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What is the best wetsuit cleaner?  In my wetsuit wearing lifetime the fragrance coming from my wetsuit boots has ranged from the amazing surf shop neoprene whiff to the reek of a 1980s urinal at the local pub where mysterious yellow stalactites would form from the porcelain furniture. I now finally have taken measures to prevent the stink so I don’t have a tea or a coffee before I surf and I always try and find a nearby bush to empty the bladder prior to donning the neoprene. However, even without using my boots as a yellow water receptacle they...

The obvious way to for a wetsuit hanger to be suspended would have been via a carabiner. During the design process there was deliberation whether to make a new mould for a plastic hook or use the tried and tested method of using a carabiner. In the end we invested in a mould, this is how the decision was made and a brief description of the design process. Most of the design refinements had been made to the hanger part of the c-monsta but the method of suspending it had not been confirmed. The obvious way was to do what...

Staying Surf Fit Through the Summer   As a surfer in Scotland, staying fit through the summer is a battle. The first thing I do in the morning in winter is check the chart, the first thing I do in summer is look at what’s in the fridge. In Scotland, winter sessions are fairly tough on the body and the calories get burned off by the hundred every session meaning that fat levels are generally kept in check. In summer the barbeque is always on standby for the first hint of sunshine, then no barbeque is complete without an ice...

Surfing Through Winter in Scotland   The c-monsta wetsuit hanger brand colours have been inspired by the cold dark winters of Scotland, the flash or orange colour represents the bright light that surfing brings to those months. For many, the months of January, February and March are a dismal prospect, short days, cold winds and often persistent rain. Dreich is a Scottish word meaning bleak or dreary, even the sound of it has a resonance or tangibility that elicits a sense of woe. Scotland in January, February and March can often be described as dreich. The autumn months will bring...