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@hippy
Are you lot scrubbing the rims clear of water before applying brakes properly?
When you know you need to stop, you lightly squeeze brakes to remove surface water from rims and then brake normally. Obviously not an emergency method but for normal use it's much nicer than jamming on brakes and panicking that they're not working.
Clean your rims regularly too.