The NEW MAGLOCK!

Rocket Science Sports launches the new wetsuit with MAGLOCKTM.

The first magnetic wetsuit closure, exclusively from Rocket Science Sports.

The new ultra-low profile (patent pending) MAGLOCKTM design eliminates the need for VELCRO - It reduces your transition time with an easy two-step reach & pull action.

GOLD Coast’s Ashleigh Gentle capped a big weekend by winning the Oceania Cup at the Mooloolaba Triathlon festival yesterday.

After winning the 5km Twilight Run on Friday night and competing in the 1km Ocean Swim on Saturday, Gentle produced an impressive display in yesterday’s continental race.

On the back of a blistering run leg (32.11), Gentle cruised to the line in 2.03.25, to finish almost two minutes ahead of Natalie Van Coevorden, with Ellie Salthouse a further minute behind.

Meanwhile, Mitchell Robins claimed honours in the men’s Oceania Cup division.

Robins produced the best time on the bike and was strong during the run leg to stop the clock at 1.51.54, nine seconds ahead of Ryan Fisher.

Peter Kerr was third, just two seconds behind.

Source http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au

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Triathlon Karena & Katrina RACING IN Rocket Science Elite Suits

GOLD MEDAL FOR THE FU RACER IN DUBAI

This week in Dubai we have a lot to celebrate, our new FU RACER technical suit got one gold and one silver medal and a course record in 50m and 100m Fly.

In the above photo Albert Subirats of Venezuela celebrates after winning the final of the 50m Butterfly, and below shows off his gold medal during the ceremony for the Men's 50m butterfly final after the at the FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010.



CONGRATULATIONS TO ALBERT!

The Unedited Verssion of the intreview with Rocket Science Sports CEO

Here is the unedited version of my Q&A with Triathlete Magazine

1. What made you decide to leave a career in aerospace engineering to run your own triathlon apparel company?

Airplanes and space always fascinated me since I was very young. I used to live right next to a small airport and watch planes take off and land while doing my homework. At the same time I had a fascination with sports and was always an avid athlete, every spare moment I had was devoted to sports. One winter in 2003 I received as a gift a triathlon backpack from my wife and I thought to myself that I could design something better. This one design quickly propelled us to grow from our garage start-up company which was initially my extra "Beer Fund" into a company which now employs over a dozen people and has offices in USA, China and Germany with distributors in 8 countries. I saw my company as a vehicle which allowed me to merge my two great passions - aerospace and sports. Now I can design aero-hydrodynamic and functional gear that our customers really love and appreciate.

2. How do you go about competing against industry giants like K-Swiss and Nike?

I never think about my competition. When I design products I avoid looking at what someone already made as it would invariably influence my designs. All of our designs are unique and come from us listening to athletes. We not only strive to deliver products that they need but deliver products that they want or wish existed.

Also we have a great competitive advantage in terms of continuous development and improvement of our designs. Many companies hire outside designers to design a product for them. Many designs come from fashion designers and not usually aerospace engineers who are also athletes. They do not know how it feels to race. This is a critical disconnect. 50% of my company's revenue comes from OEM manufacturing and design and we do not even advertise that. We have larger and well-branded companies coming to us and requesting us to improve the designs of their products and in some cases developing something completely new for them.

In many cases larger companies have the vehicles to market products but more often than not they are designed by a third party.

I like to compare my company to Apple when they first started in 1984 and had a vision of creating something truly innovative and unique. I feel we are doing the same thing in sports. The rest of my competition is just like Microsoft.

3. Are you the first company to offer vortex generators on your wetsuits and race suits? If so, what gave you the idea for them?

Yes we are the first company to use vortex technology for wetsuits and race suits. However this is not a new idea. Vortex generators have been used in the past in many other applications. The ones that we use on our suits are fused directly onto the lycra fabric and are optimized for performance for triathletes.


4. How do you come up with the ideas for your products?
This one is easy..., my mind is constantly working as I am constantly thinking. My family and friends do not appreciate this as sometimes I might be in the room or having a conversation with someone but my mind is not really there. However most of my designs are done when I travel. I fly over 200,000 miles each year and when I am way up there, I have no calls or emails. This allows my imagination to run freely without the distraction of the daily buzz. So in some ways one could say that Rocket Science Sports designs do really originate at 33,000 feet in space.

5. What’s your most memorable moment in triathlon? (This can relate to anything.)
It was in the spring of 1999 when I did my very first triathlon. It was the Bally Total Fitness Bay Watch triathlon. I did the race cold without advance training and was utterly exhausted and near collapse when another athlete from behind unexpectedly grabbed my hand and we ran together holding hands across the finish line. That was such a great feeling with amazing support that I felt no other sport has ever given me. From that point forward, I was obsessed with triathlons and competing in 16 races per year and making triathlon part of my lifestyle.

5th Anniversary Edition of Rocket BAG

White ROCKET BAG

To Celebrate the 5th year of making our legendary Rocket Bags "notorious to our competitors", We will produce a limited run of WHITE Rocket and The NEW messenger bags to be released in December of 2010. Each bag will be numbered 1 of _____ and carry commemorative signature.

To Reserve Your bag please send email to sales@rocketsciencesports.com Cheers!