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Naomi Osaka teams up with an artist on co-designed Yonex tennis products
Naomi Osaka has collaborated with an influential Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami, to co-design a limited-edition Yonex tennis racquet and the accompanying bag. Osaka and Murakami have re-imagined the silhouette of the Ezone racquet, decorating it with the artist’s signature cherry blossom motif atop a white base. The player’s name, “Naomi,” ...
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Reef introduces €130 eco-friendly sandal
Reef is launching the Paipo, a sandal made from wood and full-grain leather, which the brand has called its “most upscale offering ever.” The sandal, which is sold at a price of €130, is indeed “designed and built to be the most luxurious sandal possible,” as the brand describes it ...
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Athletes to launch clothing collections on BlueChip platform
BlueChip Holdings has launched a platform that allows famous athletes to connect with their fans and build their own brands. As part of the platform, athletes will release personal clothing collections. Each athlete will work with BlueChip designers to curate the logo and brand that best express their unique personality ...
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ArticleSlinger Bag raises new funding to become a major connected sports firm
Slinger Bag, the recently founded supplier of portable tennis ball launchers, reports an oversubscribed round of financing through a private placement of $11 million, giving it a valuation of around $220 million. The new fudning is intended to support its vision to become “a leading connected sports company” with key ...
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New company applies Polygiene-owned additive to golf implements
Two golfers in the U.K. have founded a company called Global Golf Safety (GGS) to help prevent the total shutdown of golf courses over Covid-19. Their method is to apply a antimicrobial additive called Biomaster to certain parts of golf implements, or “multi-grip time-delayed touchpoint products.” Courses in the U.K. ...
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U.S. start-up launches battery-heated clothing
H.E.A.T. (Heated Electronic Active Technology), a start-up based in Great Falls, Montana, has launched a new line of technologically advanced heated clothing that is said to have the potential to revolutionize the winter apparel industry. The H.E.A.T. One-Layer smart system combines advanced textiles, smartphone technology and customized, ergonomically correct batteries. ...
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Adidas launches the ZX Primeblue golf shoe
Adidas Golf has introduced the ZX Primeblue shoe, worn by the new Olympic golf gold medal winner, Xander Schauffele. The shoe’s textile upper is made with yarns containing at least 50 percent Parley Ocean Plastic intercepted on beaches, remote islands, coastal communities and shorelines, preventing it from polluting the oceans. ...
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Puma launches the ProAdapt Delta Mid golf shoe
Puma has introduced the ProAdapt Delta Mid, designed and developed in partnership with the American pro golfer Rickie Fowler. The ProAdapt Delta Mid is a full-grain leather shoe with a fashion-inspired mid-cut height, built on top of the ProAdapt Delta cleated outsole. The increased collar height is meant to provide ...
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Craft is offering soccer balls
After entering into a cooperation with the soccer ball factory of Ingo Anderbrügge, a former Bundesliga player of Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04, earlier this year, Craft, the Swedish specialist for functional clothing now also offers its own footballs. The new product category comprises four models in different material ...
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Garmin partners with Intermap on innovative golf applications
Garmin has signed a worldwide multi-year joint development agreement with Intermap Technologies, a company specializing in geospatial content development and intelligence solutions, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Intermap’s proprietary 3D, high-resolution NEXTMap Digital Terrain Model (DTM) will enable Garmin to deliver precise terrain information for 42,000 golf courses around the world. ...
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News briefsLenzing and Orange Fiber cooperate on new lyocell fiber made from orange pulp
Lenzing and Orange Fiber, an Italian company that has patented the process for producing pulp from citrus by-products, have unveiled the first Tencel™ brand lyocell fiber made from orange pulp and wood sources. With this new product, both companies aim to realize their shared vision of improving sustainability in the ...
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News briefsPeloton develops rhythm-based video game workout
Peloton is in the final testing stages of a new application that explores the intersection of fitness and gaming, the company said in a press release. The new game, called “Lanebreak,” is designed to “provide a greater variety of workout options to members beyond instructor-led classes,” said David Packles, senior ...
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News briefsMizuno China products to feature Polygiene technology
Mizuno is partnering with Swedish ingredient brand Polygiene from July 2021, targeting the growing demand for durable and high-performance activewear in the Chinese market. Several Mizuno China products, including sweaters, sweatpants and down jackets, will feature Polygiene Biostatic Stays Fresh technology starting with the Fall/Winter 2021/22 collection. Mizuno China designs ...
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News briefsNew Balance celebrates 50th NYC Marathon with official collection
Source: New Balance New Balance has launched the official New Balance 2021 TCS New York City Marathon Collection. The 50th edition of the event will mark the return of in-person racing after a year impacted by the pandemic. The New York City Marathon first took place on ...
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News briefsOlympic para-powerlifter Ali Jawad launches disability fitness app
Ali Jawad, a 32-year-old British powerlifter, originally born in Lebanon, who competes in the class up to 59kg and won a silver medal in Rio 2016, has unveiled Accessercise, a new mobile app designed to make sport and fitness more accessible for people living with impairments. According to Jawad, the ...
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Nike partners with four designers to celebrate the artistry of sport
Nike has partnered with four international designers on an initiative that is collectively supposed to signify “the unifying value of sport as a spark of imagination, possibility and vibrancy.” The brand partnered on sport-inspired collections with Virgil Abloh’s Off-White, Jun Takahashi of Undercover, Yoon Ahn of Ambush, and Chitose Abe ...
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Devan’s Moov&Cool technology supports elite athletes in the U.K. and Belgium
Devan Chemicals, the Belgian-based textile finishing expert, has been supporting high performance sport in the U.K. and Belgium with its Moov&Cool “‘cool comfort technology.” The company has worked alongside the English Institute for Sport (EIS) and Sally Cowan, a garment research and development prototyping company in the U.K. to apply ...
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HRX is expanding its product offering
HRX, an Indian fitness brand owned by the Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan and Exceed Entertainment, has forayed into the category of sports and fitness equipment for home workouts. HRX ranges will now feature also dumb-bells, kettle-bells, yoga mats and skipping ropes. HRX was first launched in November 2013 on Myntra.com ...
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Billabong collaborates with Wrangler
Billabong and Wrangler have released the first iteration of a new collaboration meant to blend the Western inspiration of the American brand of jeans with the surf culture of the Australian brand of board sports. They have come out with a first co-branded line of vintage jeans, boardshorts, denim jackets, ...
