ColeW
X2
- Location
- Tellico Lake, Tn
For you guys who dont have wet suits when will you start riding. My dads rule was you can go to the lake if the water temp and air temp combined are 140. I wanna hear your rules or when you start ridin.
When to ride
- Thread starter ColeW
- Start date
Wickedwayz
Tadpole
- Location
- Dallas TX
Ride anytime, UNTILL the first step in the water makes ur nuts jump into ur chest
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
it depends on how man you are lol last year i went the second day the lake unfroze with a wetsuit. that was maybe a half hour ride. i started goin without the wetsuit about a month after, idk what the water temp was but the air was but the air was about 75 - 80???
lakeboy183
get out and ride
- Location
- rice lake,north dakota
im about the same as you sxi,,i went the week after with a half body wetsuit and a winter jacket and neo booties and fell off,,but went for about half hour, water temp was about 30 degrees
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
- Location
- Rentz, GA
I hit the water as soon as enough ice clears for a launch. I wear a slippery sub Zero dry suit for a ride or two and then switch to a slippery Matrix. Ride length depends on the day. I've had to ride longer because the ice shifted and blocked the ramp and once had to call it a day because there was too much ice built up in my tray to stand anymore. Even at these lengths I only get about a 5 month riding season if I'm lucky.
You gotta do what you gotta do to ride.
Recently I was offered a chance to move to South Carolina where I can ride year round and I was all over it. :thewave:
You gotta do what you gotta do to ride.
Recently I was offered a chance to move to South Carolina where I can ride year round and I was all over it. :thewave:
ger87410
How did I get here?
- Location
- Fort Worth
We stop riding when the temp gets below freezing at night and start riding again when it doesn't anymore.
Looks like we'll start riding again in February this year.
Looks like we'll start riding again in February this year.
You need to be able to survive in the water if you have a break down.
I don't care if it's 90F and the water is 50F (your combined 140F), you will succumb to hypothermia quickly in those conditions without a wetsuit, and still will with a wetsuit, just a long time.
I don't care if it's 90F and the water is 50F (your combined 140F), you will succumb to hypothermia quickly in those conditions without a wetsuit, and still will with a wetsuit, just a long time.
Boris
The Good Old Days
- Location
- The surf-less coast
I have a hard time riding when the water temp dips into the 70's.
Wetsuit is a must.
I miss the summer.
Wetsuit is a must.
I miss the summer.
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
full body dry suit all the way. go year round
Moondance
Just plain me....
- Location
- Ridin' the Crazy Train
That is so true & many people seem to ignore that fact.
- Location
- Bay Area CA
I always wear a shorty at a mimimum if I'm going to be far away from shore due to hypothermia. Even if the water is only 70 degrees farenheit you are fubared if you're in the water for more than a couple hours.
I wear a full slippery suit, gloves, and booties, but it's pretty thin, so it's only good for about 60 degrees. If I had a slippery float coat on top it would probably be good down to freezing.
I wear a full slippery suit, gloves, and booties, but it's pretty thin, so it's only good for about 60 degrees. If I had a slippery float coat on top it would probably be good down to freezing.
A guy I work with is big into slalom skiing. He told me his rule is the air + water temp. has to be greater than 100. And this is without a suit. It may be a little different for skis, especially if your going alone.
You northern guys are nuts!! I don't care if the air temp is 80...if the water temp is only 50 I don't want to get in that water WITH a wetsuit. Heck I'm still trying to generate enough courage to go ride in Daytona with air and water temps around 60.
OCD Solutions
Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
- Location
- Rentz, GA
A good drysuit is the key to any late season riding. I would have died a few years back without one after spending almost an hour in a 54 deg lake. My late season rides are quick and close to shore and the launch. Any extended riding in a cold body of water regardless of season or air temps and I wear the drysuit. I own a Seadoo so breaking down is inevitable, plan for the worst and hope for the best. Ride Smart, Ride Fun and Ride Often.
- Location
- St.Louis Missouri
I hate being cold so anything below 65 degree water temps you wont catch me in the water. I will be cruising on a couch. Guess maybe I should get a wetsuit?