Features: - Rip Curl Aggro 2/2 Chest-Zip Long-Sleeve Shorty (2019)
- Wetsuit Type: Long-sleeve shorty
- Thickness: 2mm throughout
- Neoprene: Rip Curl's premium E5 in the arms, E4 in the body
- Entry: Chest zip
- Lining: N/A
- Seam Construction: E-Stitch high-stretch seams and E5 stress point taped
- Temperature Guide: 18 – 22°C (approx.)
Rip Curl’s Aggrolite series offers long-lasting and lightweight performance for very affordable prices, and boasts many of the same features found in the brand’s higher-end suits. This long-sleeve shorty, with its super-low-bulk chest-zip entry system and 2mm of neoprene throughout, is a real beauty.
The neoprene’s a mix of Rip Curl’s top-end E5 and the marginally less pliant E4 variety, making for a highly stretchy summer suit that’s easy to put on and take off and generally just a joy to wear. Meanwhile E5 taping lines the seams at key stress points.
It’s an exceedingly good-looking wetsuit, too, all clean lines and sleek, low-key design. Will the single dark-grey hoop on the right sleeve, offsetting the otherwise all-black colour scheme, make you any warmer or enable you to surf any better? Definitely not. Will it make you look at least, say, 5% more rad? Unquestionably.
The long-sleeve/short-leg combo seems to be all the rage right now, and it could well be the go-to this summer in the UK, with ridiculously warm temperatures predicted once again. If you’re surf-tripping in France, meanwhile, or elsewhere on the continent, it’ll keep you warm well into autumn, those long sleeves providing just the right amount of protection from the early-morning chill and the daily sea-breeze.
