Dear helpful windsurfing people

I an looking to learn to windsurf this year but i burn very badly

I have found a long sleave rash shirt in a surf shop but need something to protect my legs .. preferably full length .. i don't really want to wear a wetsuit on Perth as i will cook !

is it safe to wear a normal pair of light cotton trousers ? i'm just a but concerned they will flap around and get caught

idealy im looking for a pair of "rash trousers" does such a thing exist ? if so where do i get them !

Thanks in advance

yeah get an XXXXL kids 'fullbody rashie-suit' from Kmart.

theyre available in all the rad fluoro colours!!!!


DUDE - its called sunscreen WTF, rashpants hahahahaha

You could try a 'stinger suit'. Basically a really thin wetsuit. Plenty in the tropics wear them, so you should be fine. If you get a little warm, go for a short swim

Cheers,
H

I have a full length rashie neck to knees that I got from a dive shop. Windsurfing shops for some reason do not stock them. MAybe try a wetsuit shop also. In melbourne I tend to wear it under my 3 /4 summer suit at the start and end of season when the water is a tad cold. I have seen stinger suits in QLD that are much the same

How about a pair of those skins pants? They will help your muscle recovery as well.
I haven't tried them, but they might work.

a speedo swimming suit, like what grant hacket wears. Then if you fall in and sharks come you can just out run them swimming.

seriously though, I would say the advice of a stinger suit will be the go. Check out your local dive shop.

Actually I find it's only my thighs and the tops of my feet which cop much sun when I'm windsurfing (and arms and face of course) so if you wear long boardshorts and put sunscreen on your feet, that will probably do it.

The stinger suits are like an all over rashie. Can you get them outside Queensland?