Wearing Kids Wetsuits Properly

Apr 20
10:02

2012

Joseph Rice

Joseph Rice

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Kids wetsuits are very important when it comes to water activities like surfing, windsurfing, scuba diving, and most outdoor water activities. So, check out how you use them properly.

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Kids wetsuits are very important when it comes to water activities like surfing,Wearing Kids Wetsuits Properly Articles windsurfing, scuba diving, and most outdoor water activities. It is a suit made from a flexible and soft synthetic rubber called neoprene which basically fits and tightens over the body to prevent water from entering the suit. In this way, a small amount of water will be kept within the suit which is being insulated by the body temperature. And so, the temperature of the body is kept warm. This gives the user an additional safety while performing water activities.

However, there are a lot of issues when it comes to the suit’s comfort ability. Wearers usually complain about the discomfort that they are experiencing whenever they wear the kids wetsuit. This is due to the tightness of the material. Nevertheless, it is a fact that the tighter the wetsuit is over your body, the more efficient it is in protecting you from hypothermia underwater.

Most of the issues that arise when wearing kids wetsuits originate from the improper way of wearing it. Thus, this article will list important ways and tips on how to wear the wetsuit to avoid too much discomfort when wearing it.

How to Wear It Properly

In wearing kids wetsuit, the very first thing to do is to wear it over your ankles. Once the suit is over your ankles, you have to pull the legs of the suit up to your thighs then diminish all the remaining wrinkles by pulling on the suit’s shins to move your ankles in its proper suit’s area.

Once it’s done, you have to pull on the knee of the suit to move the shins, and then, you have to pull on the thighs of the suit to make sure that the knee pads are on their proper places. While you are pulling the suit up to your thighs, you have to make sure that the suit snugs into your crotch. Otherwise, you will feel that the suit is too tight at your shoulder area and you will have discomfort over your chest area.

Once everything is properly done, you have to pull the suit’s sleeves and make sure that the armpit area is pulled up properly similar to the crotch area. Once everything is in place, you can now pull up the zip and secure all the fastenings. After which, you are now ready to go for your water activity.

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