How to take measurements for a custom wetsuit
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Height - Measure from top of head to floor without shoes. |
2 | Shoulder breadth - measure across shoulders between tips of shoulder blades. | |
3 | Arm length - keep your arm in normal position by your side and measure from tip of humerus to wrist bone. | |
4.1 | Chest measurement - Raise your arms, Place the tape just below the armpits then lower your arms. Take the chest measurement with the tape fitting close under the armpits, in a relaxed position and breathing normally.( nipple level for woman) | |
4.2 | For Woman only: another Chest circumference 2: ( measuring the circumference on the upper part of chest, under the armpit, (always with arms along the body) above the breast. | |
5 | Shoulder-blade/crotch length - place the tape measure on the backbone and measure from the first vertebra at the base of the neck to halfway sown the curve of the buttocks 4 cm beneath the coccyx. | |
6 | Waist - measure at the level of the navel. | |
7 | Pelvis - measure above the buttocks. | |
8 | Thigh - measure at the widest point. | |
9 | Calf - measure at the widest point. | |
10 | Inside leg - measure length from crotch to ankle bone. | |
11 | Head circumference - measure at the forehead. | |
12 | Neck
- measure at the centre of the neck on the Adam's apple, Indicate
in a separate note if the neck is visibly long or short and if the chin is particularly pronounced. |
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13 | Biceps - with your arm at your side measure at the centre of the muscle. | |
14 | Forearm circumference - measure at the widest point a few centimetres below the elbow. | |
15 | Wrist - measure at the smallest point. | |
16 | Ankle - measure a few millimetres above the ankle bone. |