MALLORCA SWIM TRIP & HUUB KIT
Prize also includes 1:1 coaching session with pro swimmer Keri-anne Payne…
This month we bring you a once-in-alifetime prize courtesy of the kindly folk at BEST Fest – a seven-day open-water swim festival in Mallorca – and leading wetsuit brand HUUB. So without further ado, here’s what one incredibly fortuitous individual will receive thanks to this exclusive competition:
A choice of race entry at the 2017 BEST Fest (worth up to €50, distances range from 1.5km up to 10km). Running from 28 May to 3 June, BEST Fest is a week-long festival for openwater enthusiasts. All events take place in the beautiful waters around the town of Colonia Sant Jordi. The town is famous for its amazing beaches and the island of Cabrera, Spain’s first protected nature marine park that lies just a few kilometers away. BEST Fest participants will also be able to swim at BEST Centre for free at given times. For a full list of races and more information head to bestopenwater.com.
Three nights’ accommodation (worth €210 at one of several hotels in Colonia Sant Jordi, all of which are within walking distance of the beaches and the BEST Fest hub of the BEST Swim Centre (www.bestswimcentre.com). £200 towards flights from any UK airport.
A 1:1 swim coaching session with two-time 10km swimming world champion and Beijing Olympics 10km open-water silver medallist Keri-anne Payne, who will be on-site running a swim camp with her company Triscape (triscape.me).
A HUUB Archimedes 2 wetsuit (£495.99 . The Archimedes 2 is HUUB’s fastest suit, giving you the feeling of racing wetsuit-free! The suit pushes the bar of expectation beyond anything the wetsuit market has ever seen
with extensive research and challenging production and design.
Using a real lab helps HUUB look deeper into the modulus of materials and methods of construction. It maximises the properties of neoprene foam and the lining while taking into account the construction. The design of the Archimedes 2 is focused on a few key areas that revolve around flexibility and creating the ‘non-suit’ feel, which in turn leads to improved efficiency.
Through observing how chloroprene foam moves, stretches and behaves with diffffffering lining materials, HUUB have been able to further enhance the flexibility and reach. The Archimedes 2 has a 25% reduction in the neoprene thickness of the panels around the side, the back and shoulders, utilising 1mm chloroprene foam and the most flexible lining materials available. For more information and to view the entire HUUB range, head to huubdesign.com.
A HUUB Albacore swimskin (£264.99 . The Albacore Swimskin is the combination of unparalleled industry expertise, unmatched hydrodynamics knowledge and the ability to test products far beyond any triathlon or swimwear company.
By using their patent pending ‘Constrictor system’ HUUB are able to reduce wasted energy and improve stroke efficiency to the tune of up to 4.5 seconds per 100m.
Warp knit high compression and hydrophobic fabric delivers compression of body mass in the water and a re-tuned centre of gravity. The constrictor system reduces snaking and improves stroke pull through never-before-seen thinking and application. The combination is a fast and efficient swimskin that will deliver. Again, head to huubdesign.com for more info.
A pair of HUUB Altair goggles (£49.99 – the world’s only goggles with three difffffferent lenses, designed to give you razor sharp vision in difffffferent light conditions – & swim cap (£6.99 .
For more information on BEST Fest visit bestopenwater.com, and to discover HUUB’s full range of swim products: huubdesign.com.