Agni Products – Wetsuit Heaters

First off, most things that cost $7.50 don’t even deserve a review but these socks worked so well this past winter that I’ve been compelled to give them some credit.

As with most Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) water sports gear these are designed for paddling but are amazing for surfing come winter time when you need some additional insulation while you’re surfing.

I have 7mm Xcel booties, but my feet are always the first thing to freeze up on me.  Trying to stand up on my board after being in the water for two hours gets rather difficult when your feet are numb and you feel like a pirate with peg legs popping up.

Last fall I met this French surfer at my local break and he was sporting a pair of these 3mm MEC socks. I went and picked them up to give them a try.  Since then they have added at least another 30 minutes to how long I can stay out in the water. Read More…

The 7mm INFINITI is a lightweight flexible high-performance mitten with the backhand panel made of 300% PLUS stretch Ultraspan Superlight neoprene engineered to fit your hands.

It is quadruple glued and blindstitched with Synergy seams. Just by looking at the seams and how they are fused together with rubber, you can tell they will remain in tact a lot longer than your basic stitched and neoprene taped glove.

My first pair of gloves were 5mm Rip Curl five-fingers. After four months of use they developed holes along the fingers. So I bought a 5mm pair of three finger gloves; they suffered the same fate after about six months of surfing.

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