia but less so with an attached flotation device. Crazy guy but I might have done something like that when I was younger. When I went to school in Colorado, my first exposure to cold temperatures and snow, I ran out in the snow the first time it didn't melt immediately and built a snowman in my shorts and t-shirt and bare feet. It was something I always wanted to do and never thought about the gear required. My friends in the dorm laughed at me and locked the dorm door so I couldn't go inside but I had no intention of going inside. I built my snowman with my Hawaii weather clothing. By the time I was putting the nose on I could feel my feet starting to tingle but that was it and my friends were begging me to come back in but I had to finish it and put the nose on. No frost bite or discomfort other than tingling in my feet. I guess I was really fit and that helped but there was no wind and the air temperature didn't matter as I was generating heat moving around. I imagine though some people, maybe my current self, would die just getting in the water.

Now this is more like it. I'd love to be able to surf most of the time in bikini. I've only experienced warm water with no wetsuit a few times.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QBvO2dU0vtA

Haha!

In 53 degree water I wear a 5 mil wetsuit with a rashie and booties!

BoMan wrote:Haha!

In 53 degree water I wear a 5 mil wetsuit with a rashie and booties!

A 5 mm wersuit? Knowing you well I know there's not an ounce of fat on you. So, 5 mm makes sense.

When I lived in the region you do, I liked using a 4/3 mm suit with a sleeveless rash guard and O'Neil thermal shorts underneath. Also liked thin booties and very thin hood.

NJ peeps are crazy. A couple years ago i saw something about him surfing bareback every day thru the winter. Water temps are usually in the upper 30's in mid winter here. Crazy. A group of locals do a plunge at my local every winter. I dont even wanna go in with 5mil+