Perspectives on the sport. Written by our Athletes, and our Founders.
Ultra-light race kit reinforces only where it fails first because adding strength everywhere would make the garment heavier and hotter, so the smart approach is to keep the whole piece light and...
A fabric dries quickly when it spreads the water it holds over the largest possible surface area, so more of that moisture meets moving air at once. Evaporation happens at the surface,...
Some seams chafe and others do not because of where the seam sits, how it is constructed and how much it moves against your skin. A thick, raised, stitched seam placed in...
Race tops reinforce the hem because the hem is where ultra-light race fabric fails first: it is gripped, tugged and rolled every time you pull it down after overhead work, and it...
Precision cutting per size means each size is cut to its own pattern rather than simply scaling one shape up or down, so the fit stays true across the whole size range....
Technical fabrics hold odour because synthetic fibres like polyester are oil-loving, so they trap skin oils and the bacteria that feed on them, and their smooth, non-absorbent surface lets those bacteria cling...
Ventilation placement follows your sweat map: the body sweats most on the upper back, chest, underarms and lower back, so well-designed kit concentrates airflow there rather than spreading it evenly. Placing laser-cut...
Race fabric is stripped to the minimum weight that still holds up, prioritising airflow, fast drying and staying light when soaked over comfort and hand-feel, while everyday gym fabric carries a little...
Shoulder-neck seams fail because they sit exactly where a top is stretched hardest, over the shoulder when you extend overhead on wall balls and the SkiErg, and where sweat and repeated washing...
A short disappears under fatigue when it stops giving your brain anything to flag. The feeling is not really about the fabric, it is about attention: a tired brain hunts for problems,...
Waistbands roll and dig because a thin, single-layer band with no structure folds over when your torso bends and cuts in when it is stretched too far. A good waistband spreads pressure...
A T-shirt goes through 20-plus fabric revisions when it is developed through a real testing loop, athletes wear each prototype in hard training and racing, report what fails or gets in the...
Open ventilation construction is a fabric build where the gaps that let air through are woven into the knit itself, not punched, printed or sprayed on afterwards. It stays airy because the...
Cheap training tees stretch out after a month because their fabric has too little elastane to recover its shape, weak or stitched seams that loosen under load, and low-quality knits that deform...
Fused seams beat stitched seams under abrasion because they bond the fabric into a flat, continuous join with no exposed thread to wear through and no needle holes to tear along, so...
Elastane percentage changes how kit moves with you because elastane is the stretch-and-recovery fibre, so more of it means more give and a faster snap back to shape, while too much can...