Here are some images from the Track Cycling World Champs in Pruszkow, Poland this spring. The New Zealand team has in the most recent past worn Champion Systems 'latex' skinsuits and wore Orca Aeroskns at the Beijing Olympics -- a suit that they are still wearing in 2009.
Team New Zealand's Orca skinsuits caused a flurry of media attention at the Olympics when they were confirmed at the last minute. The Orca skinsuits use a new material called AeroSkn, which has an incredibly low drag coefficient, the company says.
Testing in France the week before the Olympics had shown the New Zealand cycling team that the suits helped shave fractions of seconds off performances and gave the athletes a psychological advantage, reports from Beijing said.
Meanwhile, the New Zealand triathlon team also utilised Orca’s new AeroSkn at the Olympics. The race suits were combined with Orca’s TriSkn for breathability and flexibility.
I'm not sure of the dates when the NZ track team had affiliation with Champion System (CS), but they had a similar suit, which they claimed was latex, but I'm sure is actually some poly film applied to lycra.
New Zealand National Team member Hayden Godfrey winning another International Track Omnium event (the 200 meter time trial) in the Champion System Latex Speed Suit, which apparently will eventually be available to the public....keep your eyes peeled. I'd love to get a suit in this material.
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