GBS SEAMS & DESIGN

Seams and panels have be strategically
designed with flexibility and mobility as the focus. Making for a non restricting comfortable wetsuit. Every seam has been glued and blind-stitched to reduce water entry and excellent durability.

THERMAL LINING

Lightweight poly fibres that help insulate and
retain body heat for longer periods. Specifically
only used on the chest, back and hood keeping your vital core areas warm without sacrificing flexibility. Quick dry fibres.

Yamamoto began producing wetsuits in 1961, offering the first wetsuit material in Japan that combined both high functionality and flexibility at a time when wetsuits were primarily composed of the heavy and stiff rubber. Early customers included Japan’s Defense Agency and the famous female oyster divers of Japan’s fishing industry. These customers sought a wetsuit that allowed for greater mobility underwater, improved heat retention and a better wearing experience.
A unique rubber material was developed and patented to resolve these problems.
Japanese Neoprene is the worlds best.

The major raw material of this Yamamoto rubber is limestone collected at Mt. Kurohime in Niigata Prefecture.
This limestone originates from magma of a volcano eruption in the sea near the Island of Hawaii about 80 million years ago

Yamamoto Corporation’s neoprene rubber is classified as “chloroprene rubber.” The special rubber incorporates an independent closed cell structure which adds high functionality including super light weight, high heat‐retention with good flexibility neoprene.

The closed cells are packed together at an extremely high density and each individual cell is filled with nitrogen gas to prevent water penetration and increase heat retention. The nitrogen closed cell content is over 93% — over 30% higher than most competing materials — and with virtually no
water absorption means the weight of this rubber remains nearly identical in wet or dry conditions, giving you more warmth than thicker wetsuits without the weight.