Testing the Spartan Wetsuits 4/3 convert for SUP

July 5th, 2010 Posted in Blog

Here a picture of Chris Murray in the 4/3 Spartan Summer Convertible. We went to Bantham yesterday, the surf was quite small so we popped out on our SUP’s. We decided to test the 4/3 convert to see if the shoulders were flexible enough as not to tire us and to see if it was warm enough in the surf.

By the time we got to the water’s edge the tide was coming in and the waves were reasonable, if not messy as there was a force 2-3 blowing onshore, hence no windsurfing. The paddling was hectic as the wind was onshore and it felt like good old blighty white white white white water and then some more white white and more white water. Lots of paddling to get through the break, but very rewarding as we caught some reasonable waves and some good rides. A few drop-ins were just daft, we need smaller paddle boards for this size surf. We all went over the front when going out as sometimes we were just a bit too much in the breaking peak of a wave.

The 4/3 performed very well. The shoulders were very flexible and allowed a very free movement. As we were in the waves and falling in a fair bit the leg area did not heat up and the long legged suit was comfortable. The water was warm enough to feel fine with the short arms though I would not have wanted to surf with short arms, bit too chilly for that adventure. All in all the suit performed very well, short arm was great to wear and the Spartan 4/3 convert proved to be great for summer surfing SUP style.

We all slept very well that night

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