more restrictive wetsuits, the addition of booties and hoods, and—sometimes—creepy, bitey swimming things. But in a flash, Quiksilver’s dynamite Cypher PS+ heated vest changes all that.

Surfers had few wintertime options until O’Neill created the first surfing wetsuit, in its early stages a short-sleeved neoprene vest. The guys in the lineup would crack jokes about the weird ...

Again, sweet for paddling, but with a decent warmth quotient. (See also: The Short Jane / John; the Wetsuit Vest; and the Wetsuit Jacket).

Again, sweet for paddling, but with a decent warmth quotient. (See also: The Short Jane / John; the Wetsuit Vest; and the Wetsuit Jacket).

Surfers had few wintertime options until O’Neill created the first surfing wetsuit, in its early stages a short-sleeved neoprene vest. The guys in the lineup would crack jokes about the weird ...

Surfers had few wintertime options until O’Neill created the first surfing wetsuit, in its early stages a short-sleeved neoprene vest. The guys in the lineup would crack jokes about the weird ...

I sometimes pop on a 1mm wetsuit vest on cooler summer days so a 2mm thick wetsuit in summer would feel quite warming for me. I am not normally a long-distance open water swimmer, but rather ...

And that’s when he came up with the concept for an instantly inflatable wetsuit. Drawing inspiration from the type of life vests found on airplanes, Dorian contacted Billabong wetsuit designer ...