Wet suit fit, I am big boned (or maybe just overweight)

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2009-03-30 7:47 PM

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Subject: Wet suit fit, I am big boned (or maybe just overweight)
Can somebody out there tell me how tight a wet suit should fit.  I order the size that the Orca charts suggested, but I was at the upper limit for weight and chest but not height.  I can get the thing zipped up and move but it is hard to zip up over the  top half.  This is my first wetsuit.  It is a full w/sleeves.

2009-03-31 9:11 AM
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Subject: RE: Wet suit fit, I am big boned (or maybe just overweight)
Have you worn it in the water yet? I found that mine loosened up a bit after getting wet.
2009-03-31 10:45 AM
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Subject: RE: Wet suit fit, I am big boned (or maybe just overweight)
Put it in the bath tub and fill it to over the suit. Put stuff on the suit to keep it under water. Let it sit there for a couple/few hours.

Then let it hang up overnight on the shower head.

That'll let it be a whole lot less likely to rip when you go putting it on. Think of a sponge that's been soaked and sat out for a few hours versus one that's been sitting out of water for weeks.

It should literally fit like a second skin.
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