I've been surfing more frequently recently. Made a new friend who happens to live right by the beach and I now leave my boards at his place. This makes it that much easier in the morning to go surfing as I don't have to load it onto my car (soft-rack). Plus being able to drive faster than 35 mph and not worrying if the board will go flying means I have more time to surf.
The weather has been getting better but the other day for some reason there was a freak cold current that came in. While not fully needed when its warm, surfers in cold areas often will wear what is known as a "wetsuit".
How it works is that as the water seeps into your wetsuit, it traps a layer of water which warms up through your body heat. Its sort of an insulating layer of warmth (please note it is temporary and you will slowly lose heat anyway). This is a part of the warming effect, the material itself and how "tightly" the open spots are sealed will make a difference.
The faster the water in your suit heats up, the warmer you will be. Which leads us to an old surfers trick. On some days, when the water is cold, we skip the morning bathroom trip.
Guess where humans have a large reserve of warm liquid in their body?
Haha, funny. These things are just common knowledge here in SoCal.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried on a wetsuit before
ReplyDeleteLOL, Those poor California fish.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Didn't think of it that way but very true. Those poor California fish.
Deletesmiles hey it works you know...glad you getting to enjoy life like this though..and it washes off...smiles.
ReplyDeleteI hate having to put those things on, or more specifically, peeling them off (for rafting, not surfing). I wonder if that's what a fat girl feels like, when she takes off clothes 2 sizes too small.
ReplyDeleteHaha... and gross :) It's kinda like swimming in your very own public pool ;)
ReplyDeleteOh.
ReplyDeleteI'm kind of disgusted and amused by your ingenuity there.