Phelps adds cap and googles to Aqua Sphere collection
18/01/2016
The goggle uses Aqua Sphere’s patented curved lens providing an expanded field of vision. "With these goggles, you're getting almost 180-degree vision. That peripheral sight is really important when you're racing," said Mr Bowman. "It allows the swimmer to sight walls and the competition without altering their head position."
Phelps and Bowman worked with Aqua Sphere engineers to incorporate hydrodynamics into the design of the new X-O swim cap to maximize drag reduction, especially along the hairline and along the back of the head. With integrated, dual-density stretch zones, stabilizing ribs, and internal dimpling, the cap offers a sleek and secure fit. "The swim cap is very important to a swimmer's performance," said Bowman. "We've created a cap that's going to provide maximum control of the hair with a minimum of wrinkles for the most streamlined movement through the water."
Mr Phelps produced three of the fastest FINA legal textile times at the US National Championships in August wearing the Xpresso swimsuit, which we looked at in WSA May-June 2015.
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