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Swimskin for new best times: The Booster Tri Swimskin
With this swimskin you are perfectly positioned for new best performances in the water. Its sophisticated functional material and well thought-out details guarantee you the best performance on the swim course!
The Booster Tri Swimskin was developed for new best times in the water. With its excellent hydrodynamics and stabilising properties to optimise water position, you can effectively improve your individual swimming performance!
When do you need a swimskin?
Swimming in triathlon can be different for every competition - in the pool, in the river, in the lake or in the open sea. Distances also vary, making each race unique. But often a completely different factor is decisive in swimming: the permission, obligation or even prohibition to wear a wetsuit.
It is not uncommon to see disappointed faces once a wetsuit ban is imposed for a competition. Why? Because a wetsuit not only protects you from getting cold, but first and foremost improves your swimming performance thanks to its buoyancy and favourable water position. Especially on the long distance, many amateur athletes do not even compete if a neoprene suit is banned, because they lack the support of the neoprene.
If the wearing of wetsuits is prohibited in competition, the material and cut of your tri suit is decisive for the swim time. And if the tri suit itself is not ideally suited for swimming - for example, because of pockets on the back or zips on the front - so-called swimskins have become increasingly popular in recent years. They are fast and legal aids on the swim course, are made of textile materials and are additionally worn over the actual competition tri suits. These special triathlon swimming costumes can reduce water resistance by up to 15%, which means a significantly faster swim time for you (for comparison: shaving your body hair can reduce resistance by 9%).
How do swimskins work?
Swimskins are designed to keep water resistance as low as possible. The lower the resistance, the less power you need to move fast.
With the Booster Tri Swimskin, we have worked so hard on the right choice of material and the perfect cut that we can finally guarantee you reduced water resistance and excellent gliding properties thanks to the following main features:
- water-repellent material construction with DWR finish
- compact and hydrodynamically adapted cut
- refined seam design with taped seams and optimally placed vortex generators
Material
The functional material of the Booster Tri Swimskin was carefully developed over several years and reduces frictional resistance to a minimum. In addition, the low water absorption capacity of the material improves the natural buoyancy and prevents water retention in the fabric. As a result, you can glide through the water extremely quickly and use significantly less energy than without a swimskin.
Cut
The compact and hydrodynamically adapted cut keeps the wetted area on the body as small as possible. The suit sits so close and tight to the body that no water can penetrate, especially at the tricky spot at the neck, and thus increase the resistance.
But even though the fit of the swimskin should be as tight as possible for perfect hydrodynamics, the suit should not constrict you or restrict your movement in any way. On average, 90% of swimming performance comes from proper arm work. For this reason, we have optimised the shoulder and arm area of the Booster Tri Swimskin so that you can perform your swim strokes with absolutely no movement.
Seams
The bonded seams reduce water resistance thanks to their particularly flat feel. They also increase your comfort and allow you to swim without friction points. Thanks to the Freecut technology, we were able to completely eliminate seams at the leg cuffs. Only small silicone prints on the inside guarantee a perfect hold.
Can a swimskin improve water position?
For the Booster Tri Swimskin, the answer is yes! But to understand why, you first have to become aware of an important law: The human body is exposed to two forces in the water: on the one hand, gravity, which pulls you down, and on the other hand, buoyancy, which pushes you to the surface of the water. However, since the centre of gravity and the centre of buoyancy are hardly ever in the same place, your body turns into an inclined position in the water (legs point downwards). When swimming, you have to actively counteract this situation with the help of your core muscles in order to achieve a clean and, above all, effective position in the water. Without support, this costs you a lot of energy and requires enormous torso stability.
The outstanding technology of your clothing can provide you with the necessary support. The Booster Tri Swimskin stabilises you and your torso muscles with special, streamlined pressure strips and helps you to maintain the ideal position in the water with less energy expenditure. This not only saves energy, but also makes you as fast as an arrow.
Can you complete an entire triathlon in a swimskin?
Here too, the answer for the Booster Tri Swimskin is: Yes! However, very clear distinctions have to be made here for the different distances. Due to its particularly compact functional material and details that are absolutely reduced to swimming, the Booster Tri Swimskin is not suitable for longer distances - there you can best wear it over your competition suit during the swim and take it off in the first transition zone. This way you get the best performance in the water and don't have to sacrifice details and comfort on the bike and run.
For shorter distances, the Booster Tri Swimskin is also recommended to wear for an entire competition in all three disciplines. Especially if every second counts to catch up with the swim group or if swimming is not your favourite discipline. A thin wheel insert ensures sufficient comfort in the saddle, and on the run course, an openable zip on the back helps you to breathe and move more freely during the last discipline.
Ultimately, it is your individual feeling, your comfort and of course your swimming performance that decide whether you wear the Booster Tri Swimskin during all three disciplines. But regardless of whether you wear the Booster for the swim at your next long distance or don't want to leave the decision to the seconds battle in the sprint - with the Booster Tri Swimskin you are guaranteed to get your absolute competition weapon and new personal best times.
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