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how thick wetsuit for hood river

Postby opie » Mon Jul 16, 2018 1:09 am

What wetsuit thickness should I bring for Hood River this week?
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Re: how thick wetsuit for hood river

Postby jespin4845 » Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:02 am

vagina from Florida here, been in my shorty 4/3 and an NP .3mm top the past two weeks, its HOT now, water is 60's right now thou

sometimes I purposely fall in the water to cool off, bring sun block!

a 3/2 would be fine
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Re: how thick wetsuit for hood river

Postby opie » Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:04 am

Thanks for the quick response. Packing now! :D
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Re: how thick wetsuit for hood river

Postby NorCalNomad » Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:15 am

Yeah 3/2 is good. Might be a little warm some days depending on the dam flow and air but when you are say in the park it's good since it's colder water.
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Re: how thick wetsuit for hood river

Postby taiguy » Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:03 pm

I've been using a 2mm shorty. no issues with cold. as others have mentioned the air temps are high.
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Re: how thick wetsuit for hood river

Postby dylan* » Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:56 am

From June I had a 3/2 full suit that I wore most days, and a 2mm shortsleeve shorty for when it was hot during the height of summer (July/Aug) and was comfortable all the way through late october-ish. Also have a 5/3 but only wore it a couple times toward the end of the season.
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Re: how thick wetsuit for hood river

Postby grigorib » Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:08 am

opie wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 16, 2018 1:09 am
 What wetsuit thickness should I bring for Hood River this week?
Thick enough to hide a boner of all them hot bikinis....
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