Category: Equipment
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Neck Floaties Help Dogs Swim Safely
Help your dog swim safely and happily with the Hedz Up Pets Watercollars. Lynne Peters developed these floatation devices which make it easier for dogs to keep their heads above water while paddling.
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Sony Truly Wireless Headphones WF-SP900 Official Product Video
It is an ad, yes, but it is also saltwater-proof! :-) On the track, in the pool or under the ocean, the WF-SP900 headphones are all you need to take you further than ever before. With a truly wireless design and 4GB of on-board storage so you can listen anywhere. https://youtu.be/L32Wshly8H0
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The Proper Care and Feeding of Your Goggles
New goggles ‘usually’ have an anti-fog coating inside the lenses. Who knew? When cleaning their goggles, swimmers often rub the inside of their goggles with their finger or a towel to clean them to help prevent fogging. This de-fogging method may actually do more damage than anything to the anti-fog coating. What should you do…
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What Kind of Swim Goggles Should I Buy??
No, this isn’t Jeopardy. This is for real. Do you know the shape of your face? Is it a small face, is it medium or would you say you have a large face? Do you have long eyelashes? Long eyelashes can hit the lenses of your goggles. This can be very annoying when you are…
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Olympic Medallist Brent Hayden launches activewear company to help young athletes get to the Olympics
Canadian Olympic Medallist and World Champion swimmer Brent Hayden, along with his wife, Lebanese/Canadian singer/songwriter Nadina Zarifeh, break into the activewear market by offering a new line for men and women that will help fund local Olympic journeys. Stemming from the Latin phrase “Ad Astra Per Aspera†(to the stars through challenge) Astra Athletica creates high…
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Adidas Introduces New Styles And Colourways In The AMPHI FW18 Collection
Adidas has launched the second AMPHI collection, for the Fall/Winter 2018 season, integrating advanced bust supports for females with a passion for versatile training regimes in, on and at the water. Created for the modern female athlete adopting a versatile training programme, the FW18 AMPHI collection fashions new bold colourways across its top and bottom styles including electric blue, bright pink and black. Each top can be mixed and matched with any of the collection’s three bottom…
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Far-right German politician’s clothes are stolen while swimming
The clothes of a leading figure in Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party were stolen while he was swimming in a lake outside Berlin, which forced him to walk to the police station wearing only his bathing shorts, German media reported Tuesday. Alexander Gauland, co-leader of the AfD’s parliamentary wing, told German news agency DPA…
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Tight swimming trunks UK’s ‘most hated clothing’
Tight swimming trunks, including those made by Speedo, have been rated as the UK’s most hated piece of clothing. The male swimwear – often simply referred to as Speedos or budgie-smugglers – is essentially a waterproof pair of briefs which are very fitted. In a YouGov survey, more than two thirds of Britons said they…
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Now you can buy the world’s first custom fitted swimming goggles
THEMAGIC5 are ready to launch the world’s first custom fitted goggles after one of the most successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in history. The goggles start at 70 USD. Take a moment to think of your current swimming goggles. How do they fit? Have you experienced leaking goggles? Are they uncomfortable? Since Thomas William Burgess…
