Kiteboard Magazine Tropiskin story

Kiteboarder Magazine March issue
"New water repellant fabric rash guards and surf shirts allow kitesurfers to stay better insulated and more comfortable."
"We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on one of these shirts and have been amazed with the results."


Kiteboarder Magazine
Product News- Victory HiTech Surf Shirts
New water repellant fabric rash guards and surf shirts allow kitesurfers to stay better insulated and more comfortable.
With water sports such as surfing, paddling, kite surfing, wakeboarding, and wake surfing, no matter what the temperature in Indonesia, the Caribbean, Latin Americas or Hawaii, when the wind is blowing and you’re out for a couple hours, you’re feeling the chill and ready to call it a day. It doesn’t take a physics lesson to understand that a wet, soggy shirt exposed to anything above the mildest of winds results in major cooling – much the same principle as why we humans all sweat.
One company has responded with new technology that has turned the surf shirt business on its head, with a high-tech fabric that can repel water and provide maximum UV protection. KoreDry, from Victory Tropiskin, features a revolutionary advance that allows water to bead up and fall off. The fibers of the fabric are embedded with a proprietary water repellant process so they stay dry at the fibre core. The result is a shirt that provides insulation from hot to cold that doesn’t cling and dries as soon as you get out of the water.
We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on one of these shirts and have been amazed with the results. The comfortable doesn’t absorb water at all. You can pour a bottle of water over yourself and it will simply run off leaving the t-shirt completely dry. Great for wind chill, sun protection, comfort and style on the water.