HOW TO: Buy a Wetsuit

Buying the wrong steamer can wreck your surfing.

You find yourself constantly adjusting for comfort, never achieved.

In the surf, you cast blame. That peeling right-hander you missed at the point is surely the fault of this ill-fitting, ill-performing rubber suit. You hate the inflexible monster that slowed your pop-up so you trashed on the rocks.

This winter, take ownership of your surfing, and buy a wetsuit that fits.

RealSurf interviewed a wetsuit retailer (Julian at Surfection Mosman), a wetsuit importer/distributor (Robbo at The Realm) and one of surf’s toughest customers, RealSurf reporter, Rob Smallwood. Everything there is to know about buying the right wetsuit is right here.