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Old 06-24-2010, 08:57 AM   #1
Back Beach
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Wetsuit zipper-major failure

As many of you already know I'm a gentleman and I don't piss myself while wetsuiting ...never have and never will unless its an emergency.

Last night while pulling off the trail to run my bilge the zipper on my wetsuit let go

I pulled the suit completely off in order to assess the damage and attempt a repair. Bad idea...

Needless to say, every mosquito in the area zoned in on me and proceeded to absolutely destroy me...

I had quarter sized blood splats all over me from swatting the %$%$%$%$ers while attempting the repair. I finally got the suit back on and zipped, but it came undone while I was swimming out to a submerged perch.

Problem now is my wetsuit zipper is missing more teeth than Numbskull's old girlfriend.

Checked out the marine zipper repair kits and will likely go that route if its not too bad, but this looks serious....short of buying a new suit, does anyone have any thoughts on this? My back can't take any more puncture wounds.

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