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November 2009 
ScooterGirls Inc., introduces fashionable protective wear - its about time someone did it!!!!
http://www.scooter-girls.co.uk
ScooterGirls, Inc., a Los Angeles-based apparel company is scooting into Atlanta to preview its innovative and exciting “GoGo Gear”, the first fashion forward, highly styled, protective gear for female scooter and motorcycle riders. Designed to appeal to today’s image conscious, contemporary scooter and motorcycle enthusiasts, GoGo Gear solves the age old problem of finding attractive and affordable protective wear.
According to ScooterGirls founder/CEO Arlene Battishill, “One of the main reasons women do not wear protective clothing when riding is they don’t like the way traditional gear looks or fits. GoGo Gear addresses these issues by providing gear that looks and fits like fashionable overcoats of the type that can be worn for business, social and recreational activities.
ScooterGirls has created a fashionable, fully armored, abrasion resistant and highly reflective coat for today’s woman on the go, to be introduced in two lines. The initial preview will showcase GoGo Gear which emphasizes cutting-edge, feminine outerwear with robust interior engineering that includes abrasion resistant fabric, body armor in the back, shoulder and elbow areas, and reflective details for being seen in low visibility conditions. ScooterGirls will follow the GoGo Gear launch with its “360 retroreflective” line designed to provide enhanced visibility in low-light and night-time riding conditions. The “360 line” is the quintessential commuter line: wear it during the day and then reverse it at night for maximum visibility.
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October 2009
Compression garments and socks allowed back into Ironman competition
http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/Compression_sock_ban_reversed_1009.html
TAGS: Swimming
In an interesting article published by Herbert Krabel of slowtwitch, the World Triahtlon Corporation was reportedly going to ban compression wear from Ironman competitions.
From slowtwitch:
"Just before 7pm EST tonight I received an e-mail with the following statement from Blair LaHaye, the Director of Communications of World Triathlon Corporation. "In response to athlete feedback, World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) has retracted its ban on garments that cover the calves at this year's Ford Ironman World Championship, taking place on October 10, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Because the age of athletes wearing these garments is not visible, Ironman will eliminate marking athletes' ages on calves in Kona to ensure fairness among the field. The tradition of body marking of bib numbers on athletes' arms will remain in place. WTC will continue reviewing this issue and evaluating ways to display ages of participating athletes."
There had been all kinds of speculations and rumors about the "real" reason behind the initial ban of socks and other garments that cover the calves, but now quite a few people will be able to sleep better the next few weeks. Especially the industry people who make compression socks, the Pros who earn money doing so, and the age groupers who have come to accept them as the miracle solution. "
For more information see slowtwitch.
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September 2009
ROCKTAPE Power taping technology
TAGS: General fitness
ROCKTAPE power taping technology is an interesting product beginning to take hold of the fitness and recovery market. Used heavily in cycling and recently featured US Jr. National Cycling Championships, ROCKTAPE is similar to other kinesiology tapes that appeared in the Summer Olympics, but its unique patent-pending “Power Plow” pattern, tighter weave and stickier adhesive claims to make it more appropriate for high impact and endurance sports.
Power taping itself is claimed to enhance athletic performance by stimulating blood flow, lymph drainage, stimulating sensory receptors and creating muscle ‘snap back’
ROCKTAPE abide by the rule that muscles act in synergy throughout sports movements, which is clearly true. By taping functional movement patterns and by using an appropriate tape, performance can be enhanced through muscle "snap back".
One to look out for and certainly gives good advice about appropriate taping.
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2009
IMPsports to outfit British Cycling team
IMPsports have recently been granted permission to release their premium cycling "Racesuits" to the public. Now amateur cyclists can own the same sophisticated aerodynamic garment technology that is worn by British Cycling Team.
The suit is available on www.impsport.com.
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