Patagonia stopped using the synthetic, cancer-linked neoprene in its wetsuits in 2014, switching instead to a biorubber produced by Yulex. However, the company uses rubber foam that contains ...

I received the Finisterre Women's Nieuwland shorty wetsuit in winter, so I tested it in particularly cold water conditions. I was surprised by how warming the 2mm Yulex rubber was. I was much more ...

Luckily, there’s a new material on the block that wetsuit makers are now using to create cosy seasonal suits – Yulex rubber. This renewable, plant-based rubber is more sustainable than ...

While surfboard and wetsuit manufacturing has traditionally used often toxic and nearly always non-recyclable petrochemical materials, a desire for greener surfing means that nowadays these ...