How to Choose Your First Wet Suit

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Schell Michael, I'm here with Expert Village and today we're going to do a series on how to surf. Okay, so now it's time to meet your best friend, the Wet Suit. This nice, cool guy will definitely save your freezing little buns. You won't need this in a really warm place, but odds are most of the times it's going to be cooler unless you live in a tropical area. The best thing you can do for picking out your Wet Suit is first, try on for size. You can't really just go on to the store and say you know, I need a small, I need a medium, I need a large. There are all different sizes, all different types, brands. Also make tighter or not so tight. Also depends on the thickness of your suit, depending if it's really thick or you know, if its thin, or whatever. Sometimes the material would be tighter so it will fit a little tighter. So the best thing is, just go get change in the room, get a few sizes, draw it on and when you get it on, you want to make sure, you know, it's not super high water's here. You want to make sure; its high water is here. You want to you know, come to your wrist, go to your ankles, and when you have it on you'd like it to be more on the snug side. If you feel like its hugging every area of your body, it's probably a good thing. You don't want everyone to put on a Wet Suit that you're like, oh this is comfortable, it?s fitting a little loose, because the second you get in the water, it's going to get looser. And it's going to move around and it's going to be uncomfortable. So the best thing is to get it tight, so that's why sizing, trying it on. Also, depending on where you're living and how cold the water is, there's different thickness. So there's a few different sizes and thickness and you can ask the person who's helping you with that as well."