Category: Equipment
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Introducing Arken – swim trunks that take water safety to the next level!
There are many water safety devices around, yet still, none that could challenge the classic bulky life jacket that’s been around for centuries – until now! Most devices are bulky, uncomfortable to wear and do not provide enough freedom of movement. A group of swimming enthusiasts has spent the last 3 years challenging this status quo and…
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Bert Kreischer Wants To Be The Face Of Speedo – CONAN on TBS
CONAN Highlight: Bert loves Speedos so much, he pitched himself as a spokesman. Speedo responded to Bert’s pitch with a cease and desist order.
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Speedo’s Smartest Ever Performance Range Shows Pure Intent and Heaps of Valor
Speedo, the world’s leading swimwear brand, has launched its smartest ever Fastskin range as it aims to combine the latest technology with almost 20 years of pioneering performance. Starting with what the swimmer needs, the new Fastskin LZR Pure Intent and Fastskin LZR Pure Valor combine innovative new technologies and new fabrics applied intelligently to…
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SwimOutlet.com Selected as Swim Retail Partner for Mizuno in the U.S.
 SwimOutlet.com, the web’s biggest swim shop and a top 300 Internet Retailer in the U.S., has begun carrying Mizuno’s line of racing tech suits this month becoming the first swim retail partner for the well-known Japanese specialty sport brand in the U.S.
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Swim Secure – Wild Swim Bag
A innovatively designed inflatable dry bag with shoulder straps, waist and chest straps. Head off for a hike or run, remove the shoulder and chest straps and it’s a dry bag/tow float.
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VxFly launches LESWIM, a swimming kickboard with propeller, at CES 2019
At CES 2019, Shenzhen VxFly launched LESWIM, an electric kickboard that can provide both buoyancy and propulsion. This new comer to the swimming gear family will bring a totally new swimming experience. LESWIM helps swimmers of all skill levels to glide through the water. Henry He, co-founder and CEO of VxFly, says: “We want to change the way people learn…
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Swimming with Nose Restrictions – Part 3
Using a Full Face Snorkel Mask In my blog posts dated October 4th and November 9th, 2018, I talked about swimming with nose restrictions (deviated septum, allergies, sinusitis, perhaps a broken nose or nasal polyps). I offered several swimming solutions for those that swim with any of these restrictions. In this post, I am very…
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Gertrude Ederle’s swim suit
In 1926, Olympic gold medalist Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel – and when she did she became, for a brief time, the most famous woman int he world. She is remembered to day a s a pioneer in the gender equity movement.
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Swimming with Nose Restrictions – Part 2
An excellent stroke to use if you suffer from blocked nasal passages is the breaststroke. While swimming the breaststroke, you will be able to take a breath every stroke through your mouth. This is the key for people who are having nose/breathing restrictions. This way of breathing while swimming is different than ‘swim breathing’.  Swim breathing is when you exhale from your nose and take a breath in through your…