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Garment to Monitor Your Movements

KineticShift — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:01:06 +0000

How do you know if you are moving correctly when it comes to specific exercises? We’ve seen various motion tracking devices and even suits. Now comes the Move from Electric Foxy, which features a special tank top wit sensors at the hips and shoulders that can monitor movements during exercise and offer feedback if the wearer isn’t doing something correctly. While still in the concept stage this could be Move towards the future of exercise.

Electric Foxy Official Website

SPORTIQUE Promotes a Different Kind of Fitness Relief

KineticShift — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:39:55 +0000

After a long ride the right active body and skin care products can be welcome relief, but this week SPORTIQUE – the maker of skin care products – announced that it is celebrating its seventh year of success with another kind of relief. The company is kicking off a fund-raising effort to benefit World Bicycle Relief.

From May 1 to July 30 purchasers of SPORTIQUE Century Riding & Chamois cream or SPORTIQUE Warming Up Massage Oil will receive a 25 percent discount off the retail price, while every dollar from the sales of those two products be donated to World Bicycle Relief.

World Bicycle Relief Official Website
SPORTIQUE Official Website

Head Coolie Keeps a Cool Head on the Run

Enid Burns — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:40:44 +0000

On a hot day, especially race day, it’s difficult to stay motivated and focused on a run. There’s a number of new products out there that help you stay cool, and now HeadCoolie joins those offerings.

The HeadCoolie headband is a lightweight, insulated cooling headband with an internal pocket that holds a re-usable cold gel pack. This headband has a Velcro closure so it stays put around your head while running.

Many runners at the Boston Marathon got to sample the headband. “The HeadCoolie is the solution for consistent cooling off between break stations,” said Holly Ruma, president of IPC Medical Corp, the company that makes HeadCoolie. “It gives runners the comfort and support they need to push through that extra mile.”

We recently covered the Kick Back Quad Sleeves, which combine compression and cold packs for muscle relief on the run and for recovery.

HeadCoolie Official Website

Clutch Putts With Method Midnight

KineticShift — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:27:19 +0000

When you make it to the green you need to get in the right groove, and to that end the Nike Golf Method Midnight putter will let you get the right grip and more. It features Nike’s revolutionary polymetal groove technology, which has been instrumental in the 34 wins by Nike athletes on the Professional Tours worldwide. It is available now in new milled head shapes with dark chrome finish. There are three models, and each utilize the face groove technology that combines steel and polymer to generate a forward roll rather than backspin, which could cause the ball to initially bounce.

Instead the polymetal groove technology starts the ball with forward spin to minimize bounce and keep putts on line. Nike Golf’s Method Midnight putters ($323.99 MSRP/$269.99 MAP) will be available June 15, 2012 in all three models. The Method Midnight 006 will also be available in a left-handed version.

Nike Golf Official Website

Rawlings Participates in Youth Football Safety and Helmet Replacement Program

Enid Burns — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:23:44 +0000

Helmets are crucial protective equipment for football teams, yet they often get uses year after year and no longer protect the players as effectively. Helmet manufacturer Rawlings just joined the Youth Football Safety and Helmet Replacement partnership. This group helps promote safety on the field, replaces aged helmets, and serves to educate coaches, players and others in the sport.

The initiative will remove helmets over 10 years old and replace them with new helmets. The new helmets will be given at no cost to beneficiary leagues. Coaches and administrators will also receive educational information to help assist young players with proper equipment fit and to promote playing the game safer.

The program is supported by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Several parcipating companies and organizations include Rawlings; the National Football League, the NFL Players Association, USA Football, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the National Athletic Equipment Reconditioners Association (NAERA); the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE); the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) and other football helmet manufacturers.

Rawlings Football Official Website
Rawlings Official Website

Sleeper Hoodie

Peter Suciu — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:54:44 +0000

A hoodie can be an ideal garment when traveling as it can be big, bulky and soft – things that can be so welcoming in the unfriendly skies these days. But a hoodie alone can’t do it all – or can it?

Burton takes the Sleeper Hoodie to the next level too with an inflatable pillow in the hood area, integrated eye mask and even ear plugs.

There is even an audio pocket with headphone port so wearers can tune out with some of their tunes. Other features include a passport pocket and integrated toothbrush to help the wearer stay organized and neat.

It is made of a mix of cotton, polyester and soft-hand fleece to ensure it is warm yet offers just enough ventilation for long trips and those awful redeye flights. So if First Class isn’t an option, making the Sleeper Hoodie part of the wardrobe seems like a no brainer.

