Category: Equipment
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Victoria’s Secret Swim 2012: Behind the Scenes
No matching caps and goggles here, though maybe sunglasses.
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Swim goggles take the sting out of chopping onions
It is true, just read cambridgetimes.ca: When she turned around to talk to me she burst out laughing. I faked ignorance as to the reason for her laughter and simply asked what was so funny? Pat mentioned how I looked like a goof with the goggles on. I simply laughed back and let her know…
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FINA list of approved swimsuits now includes caps and goggles
FINA released today the full list of swimwear approved for use in 2012, and for the first time ever also a list of approved caps and goggles that can be worn. Pretty much every company is now required to submit their line of camps and goggles to FINA for approval, read more on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Non-slip Arena WoW soles “Walk on Water”
WoW is a non-slip “Walk on Water” outsole technology that gives your Arena sandals a ‘perfect grip’ no matter if the floor is wet or not. Exciting video, for a moment I wondered if they’d chase each other into (onto?) the pool, but (spoiler alert:) no such luck! :-)
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What, you enter the Speedo Fastskin3 through the armhole ?!?
Love it when engineers mess with our conventions (as an engineer myself :-). And by the way … this need for the model to wear an in principle illegal modesty suit to make the video ‘safe for work’, is a real and practical problem in the locker rooms! If the suits are designed to take…
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ButterflEYE goggles measure your heart rate while swimming
As a swimmer on her college team at the American University of Beirut, it never made sense to Hind Hobeika that practices were organized according to heart rates taken after the swims, or with watches or belts that disturb and slow you down. So she invented the ButterflEYE goggles that read the pulse in the…
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Track your laps, splits, stroke rate and type with the Swimtag wristband
Swimtag is a training aid that monitors progress in the pool, much like the Finis Swimsense or Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro, but more simplified without buttons or display, to act more as a passive device than a watch. The idea is that for instance your local pool provides these wristbands as a service, that you pick…
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Launch of the Speedo Fastskin3
A look at the unveiling of the Speedo Fastskin3 Racing System in London and New York City, featuring the exclusive thoughts of Michael Phelps and Rebecca Adlington.