Brother lives / works in japan and is back every now and again… bought me this from surf store there… does anyone know what this stuff is? the swaylockians from japan??
Cheers
Ant
It’s a wetsuit/body conditioner/rinse.
I use either a antibacterial soap and hair rinse … fabric softners for some suits intermittently.
My Japanese isn’t what it used to be but from my reading of it, it isn’t a soap but is actually designed to keep you warmer in the surf. You mix some in with hot water (25 grams of powder per 10 litres of water) and then pour it into your boots and gloves and down your wetsuit. It says it’ll also leave a good smell (has herbs in it apparently).
Yer thats what i thought, crazy japanese i thought… theres a little picture of you pouring it in and then a person on fire…
Too scared to try it out… 
A
Don’t snort it Lavz, you’ll just get bubbles coming out your nose and ears…
Then you’ll explode…
Ok, I’m part japanese so…
First of all, everybody here in japan brings water in plastic tanks from home(not many showers around) and in winter they bring warm water…this stuff is supposed to be used after surfing
when you wash the body with the water you brought with you.
you simply mix the powder in the tank.
this stuff is supposed to keep you warm and cozy in the cold winter weather…
and if the the waves we’re 4foot and offshore and decide to jump in the water for a second round
your’re supposed pour some of the mixed stuff in your wet cold wetsuit and it’s supposed to keep the wetsuit warm…that’s what it says on the package…Never tried it.
Jimmy yoshio shibata.
Sorry people, I keep having these visions of Lavz pouring this stuff into his wettie and slowly smoking up until he explodes.
What was that mixing ratio again?
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Yer thats what i thought, crazy japanese i thought… theres a little picture of you pouring it in and then a person on fire…
Too scared to try it out…
A
LOL!!
I think it’s the stuff those Japanese doctors put on Tom Carroll’s date , and he was on fire for the whole flight back to Sydney
[the funniest part of his auto/biography “the wave within” , I reckon !]
ben
Whatever happened to bringing a thermos of warm water with you? Or even large plastic bottle of hot water? By the end of the surfsession it will ususally be the right temp.
I guess we are simple people here up north (I don’t even do the above anymore). But then again I’m the one with a bad cold right now…
regards,
Håvard
“But then again I’m the one with a bad cold right now…”
sorry to hear it , but…
I guess maybe that will teach you for romping around in saunas with gorgeous scandinavian women in the middle of your arctic winters ?
[I’m so jealous right now…well , of the “gorgeous Scandinavian women” part , anyway !]]
ben
Sorry I’m half Nippon/German-American and my language skills have diminished severally…I thought it was something else…sounds great…sounds addictive!!!
Hey Lavz,
how did your bro get that pouch filled with unidentified white powder through customs?
“Super Magical Powder” should’ve raised some eyebrows…hehehe
Rio
Hey Dak,
Yeah thats a good point… they should be more concerned they actually let just my brother himself through ! 
I still think this packet will melt me… need to find a test speciman mate…
A
if ya like , I could feed some to “Holly” , or one of hicksy’s cats , when I’m "out there " on friday , Ant ?
[…not Rex though , oh no …not our little hip hop fan , surfboard quality controller dog !]
…ben and the quality control-dog , rocking out to the sounds of " T. REX "
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I still think this packet will melt me… need to find a test speciman mate…
Just drop some of it into a friends boot or something while he’s not seeing it. See if he notice it. Would be ‘interesting’.
regards,
Håvard
just drink it , already , Mr. lava tree , and
watch your 'fro grow
like Machado ’
ben
[you saw the movie “coming to America” , right ?]
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Just drop some of it into a friends boot or something while he's not seeing it. See if he notice it. Would be 'interesting'.
Maybe I’ll get some of this stuff on my next trip and try that. “Hey bro, is your right foot warmer than your left right now?” That ought to trip him out!
a “friend” of mine used to play “which leg” with his mates …
they had to guess which leg of his wetsuit was warmer than the other .
The game was played on dry land [but not for long, if you get my drift ]…
ben hello yellow river