Billabong is launching its next generation of wetsuit technology – a super-lightweight steamer that has the fit of a second skin.

The new SGX is significantly lighter when wet than traditional wetsuits.

It is made of durable lightweight material that soaks dramatically less water than conventional wetsuits and its water repellent characteristics minimise resistance when paddling.

“The new SGX has all of the qualities a surfer expects in a high performance wetsuit - warmth, comfort and flexibility - but it’s so much lighter and has less resistance,” said Billabong Europe’s Wetsuits Manager François Liets. “This wetsuit is way lighter than any other suit when it actually counts, in the water.”

The wetsuit, the only one of its kind on the market, utilises advanced Japanese technology that includes a high-grade, yarn-coated exterior, a specially-knitted carbon-infused jersey and a high-grade foam core to maximise its thermal properties. Meaning, this suit is also extremely warm.

The SGX* weighs just over 900 grams when dry and only absorbs 268 grams when wet, tipping the scales at a meagre 1.196kg.

It also uses optimum seam positioning to ensure greater flexibility without compromising fit.

The new SGX is the next generation of Billabong’s technology-focused wetsuit program and the result of 25 years of wetsuit innovation.

PREVIEW THE SGX AT - WWW.BILLABONG.COM/SGX
 

* SGX 3/2 mm