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When choosing a wetsuit its fit and tailoring for your body shape is critical. A poor wetsuit that fits your body shape is always going to perform better than a bad fitting high quality wetsuit. So fit is very important. Look for a snugg fit all over your body especially your torso, good length on your arms and legs.

When you try a wetsuit on do a few stretches and squats to see how it follows the contour of your body. If you notice significant room especially on your lower back, in that arch between the top of your bum and your shoulder, then you do not have a good fit. Simply, if your wetsuit doesn’t cling closely to your body shape then water will flush in and you will not stay warm.

Another important area to look for good fit is around the neck, where you enter the wetsuit. Obviously you won’t want it to choke you but you do need it to be secure as can be to prevent water flushing into your wetsuit when duck diving. There are a variety of neck entry systems that different wetsuit brands will offer, the regular back zip and velcro close over or the front zip offered by Xcel or C-Skins. Most people do need to try on a few wetsuits to get one that fits them perfectly.

Bodyglove Wetsuits was started by Bob and Bill Meistrell and hails from Los Angeles, California. Bob and Bill meet with Dale Velzy and Greg Noll at Manhattan Beach Surf Club. They also became certified scuba divers and lifeguards.

The brothers bought over Hap Jacob’s surfing and diving shop which was called Dive’N'Surf going on to make it a Southern Californian institution while continuing to surf everyday, lifeguard and operate a diving business.

The brothers went on to use the new material of neoprene for wetsuits to be used by surfers and divers. A full range of wetsuits was eventually manufactured, wetsuits that fit like a glove…so the name ‘bodyglove’ was coined.

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Bodyglove Wetsuits Surf Team is an international team.

Hawaii Team: Casey Brown, Rocky Canon, Imaikalani DeVault, Wesley Larson, Granger Larson, Ezekiel Lau, Hizon Lin-Kee, Cheyne Magnusson, Dusty Payne, Koa Rothman, Wyatt Taubman

Australia Team: Matty Bemrose, Cayyne Campbell, Mitch Coleborn, Chris Friend, Leigh Sedley, Tom Rudd, Tom Salvason, Andrew Mooney, Kurt Nyholm, Marty Paradise, Justin Allport, Tracey Brown

USA Team: Chris Abad, Whitman Bedwell, Jason Bennett, Chris Broman, Shaun Burrell, Gabe Garcia, Travis Mellem, Matt Mohagen, Trevor Saunders, Austin Ware, Kelly Zaun, Bryan Shelton, Tyler Smith, Christa Alves, Amy Cobb, Blake Jones, Tommy Orsini, Eric Templeton, Andrew Gessler, Dean Randazzo

South Africa Ricky Basnett, Rory Beach, Jono Bruton, Nick Godfrey, Hadyn McNicol, Simon Nicolson, Cuan Prytz, Justin Scott, Tammy Lee Smith, Dylan Stone, Bradley Swanapoel

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When choosing a wetsuit its fit and tailoring for your body shape is critical. A poor wetsuit that fits your body shape is always going to perform better than a bad fitting high quality wetsuit. So fit is very important. Look for a snugg fit all over your body especially your torso, good length on your arms and legs. (more…)