Burton Sleeper Hoodie

Bike-Powered TV Puts Hotel Guests to the Pedal

Enid Burns — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:36:16 +0000

Want to watch a little TV after a day of wandering the English countryside? You’ll have to pedal for your screen time. That’s right, there’s an exercise bike in the room that powers the TV. The Cottage Lodge in the village of Brokenhurst in the south of Great Britain. The bed & breakfast just installed a bike with a trainer in its “Standing Hat” room.

Other amenities include a bed made by a local craftsman made from a tree that fell in the village; water heated by solar panels and electricity produced by photovoltaic cells. What’s not clear is how long you have to pedal to get the TV to work, and whether you can opt for some of that photovoltaic-provided electricity if you get really into a movie and want to retire to the bed.

Cottage Lodge Official Website
[via Telegraph UK: Hotel installs bicycle-powered television]

Go Fish

Peter Suciu — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:12:27 +0000

Any GPS can help you find your way to a seafood restaurant, but the Magellan eXplorist line – 310, 510, 610 and 710 – can be loaded with the Fishing Hot Spots maps so you can get a very personal catch of the day.

Fishing Hot Spots features detailed profiles with shoreline characteristics, size, depth and contours, and submerged cover/vegetation to better prepare anglers for their fishing trip, along with lake-specific tips and techniques help the angler identify the fish species, seasonal fishing patterns and the best baits and lures to use for greatest success.

It even offers information on fishing points of interest and not so “fishy” data such as primary species and average sizes, tackle techniques and stocking practices.

The new maps are available now for $9.99 each, and will feature approximately 6,000 lakes across the U.S. The fish won’t stand a chance.

Magellan GPS Specialty Maps Official Website
Fishing Hot Spots Official Website

Speed Track Suit

KineticShift — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:19:10 +0000

The trend in track and field attire has been “less” as in less fabric over all. But now Nike is going another direction with skin tight suits that could give runners an edge. The Nike Pro TurboSpeed is a newly designed track uniform that offers aerodynamic techniques that have been used on golf balls – with the idea that it could shave millisecond off a sprinter’s time. And with races that close it can make the difference at the finish line.

The suit features dimples on the shoulders, arms and calves – parts of the body that create resistance when running – and these dimples or “surface architectures” as Nike calls them create a turbulent rather than laminar layer of air molecules. With golf balls this holds the surface more efficiently than it would with a smooth surface.

Whether this translates to runners will be seen this year in London’s 2012 Olympics as runners from the U.S., Russia, China, and Germany will be using the Nike Pro TurboSpeed.

Nike Official Website

Stand Up Paddle Board

KineticShift — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:13:48 +0000

It is that time of year when the new water sport crafts are taking to the water, and a new trend seems to be stand up paddle boards. This includes the new Flow 106X SUP line from Pelican, which offers anti-slip, padded deck pad for secure footing, bottom grooves for solid tracking, four carrying handles for when it isn’t in the water, and even elastic bungree cords to allow storage “on deck.”

This craft obviously is designed for flatwater, light surf and slow moving rivers. We wouldn’t advise taking it on serious white water, but the the Flow can go with the flow and be used as a sit-on-top kayak as well – with optional conversation kit.

Pelican Sports Official Website

Adidas CLIMACOOL Might Seduce You

KineticShift — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:54:41 +0000

The shoes are reportedly beloved by Katy Perry, David Beckham, Lionel Messi and others. And from what we’re hearing what’s not to love. The Adidas CLIMACOOL Seduction Shoes offer 360-degrees of ventilation to help evaporate sweat and keep the feet cool. The Coolever mesh upper manages heat, while the lining and molded perforated midsole provide comfort and lightweight cushioning. The adiWEAR outsole further offers high-wear durability so these can go the distance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcP1i79foI0

Adidas CLIMACOOL Official Website

GoPro Dives With New Housing

Enid Burns — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:48:05 +0000

This week GoPro announced the launch of its new Dive Housing, which features a large flat glass lens that allows for maximum photo and video sharpness underwater and in all resolutions. This new housing, which is compatible with all HD HERO cameras, mounts and accesses is waterproof to 197 feet (60 meters), and can be used for diving, snorkeling or any deep sea adventures.

It comes with protective lens cap, tether string and even assorted mounting hardware, and is available now for those looking to take a dive.

GoPro Official Website

G-Form Releases Goalie Video for iPhone X-Protect Color Case

Enid Burns — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:09:57 +0000

G-Form likes to show off its patented armor, and just challenged its iPhone X-Protect Color case against NHL goalie Tim Thomas. A new video posted on YouTube shows the case in action as a G-Form employee shoots iPhones protected by the X-Protect case at the star goalie. He blocks each of the phones, then gets a call to show the phone is still in good working order.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaa7HSfSeiE