When its cold and your trying to kite/wing foil/ SUP, these gloves are the call. The curved fingers makes a world of difference over regular straight fingered neoprene gloves. If you have used straight finger gloves when kiting, you know that it really burns out your forearms, so this is the solution. Durability is good and exactly what you would expect. The wear and tear you put on gloves used for kiting or winging where you are gripping something and moving it around a lot is infinitely more wear and tear than doing something like surfing. I have to replace these once a year at the start of winter. I really like the strap around the wrist which helps to let minimal water in.