Equator Swim Shorts

Name: Equator Swim Shorts. Navy edition
Brand: Vollebak
SKU: SHO012NVYXSM
Price: 195 GBP
Availability: InStock

Ultra-technical swim shorts designed for heat, humidity and warm seas.

£195

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Colour: navy edition

Model is 6ft 2 / 189cm with a 33 inch / 83cm waist, and wears size Medium. The Sage Green and Coral Pink editions have an inseam of 13cm / 5.1in in size Medium. The Black, Navy and Stone editions have a slightly longer fit with an inseam of 16cm / 6.3in in size Medium.

Material embedded with skin-cooling thermoreactive microparticles
Highly elastic with 31% elastane
Ultra soft antibacterial lining

Home to some of the hottest and most humid places on the planet, the equator carves through dense tropical jungles, warm seas, and crowded cities. Instead of seasons or temperature changes you’re more likely to be hit by a wall of heat, sun, rain and humidity. But as global temperatures rise and climate zones shift, designing clothing for the equator is like designing for our future.

So the Equator Swim Shorts are built to keep you comfortable in all 40,000km of one of the most extreme environments we currently inhabit. Each pair is embedded with thermoreactive microparticles – a skin-cooling technology invented for elite triathletes. And with every detail designed for the heat and water, they’re fast drying, highly elastic, and come with an ultra soft and breathable antibacterial lining to help keep you cool when the world is trying to heat you up.

Technical Details

Material made in Italy: 69% polyamide, 31% elastane

Material engineered with far-infrared technology

Thermoregulating and cooling

Water repellent

Fast drying

Four way stretch throughout

Lining made in Italy: 80% polyester, 20% elastane

Lining treated with antibacterial coating

Two open side pockets

Key pocket inside right side pocket

Rear zipped pocket with laser cut water escape holes

Elasticated waistband with drawcord

Material weighs 155g/m2

Shorts weigh 230 grams

Machine wash 30°C

Constructed in Portugal

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Built for comfort in extreme heat and water

Home to some of the hottest and most humid places on the planet, the equator carves through dense tropical jungles, warm seas, and crowded cities. Instead of seasons or temperature changes you’re more likely to be hit by a wall of heat, sun, rain and humidity. So the Equator Swim Shorts are built to keep you comfortable in all 40,000km of one of the most extreme environments we currently inhabit. They’re highly elastic, durable, fast drying, and built to cool you down.

Engineered to work in extreme conditions

As global temperatures rise and climate zones shift, designing clothing for the equator is like designing for our future. So every pair of Equator Swim Shorts is embedded with thermoreactive microparticles – a skin-cooling technology invented for elite triathletes. It’s not the kind of technology you’d normally find in a pair of swim shorts.

Invisible technology combats extreme heat

Built to work under stress from water, heat, sweat and rapidly changing environments, thermoreactive microparticles are embedded directly into the material to help cool your skin. Made from bioceramics, they interact with body heat to generate far-infrared light, which promotes blood flow by improving venous microcirculation. This encourages your body to thermoregulate, lowering your chances of overheating. Since the microparticles are fused into the material they won’t rub off or wash out.
Italian technology designed for elite athletes

The material starts life at a cutting-edge lab next to three of Italy’s most iconic lakes – Como, Lugano and Maggiore. It’s here that some of the most advanced performance materials on the planet are being developed (and where clients include Tour de France cyclists). Advances in material technology are now helping riders cope with rising temperatures in what’s already one of the world’s most brutal races.

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They’re insanely elastic

Woven with 31% elastane, the Equator Swim Shorts are insanely stretchy, as the last thing you want in extreme heat is to feel restricted by your clothes. And they stretch in every direction so there’s no move you can pull where they won’t follow you. If you do somehow manage to pull the shorts in opposite directions at the same time, you’ll find they simply snap right back into their original shape.

Water repellent and fast drying

The shorts are treated with a durable water repellent coating that’s completely free from toxic fluorocarbons. Ocean spray will simply roll off them. And the same technology means the shorts dry rapidly out of the water, especially in direct sunlight.

Lined with super soft antibacterial mesh

We’ve lined the Equator Swim Shorts with an amazingly soft Italian mesh that sits next to your skin, so you stay comfortable from the inside out. Just like the outer material it’s highly breathable, stretchy and fast drying. And it’s treated with an antibacterial finish, so the shorts stay fresh for longer, even when you’re sweating hard.

Tested against sea water and chlorine

The materials we’ve worked with are tested and protected against degradation caused by both saltwater and chlorine. So they’re built to handle long days out in the water, whether that’s at the pool or somewhere deep in the Pacific Ocean.

You can wear them out of the water too

While the shorts are built from high performance materials, we’ve designed them to fit in anywhere. Their minimalist aesthetic, soft hand feel, practical pockets and secure rope-tied waistband mean they work just as well on land as they do in water.

Two side pockets and a hidden key pocket

You’ll find two open pockets at the sides of the shorts. The pockets are lined with the same super soft, stretchy and breathable mesh to keep air flowing around your body. Integrated into the mesh of the right pocket there’s a small hidden pocket, for securely storing a key.

A back pocket with laser cut water escape holes

There’s also a zipped back pocket on the right hand side. It fastens with a lockable zipper protected by a storm flap. And inside the pocket there’s a panel we’ve laser cut with drainage holes so that water can escape when it needs to.

Size + Fit

The Equator Swim Shorts have a mid-length fit. The Black, Navy and Stone editions have an inseam of 16cm / 6.3in in size Medium. You’ll find exact measurements in the size chart below.

If you’re looking for a slightly shorter fit, the Sage Green and Coral Pink editions of our Equator Swim Shorts have an inseam of 13cm / 5.1in in size Medium.

Size	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL
Fits waist	71-76	76-81	81-86	86-91	91-96	96-101
Outside length	42.5	43.5	44.5	45.5	46.5	47.5
Inseam length	15	15.5	16	16.5	17	17.5

Size	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL
Fits waist	28 - 30	30 - 32	32 - 34	34 - 36	36 - 38	38 - 40
Outside length	16.7	17.1	17.5	17.9	18.3	18.7
Inseam length	5.9	6.1	6.3	6.5	6.7	6.9

Works well with

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