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Wetsuit Wear Test: Billabong Furnace Range
If only every focus group could feel like a good surf sesh…
Photo: Chris Burkard
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We can talk certified sourced rubbers, CICLO fibers and “improved foams,” all damn day. We could show you provocative images of pro surfers doing air reverses over icebergs with a glacier in the background to prove how toasty the latest hooded 5/4mm will keep ya…but we did that already. When it comes down to it, as far as the latest wetsuit tech goes, if you’re talking endgame: We just want to be surfing longer in one. And we want warmth and flexibility. And, without sacrificing a bit of our soul (we’ll get to that in a sec).