First ride! Too cold to take pics unfortunately, -8C
I realised that my gripless deck turns sliiiiiippery in ice temperatures 
Show your first ride of 2021!
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I will wait till March/April.
I bought Drysuit but with our -12 degrees last night and now ice on my preferred lake I lost my mood for efoiling 
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You know that drysuit will probably start to mold if you donât use it at least a few times this winter 
I had to change all the seals on my suit so now i better get out there to get something back!
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Where thereâs a will thereâs a way
But I am cheating a bit, definitely not my first ride this yearâŚ
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Metr records tells me that I was out as soon as blood alc level was back to normal. That how to start a new year.
First carbon icebreaker that ive seen.
If you can afford it, you can afford punishing itâŚ
I am ready to admit it⌠I thought I had overdone it during the session, but apparently this thing is built like a tank. Not a scratch on it. But undoubtedly there is a âthe ice is too thickâ. I am NOT willing to find out where it isâŚ
I found out this weekend that the ice limit is quite low for props made from PLA with carbon skin 
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seems most of you ride wetsuits still, what thicknesses? my suit is 5/3 and can get a bit too cold. With the drysuit i get too cold fingers, especially on the trigger.
Well, I think the drysuit vs wetsuit debate is overrated, both work well and it is all just preference. I have the Patagonia R5 (6,5mm) + ION hoodie and was never cold at all where the wetsuit protects. Feet and hand are a different story, though.
I have the Patagonia R4 gloves (lobster) and still have to switch hands from time to time to give the trigger finger a chance to stay somewhat warm.
Booties - Patagonia R5 and currently the weakest point. Will upgrade with additional
Neoprene socks soon.
That wetsuit is a 4/5/6 and does a pretty good at keeping water out. I have a drysuit that could be warmer depending on what wore underneath with but wetsuit is easier to get into and is a little more comfortable. My drysuit is inner bag suit and outer .5mm neoprone with latex seals.
If I was crashing more or kiting I would have used the drysuit.
Also air temp was a like 50F so it was pretty warm.
Yeah, i agree. Iâd rather use the wetsuit when i can though, i donât like the choking feeling of the drysuit neck seal. I just replaced the seals so now i am in the process of cutting one ring on the seal each time i go out.
You need to ride more dynamically and switch speeds. Try ocean instead 
I ride with 6/4 RRD hooded wetsuit (can recommend as itâs dry inside) with long underwear and a turtleneck. 3mm gloves and 7mm Boots that leak a little. For me Boots are the weak link. Have 3 diff pairs, but they never stay dry.
Was -17C here tonight, that must be close to 0F⌠Becoming tought to find water in fluid state nowadays.
Soon itâll be only the sea available! Problem is that itâs not as accessible as the 5000 lakes âround here and i wouldnât want to have a breakdown and blow away to denmark in sub-zero temps 
I cracked today because the ice in Berlin doesnât anymore. Baltic Sea for the winâŚ
The lake I went to a couple days ago all refroze. Just had <0F (-17C) last night, I think it might be a couple weeks again before I hit the waterâŚ
Denmark no worries they would offer you some âhyggeâ, think about our friend in Sthlm, they would drift into the hands of PutinâŚ