Wetsuiting
 

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...=6546449062477

I have never, ever heard skishing referred to as “wetsuiting.” The sound of it reminds me of that pic of RIROCKHOUND on his paddleboard :yak4:

skishing is what we always called it. I sold my wet suits this past Spring. To old to be doing it at 77.

Only heard it referred as skishing

I always thought it was n#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g futz..... I remember Victor swimming back to shore on Cuttyhunk moments after he had released a brown shark, which was obviously interested in the bass he had attached to his belt.....

I looked like a wounded seal trying to swim when I used my wetsuit.....A few years ago when we started getting more and more sharks, I sold it.

I went to a wetsuit after getting knocked down at PJ.
Never skished, just accessed rocks further out.
Doing a seal imitation at night never interested me.
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It as exhilarating but I jut used it to get out to a little further rocks, was funny seeing TT, Luds & Clogs, Redlite all out on way further rocks.

But I was always the BEST seal imitation which never strayed far from mind

Yup. A lot of skishers on the Cuttyhunk trips. Also, PaulS, Zeno, ChefChris, and Andy Deer I think as well. Who else have I forgotten?

Were the dirty skivvies from a wetsuiter???

I’ll be 80 on a couple of months and don’t wade beyond my waist even on a good night. I prefer the dryness of waders, but will wear a wetsuit if I’m gonna be standing on any rocks even if they’re in ankle deep water. I think the wetsuit gives me a bit more safety when in the water.
Originally from NY and there wetsuiting and skishing were completely different other both involved wearing a wetsuit. Wetsuiting is an extension of wading, skishing is an imitation of boat fishing.

Well I have swim out to rocks fairly far, I'm certainly not brave enough to skish.

Pat , I would not have guessed your almost eighty.
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Hi Pat.




Agree, the skisher is floating / drifting the current, the wetsuiter was surfcasting in a wetsuit. Never heard it as wetsuiting


Yes, delivered by boat.

Right behind you Pat. 77 in 3 weeks.

Hang in there and enjoy. Never stop moving. Welcome to the club

Best Advice in this article from the Atlantic is at he end of the first paragraph: “Don’t”

I spent a significant portion of my engineering career with Navy diver support. The Navy divers are young, in great physical and cardiovascular shape, and highly trained with the best equipment. They go in the water two at a time with a third diver topside on standby for backup. You don’t just have to prepare and worry about the expected hazards you also have to overcome the unexpected as well. If you do it long enough you may find that out the hard way.