Open water swimming wetsuits are designed for longer swims outdoors. But are they worth buying? We put a selection to the ...

Patagonia has been a forerunner in the effort, having worked with Yulex to produce neoprene-free wetsuits using natural ...

Neoprene (Chloroprene rubber) is a synthetic rubber that is made into pressure ... causing the suits to become tighter and less flexible. Old wetsuits are eventually only hazardous waste and cannot be ...

That particular material is a synthetic rubber called neoprene, a material used in most of the best wetsuits of yesteryear. Chosen for its excellent insulation properties and flexibility ...

He published papers and obtained patents, and in 1931, Du Pont started to manufacture neoprene, a synthetic rubber (commonly used in wetsuits) created by Carothers' lab. The search was on for a ...

Whether you're into that super flexy Japanese neoprene or keen to support the revolution in Yulex and limestone rubber, if you're surfing regularly you're putting your wetsuit through some punishment.

Once you have all 20 rubber, return to them and receive your very first wetsuit! Now you can plunge into the very depths of the ocean without losing health.

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked a federal judge in New Orleans to restart a stalled lawsuit attempting to force ...

In the UK, surf company Finisterre is developing a wetsuit made from recycled neoprene suits, which it says would be a world first. It collected nearly 1,000 old suits to create a recycled rubber ...

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