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PHOTOGRAPHY: NORMAN WILCOX-GEISSEN WRITER: ELLY PARSONS

CHILL FACTOR

We’ve carved up a gnarly cold-water surfers’ kit for

die-hard wave riders who appreciate the finer things in life

Surfing is no longer the exclusive pursuit

of tanned Californians and Bondi natives.

Thanks to vastly improved wetsuit

technology, and overcrowding in many

traditional sunshine-blessed surf locales,

die-hard wave catchers have turned

to colder climes to get their fix of ocean

foam. Driven by a sense of adventure,

and a rejection of increasingly crowded

beach resorts, many surfers today

favour the clean air and icy waters of »

RIGHT, R3 YULEX FRONT-ZIP

HOODED FULL WETSUIT, £400,

BY PATAGONIA. LIMITED-

EDITION SURFBOARD, £4,150,

BY GLENMORANGIE AND GRAIN,

FROM GRAIN SURFBOARDS.

VAALEN CHANGING ROBE, £95,

BY FINISTERRE. QUICK HUMPS

PURPLE LABEL SURFBOARD

WAX, £3, BY MR ZOGS SEX

WAX, FROM ANN’S COTTAGE.

CELLIANT THERMAL HOODED

SHIRT, £90, BY XCEL

ON PAGE 103, G-SHOCK

GULFMASTER, £500, BY CASIO,

FROM THE WATCH HUT. THE

ORIGINAL SINGLE MALT, £37,

BY GLENMORANGIE, FROM

CLOS19. SKIPPER PRO POCKET

KNIFE, £80, BY VICTORINOX

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