Often, the raddest thing about a newer wetsuit brand is their fresh take on the product. They’re not dealing with some legacy family; they’re not set in their ways. They can dream, and dream big. Take ...

Surf companies have been ignoring compelling research that could make wetsuits warmer and easier to paddle in. Two scientists are making sure someone listens. A dozen miles from the Pacific Ocean, at ...

Get ready for furry surfers: MIT engineers have created “fur-like, rubbery pelts” that mimic the insulating behaviors exhibited by beavers. The new design could pave the way for more effective ...

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Surf culture often prides itself on an affinity for nature. But there's a dirty secret hiding in many surfers' cupboards - old wetsuits. By Matthew Stock LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Surf culture often ...

Lotta brands can come up with some boardroom-decided marketing terms to gussy up last season’s suits like: Uber-Flex panels, Sociopathic Warmth, Uranium-Sealed seams… But often, a true surfer sees ...

If you’re a surfer, and you love the feel of salty sea mist on your skin, and the threatening billow of a forming wave, and the rush of gliding on water, but your preferred look is business formal, ...

AT 77, Bob Meistrell leads deep-sea diving expeditions to Catalina Island and remains at the helm of Body Glove International, the multimillion-dollar Redondo Beach surf company he co-founded with his ...

The ocean is an inhospitable place for soft, land-based human bodies. It’s dark, oxygenless, and, perhaps most intractable of all, really cold. At the pressure of certain depths, neoprene suits will ...

Melodie Meyer, who graduated from Myrtle Beach High School in 1980, started her own wetsuit line, which made a cameo on “Tiffany Haddish does Shark Week.” Melodie Meyer and Instagram Melodie Meyer ...

A dozen miles from the Pacific Ocean, at California State University in San Marcos, surfers paddle against a current in a temperature-controlled tank. The flume pool is part of the university's Surf ...

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Surf culture often prides itself on an affinity for nature. But there's a dirty secret hiding in many surfers' cupboards - old wetsuits. A combination of salt water, UV ...