Inside Patagonia’s Wetsuit Forge | Patagonia

Our journey into less toxic, neoprene-free alternatives in wetsuit materials began when we teamed up with Yulex® in 2008. Four years later, we released our first neoprene-free wetsuit, and in 2014, we gave the game-changing biorubber to the wetsuit industry at large because when volumes go up, prices go down; and when more surfers can choose less harmful suits, we all win. Throughout the years, we’ve hit our road bumps, made mistakes, and this whole exploration into wetsuit rubber that comes from the sap of the hevea tree, instead of crude oil or limestone, has not been easy. In 2020, when we built our wetsuit forge and put our best repair and design minds under one roof, things started to fall into place. The level of collaboration rose. The teams could take their learnings from the most common repairs, use it to influence the design of our new Yulex® Regulator® wetsuits, and test prototypes at our local breaks. Come inside the wetsuit forge and meet some of the epic people behind our best wetsuits to date. Subscribe: https://pat.ag/Subscribe Get more from Patagonia: Official site: https://pat.ag/Patagonia Patagonia Stories: https://pat.ag/PatagoniaStories Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patagonia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PATAGONIA/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/patagonia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@patagonia?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/patagonia_2/ About Patagonia: At Patagonia, we appreciate that all life on earth is u