It is important to catch them early with a drop of Krazy Glue for about three stitches. Neoprene skirts do not have shoulder straps because the skirt tube form fits the paddler s torso or has adjustment straps to cinch the tube around the torso. You must ensure that the adjustment straps have a reinforcing patch as these are prone to lots of stress. If the skirt tube does not have adjustment straps then the tube must be sized appropriately, allowing for the difference between wearing your winter garb and your summer T-shirt. This can often make the difference between two sizes of tube.
Sized tubes are less expensive than having adjustment straps.
More often than not you will still have to deal with the shoulder straps. There is no technology that can reliably seam seal nylon to neoprene. Way back in the olden days, paddle jackets and sprayskirts were all one. That worked great in conditions where you were always wearing a paddle jacket. Today most of us wear our paddling jacket over top of the skirt.