best place to buy cheap gear

lg123

OldGuysRule wrote: »

Get a proper wetsuit, I know you have said funding it is an issue, but a sleeveless one over / under a longsleeve rashie will be next to useless and will not prevent cold water flushing throughout your session. A kayaking cag over everything will only get in the way when paddling, popping etc.

Get the right gear for the job, and if you have a kayak, sell it.

+1

i wouldnt wear a sleeveless suit even in summer.

go through this whole thread, you will get some good recommendations on where to pick up a suit for fairly cheap, ~E150.

sometimes the rental places sell on their rental suits cheap, they might be worth a ring. one of the places in strandhill used to rent 5mm suits, i dont think they are allowed to rent boards any more so they have probably offloaded all that gear already but worth a call at least.

deepriver

hey, I am looking for surf shops in the Dublin area, can anyone suggest a few, from what I can see you have...

Outdoor Trek Swords
Great Outdoors
53 Degrees North
Surf Dock

Does anyone know if Surfnstuff in Bray is still open and are Wind n Wave and Onboard closed / shut / out of business?

Have I missed any?

DonnchaMc

Deedsie wrote: »

I would love sleeves. Problem is I already have a sleeveless wetsuit. I need to adopt this into a suitable surfing wetsuit.

My advice would be wait till the summer then, even then with rash vest you could be struggiling.. I bought a wetsuit for 100yoyos on-line from some crowd in england. I think that included the post aswell, wasnt much more if it didnt

wipeout.wendy

peoples... was in portwest (dublin & galway) and they have loads of don't make the investment wetsuits about €60... but after years of wetsuit buying i'd have to say that things have improved hughly so you can't go too wrong for about €120 its worth it...

Captain Darling

Any recommendations for a cheap, good quality wet suit, on line or in Galway? I've been renting out gear a fair bit and the cost is beginning to add up.

Thanks.:D

Rowley Birkin QC

Captain Darling wrote: »

Any recommendations for a cheap, good quality wet suit, on line or in Galway? I've been renting out gear a fair bit and the cost is beginning to add up.

Thanks.:D

Aldi or Lidl have been doing them lately, might have a few left in your local branch.

kodute

Captain Darling wrote: »

Any recommendations for a cheap, good quality wet suit, on line or in Galway?

Aldi so...

Seriously, head to a proper surf shop/ outdoor store and buy a name brand, O'Neill/Cskins/Xcel. Good build quality will save money in the long run.

Rowley Birkin QC

kodute wrote: »

Aldi so...

Seriously, head to a proper surf shop/ outdoor store and buy a name brand, O'Neill/Cskins/Xcel. Good build quality will save money in the long run.

Is this based on experience or assumption?

Just wondering because I've bought a lot of equipment from Lidl/Aldi over the last few years, not surfing gear but car and general DIY stuff, and found it perfectly serviceable.

kodute

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Is this based on experience or assumption?

Just wondering because I've bought a lot of equipment from Lidl/Aldi over the last few years, not surfing gear but car and general DIY stuff, and found it perfectly serviceable.

Started as assumption, then my brother bought one against my advice, it then became experience.

Likewise I've bought plenty in those places over the years with most of it being perfectly fit for use. The wetsuits however are not.

spaceHopper

They are only good for messing around in the water once twice a year. The seams are not blind stitched so will leak water. You would be better off buying a enrtry level suit or get one in a sale. Look for blind stiched and glued seams. The brand isn't that important once it fits you well. Buy cheap but twice.

Ban an ti

littlesurfer wrote: »

need a new wetsuit but i'm a bit broke! anyone got any good tips for cheap surf joints....

got a cheap wetsuit in Aldi today for 34 sheets

YourName

I'm looking for wa cheap beginners surf board for about E100, an ex-school board of whatever would do. Anyone know where I could go???

Not The Real Scarecrow

try adverts or there's a sticky thread on this forum with stuff for sale. Wouldn't hold my breath though for 100, reckon all you'll get is a foamy,and being honest they're just a waste of money.

luap_42

kodute wrote: »

Started as assumption, then my brother bought one against my advice, it then became experience.

Likewise I've bought plenty in those places over the years with most of it being perfectly fit for use. The wetsuits however are not.

