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Sandra Wallenhorst Kicks of the 70.3 Season With a Bang
The first 70.3 of 2010 was held in South Africa on Sunday. After two consecutive top-10 places at the Ironman World Championship, XTERRA WETSUITS pro triathlete Sandra Wallenhorst lined up with a solid field of female pro triathletes at 70.3 South Africa to test her post holiday fitness.
Sandra exited the waters in the... mix (and in her XTERRA Velocity speedsuit), biked like there was no tomorrow, and successfully finished second overall – only 1:06 behind the winner. Congrats to Sandra and the rest of the XTERRA WETSUITS triathletes who enjoyed the weather south of the equator.
Sandra WallenhorstVelocity speedsuit approved by USAT
Our XTERRA Velocity 0.02 and XTERRA Velocity++ speedsuits were given approval by both USAT and FINA (the governing body for swimming). Then, FINA banned our speedsuits. Then, they said the XTERRA Velocity++ (also known as the Velocity RED) was approved with modifications (that made it a bit slower). Then, FINA told everyone that the speedsuits would be banned, only permitting jammers for men beginning in 2010.
Our XTERRA Velocity++ in its original form, no-seams & no-lycra, with 100% Nano-SCS is still approved by USAT and remains the fastest speedsuit you can wear.
Surf and Slopes
Igor Nastic of Switzerland was the first amateur out of the water at the 2009 Ironman World Championship wearing his XTERRA Velocity speedsuit. Check him out putting our XTERRA Vector Pro X2 to a climate test in the snowy mountains of Levantine! The wetsuit passed his test…with the exception of his feet. Next time he’ll test the suit on lava! Maybe at Kona in 2010?
Igor is doing his best to look like his feet aren't freezing right now.
If we ever expand into the artic suit market Igor will be first on our list people to call.