After all, surf suits are specific - you can't just toss on a watersport wetsuit. Launching her own line granted her the flexibility and freedom to design in more conscious and creative ways and push boundaries. "I really tried to make wetsuits into superhero suits - because when I wear a wetsuit, I feel like a true superhero," she says. (Also read: Textured Waves Is Using Instagram to Diversify the Surfing World) She set out to craft options that would hold up in the water, last a long time and, overall, support women's surf journeys. Before she got into design work, women's wetsuits were basic and black, perhaps "with a hibiscus flower or something pink," she recalls. Meador's wetsuit designs for Roxy ultimately helped shape the entire women's wetsuit market. ![]() Just that minute of trying to hold onto your bottoms is going to be the difference of making it out back before the next set comes." ( "I want to know that what I have on me is going to last me in the surf, and it's going to be the last thing I think about… I don't want to be pulling up my swimwear when I'm trying to make it out past a bunch of set waves. ![]() The renowned " queen of noseriding," surfed with Roxy for almost 15 years, even designing wetsuits for the brand before going on to launch her own, Kassia Surf, in 2016. "I've worn it all," says Kassia Meador, a California-born former competitive pro-long boarder with worldwide wins. There's a gamut of technicalities to consider when you're hunting for a surfing swimsuit - from the cut and fabric to the thickness and UV protection to the stretch and sealing. While there's an array of beautiful swimsuits, rash guards, and wetsuits for women to shop, all too many of them sacrifice function for fantasy (or tan lines). That's what happens when you don't suit up properly. ![]() It's emboldening and revitalizing.Īnd then you feel the ocean breeze on your salty skin, and… you realize you're topless. There's something inexplicably empowering about it all, using nothing but the power of a positive mind - trusting of and consciously grounded in your body - to ride that wave, literally and figuratively. It's nothing but you and the ocean, and her force is fierce. You're gliding into a glassy wave, swaddled in the swell that's carrying you down the line.
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