I think you are generalising from a single specific wetsuit, which may or may not have fitted correctly. Any snug, well fitting wetsuit will probably give you good value and a certain level of warmth, and any loose wetsuit probably will not. I have bought and tried on both ALDI and LIDL wetsuits out of curiousity (since you can return them for a refund). All of the various ALDI ones I have tried did not fit well and went back, but some of the LIDL ones did. In fact my summer/autumn surf wetsuit is a LIDL Pegasus full lengh 3mm (€42 but I've seen it reduced to €22 once) which fits me like a custom suit and is perfect for summer surf when it's too cold for a shorty, and is quite toasty with a neoprene vest and neoprene shorts. I also have a LIDL Venom 12mm semi-dry wetsuit for winter snorkelling, as my O'Dare 16mm semi-dry is too warm and not very flexible.

eoinmcn

YourName wrote: »

I'm looking for wa cheap beginners surf board for about E100, an ex-school board of whatever would do. Anyone know where I could go???

Someone selling ex school boards on donedeal
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/watersports/2420142
perfect for beginners....

lizgal

http://www.shallowreef.ie/irish-surfboards/surfboard-details.asp?ID=23
Just wondering if these are any good?

Mickeroo

lizgal wrote: »

http://www.shallowreef.ie/irish-surfboards/surfboard-details.asp?ID=23
Just wondering if these are any good?

There's a thread about them here. Apparently they're not much good.

My mate has one of those longboards and it dings easy and the middle fin ripped out of it and it's not like he dishes out a lot of punishment to it either.

lizgal

thanks!

Laurenisme

Hi guys,

Sorry to be butting in a bit. I thought this might be a good place to get a bit of advice about my Bic Natural Surf board.

The board has only one fin, the middle fin and i was looking to get two new fins but wasn't quiet sure which type to get.

As far as i know the fin that is on it now is the one that it originally came with, and as a standard i think it is the bic Symmetrical fin loc 10.5.

The question i ask is should i get two more of the fins, which seem to be quiet hard to get or could i get any fin really. Im not looking for anything fantasic or fancy or expensive just something that does the job.

So what should i do.

Sorry again if i am writing in the wrong thread!!!

Lauren

Mickeroo

Laurenisme wrote: »

Hi guys,

Sorry to be butting in a bit. I thought this might be a good place to get a bit of advice about my Bic Natural Surf board.

The board has only one fin, the middle fin and i was looking to get two new fins but wasn't quiet sure which type to get.

As far as i know the fin that is on it now is the one that it originally came with, and as a standard i think it is the bic Symmetrical fin loc 10.5.

The question i ask is should i get two more of the fins, which seem to be quiet hard to get or could i get any fin really. Im not looking for anything fantasic or fancy or expensive just something that does the job.

So what should i do.

Sorry again if i am writing in the wrong thread!!!

Lauren

Thought this would be more at home in this thread.

The Bic fins are not that expensive so you're as well to stick with them, I don't think any other manufacturers fins will fit them anyway.

If you're having trouble finding them in the local surf shops try online.

crisco10

Hey,

Got guy in office who likes surfing, was going to get him a voucher for some online vendor. Who would be the best online place for surfing gears and accesories?

Cheers.

Mickeroo

troggs.com and bigsurf.ie aren't bad and are both irish (sort of).

niamhg82

Have googled to death and haven't found an answer.... Anyone know where stocks o'neills wetsuits in the south west ie limerick/Clare?

OldGuysRule

Lahinch Surf Shop stocks O'Neill, I picked up a Mutant at a great price there before Christmas. Give Tom or Cliodhna a buzz

niamhg82

I had checked their website and they didn't have what I was looking for but I rang them and the guy was very helpful and found what I wanted

OldGuysRule

Tom is the right man, in the surf shop business for sooooo many years

Msammon

Im looking to start surfing this summer. Does anyone (have/know where) to get second hand foam boards in west Ireland for cheap? Everything online seems very expensive or far away and i dont want to fork out a few hundred as im not sure if its worth it. Any help is much appreciated.thanks

Mickeroo

Msammon wrote: »

Im looking to start surfing this summer. Does anyone (have/know where) to get second hand foam boards in west Ireland for cheap? Everything online seems very expensive or far away and i dont want to fork out a few hundred as im not sure if its worth it. Any help is much appreciated.thanks

I wouldn't bother buying a foamy, rent one a few times then once you feel used to it buy a bic or something smilar. When you progress you'll outgrow a foamy fast.

keryl

Hi MSammon

Also looking for a foamie in the wesht, can't believe there are so little on the second hand sites.

Garry17

Msammon wrote: »

Im looking to start surfing this summer. Does anyone (have/know where) to get second hand foam boards in west Ireland for cheap? Everything online seems very expensive or far away and i dont want to fork out a few hundred as im not sure if its worth it. Any help is much appreciated.thanks

Westport


http://www.portwest.ie/0-6739/Surfboards/PORTWEST-ABYSS-FOAM-BOARD.aspx

http://www.portwest.ie/0-6727/Surfboards/PORTWEST-SCREAMER-FOAM-BOARD.aspx