Underwater Audio 2018 Retrospective

With 2018 coming to an in depth, we at Underwater Audio needed to take a second to take a look at a few of the massive moments of the yr, each for us and the swimming neighborhood. In fact, there are lots of candidates for this checklist, so we’ll have to stay to the highlights. Now with out additional ado, right here is the Underwater Audio Retrospective with the highlights of 2018:

After numerous exhausting work by an incredible group, we have been capable of create and publish a brand-new and revitalized web site. The brand new web site was extra visually interesting and far simpler to navigate. With it lively, we have been capable of launch many new merchandise that we could have had issue with in any other case.

Throughout improvement of our waterproof Bluetooth-enabled merchandise, we noticed the waterproof qualities of the newer variations of the Apple Watch and needed to offer a viable method for swimmers to hearken to the music whereas they swam with their Apple Watch. Thus the Swimbuds Equipment for Apple Watch was born – a pairing of a novel mounting design and a mixture MP3 participant and Bluetooth receiver.

Probably our greatest endeavor but – the Delphin waterproof streaming media participant. The Delphin surpassed our preliminary aim on Kickstarter by 66% and raised over $145,000 on Indiegogo. That includes a touchscreen show, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities, the Delphin continues to be a prime vendor on our web site.

Everybody requested once we would launch a pair of wi-fi headphones and we lastly launched a pair final month known as the Swimbuds Freedom. Our wi-fi headphones are already flying off the cabinets and pairs properly with a Delphin. Excellent for each operating and swimming, the Swimbuds Freedom is designed with all athletes in thoughts.

There have been some massive happenings within the world-wide swimming neighborhood as effectively. Jaimie Monahan set the Guinness World File for the quickest time to finish six separate 10 km (6.2 mile) marathon swims throughout six completely different continents. Jaimie, an Worldwide Marathon Swimming Corridor of Fame inductee, accomplished these swims in various water temperatures and as per “Channel Swimming Affiliation Guidelines,” she was prohibited from carrying warming gear reminiscent of a wetsuit. Jaimie can also be the primary individual to have accomplished the Ice Seven Problem which entails swimming a full mile in water temperatures beneath 5°C (41°F) in any respect six continents and in anybody Polar location.

Nice Britain has been the placement of many swimmers’ objectives, the English Channel is legendary and quite difficult swim. Nonetheless, Ross Edgley took his aim to a complete different degree. Edgley turned the primary individual swim across the total circumference of the island of Nice Britain. This colossal 1,780-mile accomplishment took the swimmer 5 months to finish, swimming for six to 12 hours per day and spending the remainder of the day in place on a assist boat. He even documented his journey via streamed movies throughout his downtime between lengths of swimming.

These have been our picks for the highlights of 2018. Now we’d like to listen to from you. What have been a few of your favourite moments of 2018? Be at liberty to depart a remark down under!