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Purchasing a wetsuit, especially if it is your first wetsuit, can be an intimidating experience. These suits cost a lot of money after all, and it's common to be filled with doubts. "What if it doesn't fit?" "What if it's not comfortable?" "Can I swim in it? "Can I return it?" These are a few of the common concerns we hear regularly. Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Pin on Pinterest Share on Email First, rest assured; when you purchase a wetsuit directly from Blueseventy, within the USA, you can not only give the suit a test swim, but we actually encourage...

To the untrained eye, comparing the Fusion to the Reaction may seem like an exercise in futility. They both provide similar warmth, are nearly equivalent in buoyancy, and both have the new, more comfortable neck design customers have been raving about. With the Fusion being a couple hundred dollars less, why would anyone buy the Reaction? Great question; let's dig in! Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Pin on Pinterest Share on Email THE IMPORTANCE OF SWIM TECHNIQUE We have noticed a stark difference between beginner swimmers, and swimmers who do not work on improving their stroke mechanics & technique, compared to intermediate and advanced...

Putting our thermal lined wetsuit to the test, professional triathlete Eric Lagerstrom dove into the frigid Sandy River last month! Tired of the same old comfortable and warm pool routine, Eric decided to try something a little different.  While cold water swims may not become a staple in his training plans, the scenery was definitely beautiful! Check out the video produced by Transition Four of his river swim.  Feeling Chilly? Make sure you have the best thermal swim gear to keep you warm.

We recently had the pleasure of catching up with Chris Bagg, where the conversation naturally turned to swim mechanics. Chris is a professional triathlete who lives in Portland, Oregon, and has been swimming since he was ten. He runs the swim squad at Nike World Headquarters, loves his cyclocross bike, and spends most of his time thinking about ways to turn people into faster humans. From Chris… December is swim analysis season for the athletes I coach, so I’ve been sitting in front of a video editor a lot over the past thirty days, watching bodies move through the water,...

Alys Thomas has sat proudly at the top of the 200m butterfly FINA world rankings since that stunning 2:05.45 gold medal winning swim at Australia’s Commonwealth Games in April. She’s now got a busy schedule at the Glasgow 2018 European Swimming Championships, but Sunday’s 200 fly is the focus for the 27 year-old Swansea, Wales based swimmer.  Her swim on the Gold Coast was a breakthrough international medal that took years of patience and perseverance, including overcoming injures that have forced her to practice underwater skills relentlessly while arm injuries prevented her from swimming on the surface. We caught up...