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advice for novice on booties please!

Tedious Bore · 2010-02-14 13:18:12

i'm a novice. I've bought a mini mal board and an o'neill 5/3 suit. regarding boots, should i be wanting 5mm or 3mm do ye think? and anyone have opinions on o'neill superfreaks versus ripcurl f-bombs (or any others you might recommend)? ...also, how necessacry are other things like gloves and hooded vests? all helpful info…

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14-02-2010 2:18pm

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Tedious Bore

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i'm a novice. I've bought a mini mal board and an o'neill 5/3 suit.

regarding boots, should i be wanting 5mm or 3mm do ye think?

and anyone have opinions on o'neill superfreaks versus ripcurl f-bombs (or any others you might recommend)?

...also, how necessacry are other things like gloves and hooded vests?

all helpful info much appreciated.

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#2 14-02-2010 4:20pm
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5mm booties for the winter. Depends on your own metabolism for the rest. I don't wear a hood cos it freaks me if I cannot hear the waves but I don't get as cold as some people do. Go thin with the gloves as they will feel like lead. 1.5mm is plenty hot for me in the winter.

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