Pre-order | The Ruby Fresh Flow | V3 Men's Wetsuit | End Oct 2024 Delivery

The general idea of swimming fast is about being streamlined in the water as much as anything else. (OK, you need a great catch too ... ) There are a number of aspects as to why this is good. Firstly, swimming fast means you do better in swim races! That's obvious, haha ... but also, swimming fast feels good. It's as simple as that. That aspect is as important as the speed. The feeling that you are swimming well means just as much. 

To create a streamlined position means altering the swimmer's buoyancy profile. Since there has not been a wetsuit designed with a 
buoyancy profile specifically created for freshwater use, we decided to create one.

Generally speaking, lakes are colder than the sea. At Lake Wanaka in New Zealand, the water temperatures at 265 m above sea level, range from 8.5°C up to 19°C. But that middle range from 11.5°C through to 15.5°C covers a large part of the year. Numbers of active lake swimmers tend to fall away in lower temperatures as 'traditional' swim wetsuits are not really made for any sort of extended time in cooler waters. With Ruby Fresh wetsuits, the whole torso section, plus the arms and the calf panels on the legs, feature a layer of Titanium. This reflects between 35% to 40% of generated heat, further increasing the temperature of the trapped layer of water in the suit between the skin and the inner lining.

An interesting feature is a need to make the suit as visible as possible for use in busy multi-vessel and user type waterways, but still maintaining the dolphin-like feel of the Yamamoto SCS smooth-skin layer. By using a pattern design of hi-vis Day-Glo water-based ink on one arm and the latissimus dorsi side panel, we have attained an increased level of visibility. The effect is quite striking when in use.

The best item to enhance visibility however, is a tow buoy. These are visibly obvious from every angle, independent of sun/swimmer position which can sometimes result in the swimmer silhouette making the swimmer less obvious no matter how bright the wetsuit is.

• Adjusted and refined sizing.

• Ruby Fresh Grab Tab™ at base of zipper to aid closing your wetsuit. Grab the Tab with one hand, pull up the zip cord with the other. It's genius.

• Enhanced internal construction; New internal stitching design; Improved cut of the core Aerodome 5 mm Bouyancy Tray™ Panel.

• Longer Velcro closing area to better allow for looser/tighter neck closure adjustability making it easier to avoid neck rub.

• Our new male size — imagine the perfectly formed, 5'7" tall, stout fellow.

See size chart.