Neoprene is good at keeping surfers warm in the water, but producing it is a dirty business. Not only is the material non-renewable, but it's derived from petroleum or limestone, which means it's a ...

WETSUITS ARE DECEPTIVELY simple. While they may seem like little more than one-piece neoprene "jumpers" for playing in the water, they serve a critical function in keeping surfers and divers warm, ...

Patagonia has always been a company with one foot in the mountains and one in the sea — climbing and skiing one day, surfing and paddling the next. When they introduced wetsuits to their lineup a few ...

Support our work! The Inertia may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn more about our gear review policy here. Wetsuits are both the biggest blessing and curse of ...

A dozen miles from the Pacific Ocean, at California State University in San Marcos, surfers paddle against a current in a temperature-controlled tank. The flume pool is part of the university’s Surf ...

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Hugh Bradner, a UC physicist whose love of the ocean and curiosity about everything in it led him to revolutionize diving by inventing the neoprene wetsuit, has died at his home in San Diego at the ...

It's rare that our national animal, the humble beaver, gets the spotlight. But the industrious mammal may soon be hailed as a gnarly hero in the surfing world. And no, this isn't another story about a ...