Re: NP wetsuits

From: Allen H Zimmermann (allen.zimmermann@gte.net-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Thu Oct 11 2001 - 18:31:27 PDT


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I really like surfsuits. I have zen-zip 4/3 and it works great for sailing,
kiting, surfing. My NeilPride 3/2 has held up fairly well (3 seasons).
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Subject: NP wetsuits

>
> In a message dated 10/11/01 1:00:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> eeiseman@worldnet.att.net-DeleteThis.com writes:
>
> > Be weary of purchasing neil pryde
> > wetsuits. they don't seem to work. Now I just have a heap of
> > useless rubber after one season.
>
> On top of that, O'Neill has apparantly decided in the face of competition
> that they would rather dedicate themselves to surf suits and make windsurf
> suits as an afterthought. I was told at the shop that O'Neill has released
> the windsurf suits very late and stopped making their windsurf suits in
the
> common LT size. If we're gonna be stuck with one option, you'd hope it
would
> at least be a semi-reasonable option. When the NP women's suits came out
they
> were tearing apart within a week. One woman I know was told that it was
her
> fault because she wore her harness too tight.
>
> Peter
>



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