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SKINS gets Wallabies blood racing with new product development
10 June 2010 – SKINS and the Wallabies have unveiled a new SKINS Compression Tracker Top to take the Wallabies performance in training to the next level. The first of a number of bespoke projects in development between SKINS and the Australian Rugby Union, the SKINS Compression Tracker Top has been designed in consultation with Wallabies’ strength and conditioning coach Peter Harding.
The SKINS Compression Tracker Top has all the benefits of the SKINS A400 Series compression plus allows for the GPS device and heart rate measuring equipment to be held firmly yet comfortably in place to gather the most accurate data on players..
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ARU announces new partnership with SKINS
04 June 2010 – Australian Rugby Union has today announced the latest addition to its portfolio of valued partners after striking a four-year agreement with SKINS, the market leaders in compression wear. A company with its roots in Australia and selling into 30 countries across the globe, SKINS will supply compression garments to the Qantas Wallabies to aid performance and recovery while training, competing and travelling.
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SKINS Exits Melbourne Storm Sponsorship
23 April 2010 – SKINS, the world leaders in high performance dynamic gradient compression wear announced today it is withdrawing from its sponsorship of the Melbourne Storm.
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SKINS Athletes go for GOLD
March 2010 – SKINS provided numerous athletes with BioAcceleration Technology compression garments for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, helping to contribute to some outstanding performances. In total, SKINS European athletes won 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals.
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SKINS announces sponsorship of the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series
March 2010 – For the second year, international compression brand SKINS have been announced as the official partner of the Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series.
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Boom, Boom, Boom – Lars Boom of Rabobank Blitzes in Paris-Nice Opener
March 2010 – Lars Boom of Rabobank blasted his way to a convincing win in the opening 8km Paris-Nice time trial.
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Tour of Murcia is won by Columbia-HTC cyclist Rabon
March 2010 – SKINS congratulate Frantisek Rabon of Columbia-HTC, who has clinched the overall victory of the Tour of Murcia following a trouble-free final stage on Sunday 7 March.
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HTC-Columbia Women Take the Hat-Trick at Merced
March 2010 – The HTC-Columbia women have had an impressive three wins in three days. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won her second consecutive bunch sprint in Merced on Sunday taking out the 115km Foothills Road Race.
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Team Jayco SKINS Achieves its Second Stage Win in Le Tour de Langkawi
March 2010 – SKINS are proud to congratulate cyclist Michael Matthews, who has won the third stage of Malaysia's Tour de Langkawi.
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Team Jayco SKINS Wins Stage 1 of Le Tour de Langkawi
March 2010 – It’s a great start to March 2010 for Team Jayco SKINS, with Michael Matthews winning Stage 1 of Le Tour de Langkawi.
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HTC-Columbia’s Roger Claims Overall Victory in Spain
February 2010 – HTC-Columbia’s Michael Rogers successfully fended off attacks in the final day's racing of the Tour of Andalusia to clinch the overall victory.
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HTC-Columbia’s André Greipel battles the weather to win in the Tour of the Algarve
February 2010 – HTC-Columbia's André Greipel powered through heavy rainfall and tough terrain to take a spectacular victory and the race lead in Stage 2 of the Tour of the Algarve in Portugal..
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SKINS breaks new ground and expands into China
February 2010 – SKINS concludes an ambitious cooperation agreement with Chinese sporting goods manufacturer Li Ning for the Chinese market. Marketed under the joint brand “Li Ning SKINS”, superior-quality sports compression wear will now be available in China for the very first time.
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Transview granted exclusive rights to distribute SKINS in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan
February 2010 – Transview Lifestyle Pte Ltd has signed a Distribution Agreement with SKINS International Trading AG for the exclusive rights to market and distribute the well-known SKINS products in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan with effect from 1 February 2010.
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First International Win for Team Jayco SKINS at the Tour of Wellington
January 2010 – The 2010 Trust House Cycle Classic New Zealand tour provided Team Jayco SKINS with its first international win.
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Cycle success for SKINS cyclists at the UCI Track World Cup in Beijing
January 2010 – The Track World Cup, held in Beijing on 22-24 January 2010, produced medal glory for SKINS sponsored cyclists, with Michael Hepburn and Luke Durbridge of Team Jayco SKINS joining Cycling Australia Track Pursuit Team.
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SKINS sponsored Team HTC-Columbia rider claims second overall tour win in the Tour Down Under
January 2010 – The Tour Down Under, held in Adelaide between 17-24 January 2010, was a happy hunting ground for SKINS sponsored Team HTC-Columbia with Andre Greipel securing his second overall win in the Tour.
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Champagne corks fly for Team Jayco SKINS at the start of 2010
January 2010 – SKINS cycling has had much to celebrate in the first month of 2010 with exciting results from Team Jayco SKINS in the Australian National Championships.
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Team Jayco SKINS Powers Generation Next
January 2010 – Jayco Corporation and SKINS have joined forces to back Australia’s next generation of cycling talent.
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SKINS – Title Sponsor of PGA Fourball Championship
December 2009 – The PGA’s tournament programme has been given a major boost by the news that SKINS has agreed to sponsor its fourball championship for the next three years. The event will be called the SKINS PGA Fourball Championship.
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ÖSV Adler Flies High with Compression Equipment by SKINS
November, 2009 – SKINS is the official partner of the ÖSV Ski-Jumping team and supplies the national Austrian Ski-Jumping team and has now exclusively developed a special compression suit for the team.
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Norwegian Biathlon Federation Team Up With SKINS
October 2009 – The Norwegian Biathlon Federation has signed up SKINS in their push for gold.
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SKINS and USA Cycling Announce Competitive Apparel Partnership
September 2009 – SKINS and USA Cycling jointly announced today the upgrade of their partnership agreement in order to equip the athletes of USA Cycling. SKINS will provide its full range of competitive cycling apparel to USA Cycling athletes across the disciplines of road, track, mountain and cyclo-cross until 2012.
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Under Pressure: SKINS gives Competitive Edge to Olympic Athletes
August 2008 – At this year’s Olympic Games, shiny, performance enhancing compression gear takes center stage as SKINS USA outfits numerous Team USA competitors.
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SKINS Congratulate the Swifts
August 2008 – SKINS ambassador Catherine Cox leads the Swifts to Victory as they win the inaugural season of the ANZ Championship with a fairytale win over the Waikato BOP Magic.
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Skins USA Continues Aggressive Path to Opening Retail Doors
April 2008 - SKINS are quickly approaching their 200th specialty retail outlet in the United States. With positive press coverage in Business Week, Bicycling, Trail Runner and numerous other national consumer and trade publications, this emerging-growth company is holding its own against giant competitors in the growing performance-apparel market.
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SKINS Congratulates Brett Lee and the Newcastle Jets as Two of SKINS Strategic Partners Reach the Pinnacle of their Sports
February 2008 – Brett Lee, one of SKINS brand ambassadors was awarded the Allan Border Medal by his peers at an awards ceremony in Melbourne overnight and the Newcastle Jets won the A-League Premiership over the weekend.
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SKINS Launches in United States with Performance Engineered Gradient Compression Apparel
August 2007 – SKINS announced today its launch into the U.S. market, with headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. SKINS USA will be offering its full line of Sport, She, Youth, Snow, Outdoor, and Travel and Recovery garments via specialty retailers throughout the U.S.
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Academy Wins SKINS!
April 2007 – Some of western Sydney’s most talented young athletes will now be wearing what many of the country’s elite sports people are wearing thanks to a partnership formed between SKINS and The Western Sydney Academy of Sport.
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